Jazz Backgrounds
i'm in my school's jazz band and i really need help on the piano, especially my backgrounds. in the beginning of the year i was doing roots and fifths, and now i've moved onto comping a little bit. i want to do more though. any suggestions? i've been trying to listen to jazz as much as possible, but half the time i can't even hear the piano.
thanks,
-brendan
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good players to check out for comping:
wynton kelly
red garland
duke pearson
hank jones
horace silver
tommy flannagan
jimmy rowles
george shearing
john lewis
sir charles thompson
books
how to comp - hal crook
art of comping - jim mcneely
jazz piano voicing skills - dan hearle
jazz keyboard harmony - phil degreg
thinking in jazz - berliner
two handed voicings
https://www.bluetrain.net.nz/jazzpiano_files/voicings12.pdf
https://www.chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com/lessons/pianovoicingshandout.pdf
https://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~rmauleon/2-hand_blues_voicings.pdf
https://www.caztunes.com/pdfs/jazz%20piano%20voicings.pdf
https://aliciamorgan.com/mi-keys/rootlessvoicings.pdf
https://www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk/samplejazzpianolesson.html
https://www.scoredchanges.com/how-to/voicings.pdf
https://www.opus28.co.uk/fourths.pdf
https://www.music.sc.edu/ea/jazz/examples.html
https://www.sidthomas.net/spoonbill_music/harmony/index.htm
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