Improvising Jazz Piano by John Mehegan, Book/CD Pack

A brilliant and instructive treatise on the principles of jazz piano improvisation. It deals with all aspects, including a survey of piano styles from 1900 (stride piano) to the present day (contemporary jazz piano). A book which will prove of immense value to both professional pianists and serious students of jazz piano!

John Mehegan had a distinguished career both as a jazz educator and writer on jazz piano and its technique. He taught atthe Metropolitan Music School in New York and was also jazz instructor at the Juilliard School of Music. He was for several years the jazz critic for the New York Herald Tribune.