Dick Hymans Century of Jazz Piano (DVD)

Description

This book presents a concise history, or survey of jazz piano. In 13

hands-on lessons and 4 bonus performances, Dick Hyman explores the styles,

musical vocabulary, and performers who have defined and shaped this elusive

American art form over the last century.

Starting with the pre-ragtime music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and ragtime of

Scott Joplin, and ending with the advanced scale types of Nicholas Slonimsky

and music of McCoy Tyner, Mr. Hyman discusses and demonstrates the

astonishing variety of jazz piano improvisation and the people and techniques

that have shaped its evolution.

The included DVD, showing all 13 lessons and 4 bonus performances, is filled

with closeups of Mr. Hyman’s hands as he plays and discusses these

techniques. This fascinating package also features a preface and

autobiography of Hyman.