New Orleans Piano Styles (book/CD)

Hal Leonard Publications
A Guide to the Keyboard Licks of Crescent City Greats
Series: Piano Instruction
 
This book/CD is an indispensible guide to the various styles and techniques used by the great New Orleans pianists, from the earliest origins of jazz and blues up through comtemporary music. Investigates the style of Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John, plus stride, boogie woogie, R&B, ballads and more! The accompanying CD features demos of all the musical examples in the book.

Basin Street Blues
Big Chief
Pine Top's Boogie
Cry Me A River
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Mess Around
Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
The Pearls
Saint James Infirmary
Tipitina And Me
When The Saints Go Marching In