Jazz Piano 365: 52 Weeks of Daily Piano Exercises—Scales, Chords, Comping, and Improvisation!

Jazz Piano 365: 52 Weeks of Daily Piano Exercises – with free audio downloads and streaming– is presented in an easy-to-use, one-exercise-per-day format to teach you essential jazz piano skills you'll need to succeed as a jazz pianist!

Inside this book are 365 jazz piano exercises, one for each day of an entire year. Concepts such as major scales, modes, jazz harmony, comping, ii-V-I licks, improvisation, advanced scales, and scale patterns are covered throughout the book to help you develop musicianship and musicality.

The goal of this book is to provide you, the practicing jazz pianist, with fun, interesting, and effective material to practice alone at home or with a professional instructor. After all, to become a better player, you must dedicate time each day to growth on your instrument, and Jazz Piano 365 is the perfect place to start!

WHAT'S COVERED:

• Major Scales & Modes
• Jazz Chords & Comping
• Jazz Harmony
• ii-V-I Licks
• Improvisation
• Scale Patterns
• Advanced Scales
• And Much More!

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BONUS: Includes customer support! Questions during practice? Just email us, and we'll happily help you.

ABOUT JOSHUA CATANIA: Joshua Catania is the author of 16 Easy Christmas Songs for Keyboard, 16 Easy Classical Pieces for Solo Piano, 16 Easy Hymns for Solo Piano: Volume 3, The Easy Classical Piano Fake Book, Classical Piano Music 1–2–3, and How to Play Jazz Piano in 14 Days. Joshua started playing the piano at age 5 and began writing his own music soon after. Influenced by his father, Joshua grew interested in jazz music and began improvising at an early age. Through his teenage years, Joshua kept busy by performing in theaters, churches, jazz clubs, and orchestral halls around his home state of Wisconsin. While in high school, he released his debut album, Open to Now, to critical acclaim from USA Today, Something Else!, Midwest Record, and more.

Joshua decided to further his education at the University of Michigan, where he studied jazz piano with Juno Award-winning pianist Andy Milne. Alongside his studies, Joshua performed actively in the Detroit area jazz scene. While in college, Joshua also became interested in piano tuning and repair, studying independently with Robert Grijalva, professor of Piano Technology.

Joshua continues to perform, compose, and teach in Hartford, Connecticut. For the last eight years, he has taught beginner, intermediate, and jazz piano students. In addition to his creative work, Joshua is a piano technician at a local piano tuning and restoration company.