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Jazz Piano Voicings: Keyboard/Piano Book

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Jazz Piano Voicings: Keyboard/Piano Book

Jazz Piano Voicings: Keyboard/Piano Book

Transcribed from Volume 41 "Body & Soul"

By Dan Haerle

Level: Intermediate / Advanced

Item: 24-BSP
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Featuring a note-for-note piano transcription book from Vol. 41 "Body & Soul" featuring Dan Haerle! A rich sampling of Dan's marvelous comping over selected choruses of ten timeless standards. Titles: Time After Time * Body & Soul * What's New* What Is This Thing * Lover * Come Back * Alone Together * and more!

Why you should consider this and other Aebersold piano voicing transcription books: Ever listen to a great jazz pianist and wonder "what's he doing there?" Now you'll know! Here, as never before, is an opportunity to see REAL jazz piano voicings and comping over REAL songs in REAL live musical settings. These historic books contain note-for-note transcriptions, exactly as recorded, of the exciting piano accompaniment from the World Famous Aebersold play-along series. Not just for pianists, there are many ways for all musicians to use these wonderful musical tools:

Pianists: First, listen closely to the pianist on the respective play-along recording (sold separately). Next, reading from the book, play along with him, imitating his style. Finally, you can turn him off (using the special stereo separation on all Jamey Aebersold CDs) and play along by yourself with the bass and drums. With the techniques learned, you'll soon be improvising your own accompaniment!

Non-Pianists: Horn players, arrangers, and vocalists can use these books like dictionaries to look up favorite voicings they've heard on a particular play-along track. Written clearly for two hands, even the most novice pianist can play many sections of these books.

Teachers / Educators: Give your combo piano students instant jazz voicings and harmonies over a variety of standards and styles. As personal tools, they will enhance your own understanding of voicings and voice movement and provide you with better skills for accompanying your students.

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Publisher: Jamey Aebersold Jazz
ISBN10: 1-56224-048-X
ISBN13: 978-1-56224-048-6
UPC: 635621500198
SKU: 24-BSP

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About the Author: Dan Haerle

Dan Haerle is a pianist, composer, and educator whose work with the Jamey Aebersold play-along series has made him essential to generations of jazz students. His command of voicing and comping comes from deep experience in the idiom, and his ability to transcribe his own playing note-for-note makes these books uniquely valuable learning tools.

What sets Haerle apart is his commitment to showing how jazz piano actually works in real time, over real tunes. Rather than presenting idealized harmony, he documents his own musical thinking, complete with the rhythmic choices and voice leading decisions that make a comp effective. That specificity is what makes transcribing from his recordings so instructive.

Why we love this

Most voicing books show isolated examples. This one gives you a pianist's actual choices over complete choruses of standards you know well, which means you can hear the logic behind each voicing decision. Piano students get permission to move away from generic block chords, while horn players and arrangers find a reference library of comping textures that sit perfectly behind a soloist.

What to expect

Watching someone solve a puzzle in real time. Haerle's voicings are spare and purposeful, never cluttered, with plenty of space for the soloist to breathe. The comping feels conversational rather than decorative, which is what makes these standards swing.

Who it's for

Intermediate and advanced jazz pianists who want to move beyond theoretical harmony into how working musicians actually voice chords. Arrangers, composers, and horn players will also mine this book for voicing ideas and comping textures that have proven themselves in actual performance.

How to get the most out of it

  • Start by listening to the Aebersold recording (Vol. 41) with the book closed. Train your ear to recognize the voicing shapes and rhythmic patterns before you look at the notation.
  • Play the transcriptions slowly at first, focusing on voice leading and the economy of motion between chords. Haerle's shapes are efficient; understanding why teaches you how to comp effectively.
  • Use the stereo separation feature on the CD to isolate bass and drums, then supply your own voicings after you've learned his. This bridges from transcription to invention.
  • Non-pianists: extract a single voicing per tune that appeals to you and write it into your own arrangements. One well-voiced chord is more useful than ten generic ones.

How to use it

Use this in a jazz piano repertoire class alongside the Aebersold recording, or recommend it to piano students working on standards in a combo. Arrangers benefit from keeping it handy when orchestrating for small ensembles, since these voicings transfer cleanly to horns and work across many styles.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading and executing jazz chord voicings in close position and rootless voicing
  • Recognizing voice-leading efficiency and minimal hand movement
  • Understanding comping rhythm and how to lay back rhythmically while keeping harmony clear
  • Analyzing harmonic function through a working musician's practical choices
  • Adapting piano voicings for horn parts and small-group arrangements

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