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Bebop Jazz Piano: the Complete Guide with CD.(Book Review)
by John Valerio. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213), 2003. 96 pp. $17.95.
Published as part of the Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series, Bebop Jazz Piano helps experienced pianists understand--by listening and performing--one of the most influential yet complex styles of jazz. I think it is important to note that the author, John Valerio, has been busy over the past five years exploring other aspects of keyboard jazz. He has authored four additional books, each published by Hal Leonard: Jazz Piano Concepts and Techniques (1998), Playing Keyboard Bass Lines (1998); Intros, Endings and Turnarounds for Keyboard (2001) and Stride and Swing Piano (2003).
In Bebop Jazz Piano, Valerio has limited his discussion to "classic bebop," that of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and others who flourished during the 1940s and 1950s. His book does not deal with the offshoots of bebop, such as cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, free jazz and fusion. The author does take the position, and I believe rightly so, that classic bebop represents the beginning of modern jazz--a combo jazz, rather than swing or big band jazz.
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