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Style => Jazz => Topic started by: krudskie on July 26, 2010, 11:59:27 PM

Title: book review
Post by: krudskie on July 26, 2010, 11:59:27 PM

i nderstand that these books came from one author....can anyone give a book review which is better?

Mark Levine's - Jazz piano book or his Jazz piano theory...

thanks

Title: Re: book review
Post by: marian33 on October 14, 2010, 12:56:31 AM

I know music theory can be a confusing subject especially for improvising musicians. And it seems that you are confusing on a piano jazz, right? Well, the book of Mark Levine's Jazz Piano is the best for you. This book clears that confusion and is perhaps the most practical book on the subject I have ever seen.

Title: Re: book review
Post by: ferrente on November 18, 2010, 09:14:28 AM

Welcome To LGM, marian33

Title: Re: book review
Post by: dReam_fpd on March 23, 2011, 12:33:20 AM

I have both books and I like the Jazz theory better because it goes more details of what you are playing and you will understand the chords and reharms better, both goes over different chords, progressions, and voicing, but in the jazz piano if you are not familiar with basic jazz songs it may be a little hard, because you dont know how to play it, or how it suppose to sounds, and how to use it.

Hope this help

Title: Re: book review
Post by: bug on April 23, 2011, 01:09:38 PM

Jazz Piano is the better book for a beginner in my humble opinion.