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Dave Jones
Dave Jones is a pianist, composer, educator, and writer. His work as a jazz pianist regularly takes him away from the UK jazz circuit to Ireland, France, India, and the USA, performing at festivals, and giving masterclasses and workshops. Tracks from his numerous critically acclaimed jazz CDs have featured on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Now and Jazz Record Requests, and Jazz FM, amongst others. These releases have led to composing for TV and film, and some of his music has recently been used in the US on The Big Bang Theory, Late Night with Seth Meyers and the Golf Central Channel, and also in the Mexican drama Las Aparicio and Location, Location, Location in the UK. He has taught music students of all ages up to masters level, and co-devised and authored BA (Hons.) courses in music, including a new module on improvisation. Dave has also recently written for Pianist magazine, authoring the series Learning Jazz Piano, alongside features and CD reviews. He plans to publish a book in the near future, based on his Jazz Journal series The Classical Tinge.
David Kikoski with Boris Kozlov: Sure Thing
This is a refreshingly unusual piano/bass duo album, in the sense that it doesn’t particularly seem to change the pianist’s approach to playing. It...
Peter Kronreif Wayfarers: Aeronautics
This album brings to mind the influence that a band like Steps Ahead has had on the way that contemporary jazz can sound, some...
Postbop Jazz In The 1960s: The Compositions Of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock And Chick Corea
This is an academic book by Keith Waters, investigating the compositions of Shorter, Hancock, and Corea in the 1960s. There are separate chapters on...
Chick Corea: the musical essence
Nearly a year ago the world lost one of its piano greats in McCoy Tyner. Now it has lost another who operated in the...
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The Rhythm Changes Guide
This is a very useful new guide to playing rhythm changes in jazz by Lukas Gabric, a semi-finalist in the 2013 Thelonious Monk Competition...
Adam Glaser Trio: Wide Awake
This is Glaser’s debut album as a jazz leader, and with the exception of two tunes, this nicely varied set comprises his own compositions.
The...
Richard Glassby Quartet: Eclipse
This is Glassby’s debut album as a leader, and it’s an excellent one. His nicely varied set of compositions is a suitable vehicle for...
The Kenny Barron Songbook and The Horace Silver Songbook
These two publications are part of a new series of 10 books (in PDF form) from Sher music, featuring the music of 10 jazz...
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Jay Phelps: Live At The Cockpit
It’s refreshing to hear some live jazz at the moment, albeit in this case in recorded form, but this is a very real live...
Introduction To Jazz Piano – A Deep Dive
This is another excellent instructional jazz piano book from Jeb Patton. It’s aimed at both pianists and non-pianists, with the primary intention of starting...
Charlie Parker – The Complete Scores
This book represents a very substantial piece of musical transcription work, which seems fitting for this Parker centennial celebration year. The price is fitting...
John Beasley: Monk’estra Plays John Beasley
This follow-up to the excellent Volumes 1 and 2 of John Beasley Presents: Monk’estra tells us that this time Monk’estra (with broadly speaking the...
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