Description
Joey DeFrancesco’s Concepts for Improvisation
Develop a stronger jazz vocabulary with practical guidance from Hammond B-3 organ master Joey DeFrancesco. Written for keyboard players, this method explores blues and bebop lines, chord progressions and improvisation ideas in all 12 keys, helping you apply each concept across real playing situations.
What You’ll Learn
- Blues and bebop lines for authentic jazz phrasing
- Common progressions and ways to navigate chord changes
- Exercises presented in all 12 keys
- Ideas that transfer between piano, organ and synthesiser
Included Study Material
Work through two complete transcriptions and improvisations—Big Bad Jim and Lights, Camera, Action—with detailed harmonic analysis. Online audio examples can be streamed or downloaded for convenient study and practice.
Key Details
- Author: Joey DeFrancesco
- Instrument: Piano and keyboard; suitable for organ and synthesiser
- Format: Softcover book with online audio
- Page count: 96
- Publisher: Hal Leonard
- Product number: HL 00220010
- ISBN-13: 9780793587360
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