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The Jazz Theory Book
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Afternineteen years of kidding myself that I was an okay guitar player, Isplashed out on 'The Jazz Theory Book' in the hope that if I read andabsorbed it, I might finally be able to comp along with my Bud PowellCDs. The first thing I learned was that, by the time I finish thisbook, I will be able to have a go. The second thing I learned is thatit will take me years to finish this book.
Levineis a gifted teacher; he introduces each new thing step by step,working up from simple scales (even I was familiar with the stuff inthe first 50 pages) to more complex ones, reharmonisation, modalplaying, altered chords and all the other stuff that people spend alifetime getting to know. At each step, there are none of the suddenleaps in assumed knowledge that I've found in other instructionbooks. All the way along he demonstrates how what appears to be anunclimbable mountain of knowledge is in fact just a really big hill,by showing how different areas of the music are in fact based onsimilar principles.
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