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Jazz-Rock Keyboard, The Complete Guide with CD.(Book review)

American Music Teacher

| August 01, 2008 | Klinefelter, Terry | COPYRIGHT 2008 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

*Jazz-Rock Keyboard, The Complete Guide with CD, by T Lavitz. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2007. www.halleonard.com; 56 pages. (800) 637-2852. $17.95.

Jazz-rock, or fusion as it is also known, is a performance style that has been overlooked in much of the jazz instructional literature. T Lavitz, longtime keyboardist for the pioneering jazz-rock group the Dixie Dregs, fills the void with this volume of Hal Leonard's Keyboard Style Series. Designed as a supplementary text for the intermediate through advanced player, this book begins with a brief but insightful history of the music from the 1970s to the present.

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The opening chapter cites major players and trends, as well as important stylistic aspects. An overview of modes, chord voicings and improvisation follows, with recorded examples of each topic discussed. The accompanying CD is not ...

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