LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Book by Steinel

orson -- 12/08/2004, 17:37:27 -- #9552

Has anybody out there read the book "Building a Jazz Vocabulary" by Mike Steinel?  It received some nice reviews on Amazon.  I believe the main focus is building solos.  It is not a keyboard-specific book.  Is it interesting?  Useful?   Interesting and useful?  None of the above?

bubbawny -- 12/09/2004, 09:45:42 -- #9560

I just bought the book off amazon last week. it's defintely a book on solo/improvisation. It's too early to tell if it's any good or not for me. I bought it b3cause of the positive reviews on amazon. I don't know improv yet, but i'd like to be able to add a 'fill in' here and there during measures with long rests/no melody. another book i just got from amazon that i really like is one on solo jazz piano. very very good. it's not about improv/soloing per se, just about being the only member of the band (piano) and how to play given that context. and that's me: i play for myself, no bass, no trumpet, no drums: Just me and my piano. SOlo play. This book i really like.

orson -- 12/09/2004, 14:02:40 -- #9569

bubbawny-- what is the name of the book on solo piano?

bubbawny -- 12/10/2004, 09:43:55 -- #9582

it was    Solo Jazz Piano : The Linear Approach by Neil Olmstead (Composer)

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