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Pianist Halberstadt’s book is mainly geared to musicians, but anyone with some musical knowledge will find it a stimulating and amusing read and will definitely gain an appreciation for jazz improvisation. As Halberstadt says in his preface on how to use the book, it is “designed to supplement books dedicated to jazz piano or jazz theory.” He covers some issues common to all musicians--practicing, gigging, and tips for success. His chapters on theory and developing improvising skills apply to any jazz musician. Others are applicable to pianists and can be as specific as fingerings for scales. There is a subject index, a glossary of terms, the sheet music for the standards which he uses as examples and a resource page where he lists his favorite recorded versions of the tunes discussed in the book.
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The JazzStandards.com bookstore
provides you with a catalog of over 120 books associated
with the jazz standards. Organized by category,
each entry has an editorial comment to aid you in
your research and guide you in your recreational
reading.
The books used to research and develop JazzStandards.com
are listed at the right and the listing may be considered
the site bibliography.
The primary focus of these books is not always
the jazz standards per se, so each entry is annotated
indicating the book's relevance to the subject.
If there is a book you feel we have overlooked,
please let us know the title and how it supports
the research or recreational study of the jazz standards.
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