Accompanying the Jazz/Pop Vocalist (book/CD)

A Practical Guide for Pianists
Series: keyboard instruction

The relationship between singer and accompanist is not always an easy one, but when it clicks, it's highly rewarding for both parties – and the audience. In this book author and pianist Gene Rizzo reveals the secrets to getting on a singer's accompanist: exploring song forms, intros and endings, writing a lead sheet, accompanying different vocal styles, descriptive accompaniment, tempo rubato, transposition and more.

The book includes two complete songs, and the CD contains both full-version tracks and tracks with the piano part deleted for play-along practice. Appropriate for both solo piano accompanists and players who are part of a combo.

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