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


Questa enorme serie di 4 volumi è stata concepita come un metodo completo per aiutare i pianisti jazz ad apprendere e perfezionare le proprie capacità di improvvisazione.
Il set comprende argomenti quali armonia, voce, melodia, ritmo, sviluppo musicale e vari stili jazz, oltre a fornire assoli trascritti che gli studenti possono studiare e imitare.

Contents:

• I. Diatonic Seventh Chords and Their Corresponding Modes
• II. Voicing the Five Basic Seventh Chord Types for the Left Hand
• III. Diatonic and Chromatic Embellishing Chords
• IV. Building a Chord Line for the Left Hand
• V. Basic Chord-Scale Relationships
• VI. Understanding Jazz Rhythm
• VII. Basic Principles of Accompaniment for the Left Hand
• VIII. Basic Principles of Harmonic Substitution
• IX. Diatonic Exercises
• X. Pentatonic Exercises
• XI. Diminished Exercises
• XII. Chromatic Exercises
• XIII. Melodic Embellishments
• XIV. Principles of Melodic Development
• XV. Special Effects
• XVI. Exercises for Beginning Improvisation
• XVII. Transcribed Solos
• XVIII. Tunes for Further Study
• Conclusion
• Appendices and Discography

• 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