Scot Ranney's LearnJazzPiano.com archive: Per Danielsson

LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Per Danielsson
jmkarns -- 12/01/2006, 11:02:20 -- #31506
"Jazz Piano DVD Real Book" He looks good on paper. How instructional is this? I am considering purchasing.
Scot -- 12/01/2006, 11:28:57 -- #31506
Never heard of him. The two best jazz piano books I know of are the Mark Levine "The Jazz Piano Book" and Randy Halberstadt's "Metaphors for a Jazz Musician" Tim Richards (see book review area) also has a great one, or at least I expect- I've only seen the blues book, but if the jazz book is anything like the blues book, then you can't go wrong.
jmkarns -- 12/01/2006, 11:38:47 -- #31506
Yeah, I have the Levine book, and also Halberstadt's. They are good workbooks no doubt. I thought a DVD would be good since I could see the instructors hands. Maybe a teacher would be even better.
thejaffer -- 12/01/2006, 14:20:01 -- #31506
I'd also recommend "Forward Motion" by Hal Galper and "How to improvise" by Hal Crook..
Whacky -- 12/01/2006, 15:28:17 -- #31506
I've met Per. He's a friend of Corey Christiansen who played gutiar on my CD. The two write online articles for Mel Bay publishing. He's a great player and a very nice guy. You can check out some of his articles at: http://www.creativekeyboard.com/
teej1169 -- 12/01/2006, 17:26:04 -- #31506
Save your money and get some lessons w/ a good active player around town. The DVDs may show you some cool tricks but they aren't very effective w/o feedback. The Levine and Halberstadt books are great! In addition you may want to buy some transcription books of your favorite artist. OR better yet do some transcribing yourself. Its free and helps your ears more than any method book or dvd can do.
Kai -- 12/03/2006, 10:50:28 -- #31506
I suggest you have a look at his articles to see what you think of them before you part with your money. I've found quite a few of his articles from the creativekeyboard site helpful in the past. Don't know anything about book/DVD tho'. In my experience you can find yourself with a very large library if you don't do your research first. Of course some of them are good reference books as well as instructional and those are worth spending on. I would spend on Mark Levine, Randy Halberstadt and Nor and also How to Comp Hal Crook and Hearin' the changes Jerry Coker et al. I found the latter explained a lot for me. Of course there is much to be gained from the links on this site. :-)
PomPom -- 12/03/2006, 13:16:38 -- #31506
Can you tell me something about the "How to Comp" book ? It is pretty expensive so can you please tell if it is realy worth the money ?! Thx :D
teej1169 -- 12/03/2006, 16:42:16 -- #31506
Luke Gillespie has a pretty good book out on voicing called "Stylistic ii/V/I in all Keys"... not much info about rhythmic comping styles though. I would suggest buying one of the Jamey Aebersold transcribed piano voicing books. They are transcribed versions of the comping done on certain Aebersold play alongs. I recommend the Jerome Kern "Yesterdays" one w/ Hal Galper on piano. This way you'll get great new voicings and the chance to practice "comping" along w/ the compatible play along recording.
Kai -- 12/04/2006, 02:02:17 -- #31506
Sure ¡V Here is a link from the Aebersold web site for a good review of this book. Also there is an opportunity to ¡¥look inside¡¦ the book. It is $35 I think. http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=HTC&Category_Code= As regards if it is worth the money, well that is too subjective. Suffice to say that when I bought it, comping was something I wanted to research at that time and, as an individual, I found it very useful. There is much advice, a cd and lots of written examples that you can play. Section 1 is Harmony inc Theory and Analysis of voicings, building voicings, practicing voicings. Secion 2 is Melody inc. voiceleading and independent lead lines. Section 3 Rhythm inc rhythmic notation fo chords, Forward Motion, Practicing rhythm, Harmonic anticipations. Section IV Embellishment inc Harmonic/melodic embellishment, rhythmic embellishment. Section V Non-harmonic voicings. Section VI Dividing and Shifting Attention, Section VII Interaction with other accompaniment, Section VIII Interacting with the primary soloist, Section IX Single note line comping. Section X Comping transcriptions.. Quite comprehensive, really. In fact, I should look at it again! Sorry for any errors ¡¥cos I¡¦m in a rush ¡V going Christmas shopping with my daughter, sooo ¡V need my wits about me. And my purse and to get dressed. ƒº
PomPom -- 12/05/2006, 08:11:42 -- #31506
Thx for the link and for the comment KAI !! i am going to buy it because it realy covers a lot of things ! thx buddy :D
jmkarns -- 12/05/2006, 10:04:59 -- #31506
Thanx for the Per URL Doc! I live in rural New Mexico but will keep my eye out for a good teacher. Meanwhile, TRANSCRIPTIONS!
Scot -- 12/05/2006, 11:56:37 -- #31506
Listen folks, don't go spending all your money on books. The best thing you can do is transcribe some tunes (the melody and chords so you know the tune, and then the piano solo), then once you have some tunes worked up so you can play them as best you can in a solo style, go find yourself a teacher. Go hang out and listen to great players in your city, as someone else here said. Once a month pay them $50 to sit down with you and go over the tunes you are working on. Find a different player each time. Jazz lessons aren't like classical lessons- you don't need a lesson every week or even every two weeks. Just work out stuff and when you feel like you're at a plateau, go find someone to have a jazz session with. My last jazz session was with Bill Mays, two summers ago. The stuff he said is still with me and I still work on it. Ok, I also sat down with George Cables last summer, but just for a moment. I wanted to figure out a "Cablism", one of his personal stylistic things that has to do with a diminished run. The funny thing about it is that I said, "Will you play it a little bit slower so I can work it out?" He said, after laughing, "No way man, that's mine!" I did figure it out, though :)
Whacky -- 12/05/2006, 16:57:48 -- #31506
I don't know...a good book with a dvd runs a pretty close second to a good teacher - and you'll always have it for review and inspiration.
Scot -- 12/05/2006, 20:12:35 -- #31506
I'm not saying a dvd and book are useless. However, a dvd and/or book can never be like having a pro sitting next to you and saying, "Hey, relax in that section, try this voicing here, I like these harmonies, nice fingers, but try playing some 4ths, etc.."
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