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An essential how-to guide for students and teachers, this publication is a complete step-by-step guide to playing jazz with confidence and style. Designed for the complete beginner, it breaks down the process of learning jazz into simple activities and contains a range of easy music examples. The accompanying CD provides examples, activities and some great trio playing to use as a backdrop to your own work. It is an indispensable companion to the ABRSM's Jazz Piano exams, with Part III dealing with the exam in detail.

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'Jazz Piano From Scratch is a much needed and very intelligently organized book for the beginning student or jazz piano teacher. I think it will inspire students to practice and continue study since the exercises are quite a lot of fun!' Randy Brecker '...brilliant, lucid and thorough going.' Piano 'The book is intensely practical and contains many excellent activities.' Music Teacher ' This is real recognition that jazz has equal musical value to the whole of the Western classical tradition , says Richard Michael (jazz musician and music teacher). Unlike others who pay ample lip-service to this fact, the Associated Board is putting its money where its mouth is.' The Scotsman

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