A Catholic Priest, Rabbi and a Baptist Preacher walk into a bar... The bartender says: "What is this, a joke?"...
He sits at the drums and the band leader says, "Can you play a samba pattern with your bass drum?" The drummer obliges with a boom b boom...
Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a >Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a >Turkis...
Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a >Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a >Turkis...
One night in Aspen during an after hours session at a "locals only" joint, I was playing with my funky Chico's Paradise trio and having a pretty ...
> Can I have some Irish Sausages, please?" asked the Irishman, walking > up to the counter. The assistant looked at him and asked: "Are...
An American orchestra had just arrived in Europe for a two-week tour. One hour before the first concert, the conductor became very ill and was unable to c...
He only had to play TWO sets? Wow, what a cushy gig!...
Bob Newhart in his autobiography tells this exact same joke except the point (and protagonist) was self absorbed comedians.
A very intense, self-absorbed saxophone player is sitting at the bar after playing all night. A beautiful woman shyly approaches him and says, "Excuse...
A woman goes to a bar and asks the bartender for a double entendre. So he gave her one. [well it made me laugh]...
A female in her fifties was observed, in her bedroom, in the nude, to be jumping up and down on her bed with obvious delight. Husband, "Do you realis...
Now THAT'S a work of art! Haven't laughed so hard in a while. Pass it on.
Dear Band Leader, We look forward to your performance at our daughter's wedding. If you don't mind, we would like to request a few of our favorite songs...
From The Tao of Willie (may be slightly rephrased) - The definition of perfect pitch: tossing a banjo in the trash and hitting an accordion.
Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, &qu...
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "...
Seen on a website as the joke of the day (very circumstantial): A Polish guy goes to the ophthalmologist, who shows him a card with the letters:...
A woman called a local hospital. "Hello. Could you connect me to the person who gives information about patients. I'd like to find out if a patient is...
Volume 1 of this educational jazz piano book contains 15 jazz piano exercises, tricks, and other interesting jazz piano techniques, voicings, grooves, and ideas Scot Ranney has picked up over decades of playing on stage.
Being a pro jazz pianist requires good ears, experience, and a bag of tricks that create the kinds of sounds people expect to hear from a jazz pianist. The entries in this book will give you some of those tricks.
Volume 2 has 14 jazz piano exercises and tricks of the trade, and quite a bit of it is Calypso jazz piano related material, including some Monty Alexander and Michel Camilo style grooves. Jazz piano education is through the ears, and books like this help connect what you're hearing to what you want to play.
Volume 3 contains 12 jazz piano exercises and explorations by the acclaimed jazz piano educator, pianist, author, and recording artist Tim Richards.
Tim wrote the well known "Exploring Jazz Piano" and "Improvising Blues Piano" books and has several others to his name.
Tim has a new book out Beginning Jazz Piano (Pts 1 and 2)
Many of Tim's books now come with free access to interactive sheet music ONLINE, which permits slowing down of the backing and performance tracks, as well as the option to loop passages for practice purposes.
Tim now also has online VIDEO courses for his books, including Beginning Jazz Piano, Improvising Blues Piano and Exploring Jazz Piano Vol 1:
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Volume 4 is by Jeff Brent, a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and author of "Modalogy" and other acclaimed jazz theory and education books. In this book Jeff shares detailed analysis of transcriptions of live performances. He covers everything from the shape of the songs to the tricks and licks he uses in improvised lines to the ideas behind his lush chord voicings.
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