Publisher: Charles Colin 
Bill Dobbins  The Contemporary Jazz Pianist 
A Comprehensive Approach to Keyboard Improvisation by Bill Dobbins

This enormous 4-volume series is designed as a comprehensive method to help jazz pianists learn and refine their improvisation skills.
The set covers topics including harmony, voicing, melody, rhythm, musical development, and various jazz styles, as well as providing transcribed solos for the students to study and imitate.


Content:

• tion I - Scott Joplin
• Variation II - Jelly Roll Morton
• Variation III - James P .Johnson
• Variation IV - Willie "the Lion" Smith
• Variation V - Earl Hines
• Variation VI - Fats Waller
• Variation VII - Teddy Wilson
• Variation VIII - Duke Ellington
• Variation IX - Art Tatum
• Variation X - Meade Lux Lewis
• Variation XI - Pete Johnson
• Variation XII - Jimmy Yancey
• Variation XIII - Thelonious Monk
• Variation XIV - Bud Powell
• Variation XV - Oscar Peterson
• Variation XVI - Erroll Garner
• Variation XVII - Lennie Tristano
• Variation XVIII - Bill Evans
• Variation XIX - Clare Fischer
• Variation XX - Jimmy Rowles
• Variation XXI - Cecil Taylor
• Variation XXII - Chick Corea
• Variation XXIII - Keith Jarrett
• Variation XXIV - Richie Beirach
  
  
  

• Bill Dobbins The Contemporary Jazz Pianist - Volume 1
• Bill Dobbins The Contemporary Jazz Pianist - Volume 2
• Bill Dobbins The Contemporary Jazz Pianist - Volume 3
• Bill Dobbins The Contemporary Jazz Pianist - Volume 4