A Lesson With Steve Allen: An Introduction to Jazz Piano

A Lesson With Steve Allen: An Introduction to Jazz Piano


Starring:Steve Allen
Studio: Homespun Tapes
Product Type: DVD

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Description
One of America's most beloved entertainers divulges his personal tricks of the trade (trills, octave vibrato, "fake runs," blues riffs etc.) and shows you how to build arrangements and spice up jazz pieces with a variety of easy techniques.

In his only instructional lesson, Steve Allen covers basic blues, boogie woogie, stride, walking basses, the use of 10ths, descending bass lines and more, while he plays and analyzes "Honeysuckle Rose," "Spring Is Where You Are," "I'm Confessin' That I Love You," "You Can Depend On Me," "A Time For Love" and other jazz standards.

You'll get inside tips about the musical contributions of several jazz masters too, including Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie and Art Tatum in Steve's entertaining and informative overview of jazz piano. A great springboard to further jazz studies!
A Lesson With Steve Allen: An Introduction to Jazz Piano
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Intro to jazz piano playing
  • Perfect for any jazz piano enthusiast or student
 A Lesson With Steve Allen: An Introduction to Jazz Piano
Starring: Steve Allen
Manufacturer: Homespun Tapes
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002PYS1A
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Description

One of America's most beloved entertainers divulges his personal tricks of the trade (trills, octave vibrato, "fake runs," blues riffs etc.) and shows you how to build arrangements and spice up jazz pieces with a variety of easy techniques.

In his only instructional lesson, Steve Allen covers basic blues, boogie woogie, stride, walking basses, the use of 10ths, descending bass lines and more, while he plays and analyzes "Honeysuckle Rose," "Spring Is Where You Are," "I'm Confessin' That I Love You," "You Can Depend On Me," "A Time For Love" and other jazz standards.

You'll get inside tips about the musical contributions of several jazz masters too, including Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie and Art Tatum in Steve's entertaining and informative overview of jazz piano. A great springboard to further jazz studies!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Intro to jazz piano playing.......2007-05-12

The late Steve Allen was a modern renaissance man or maybe just a jack of all trades in music and performing. He wrote and played popular jazz standards as well as being a funny comedian, an author, and a very likeable TV personality. In this DVD made from a 1994 tape he shares a lot of little 'tricks' which he either discovered or learned from the greats of jazz like Art Tatum and others.

I'm just a beginner in piano and I can't pick up eveything he is doing the first time going though this. It will be something you will want to go over many times. There are a lot of things here that if you go over them on your own or better with a teacher can make you sound a lot better than you are.

The DVD is divided into 33 sections of 2-3 minutes each so you can find any of tricks to go over easily.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect for any jazz piano enthusiast or student.......2006-04-01

This DVD presents a great insight into the world of jazz piano. Taught by Steve Allen, this is a great how-to on the tips and tricks of being a successful jazz pianist. Includes a number of great arrangements of standards.

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