{"product_id":"alf-00-22695","title":"Jazz Inventions for Keyboard - 50 Etudes That Will Improve the Way You Play Jazz (Book \u0026 Online Audio)","description":"\u003cb\u003eJazz Inventions for Keyboard - 50 Etudes That Will Improve the Way You Play Jazz (Book \u0026amp; Online Audio)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Bill Cunliffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePianists all know the benefits of playing the \"Two-Part Inventions\" of J. S. Bach. Now, world-respected jazz pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe has written his own \"inventions\" that will benefit every player's understanding and performance of jazz. These great-sounding etudes explore the specific harmonic, melodic, and technical challenges faced by jazz keyboardists, including the ii-V and ii-V-I progressions, outlining changes, chord-tone ornamentation, playing in octaves, tonic patterns, block chords, polytonality, stride piano, and left-hand walking bass. Pieces feature chord symbols, explanatory notes, and preparatory exercises, and each invention is performed on the recording by Bill Cunliffe. 123 pages. \u003cb\u003e\" . . . perfect for daily warm-up, explores the harmonic and melodic intricacies of jazz, each etude targets a specific technical skill and includes performance notes, inventions gradually become more challenging and the harmonic progressions are varied and very musical . . . a musical feast.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem No:\u003c\/b\u003e    00-22695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e    Book \u0026amp; Online Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e    124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e    Jazz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/b\u003e    2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALFRED","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67731260211391,"sku":"ALF 22695 38081231747","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1335\/9063\/files\/00-22695.jpg?v=1792732461","url":"https:\/\/www.imaginethismusic.com\/products\/alf-00-22695","provider":"Imagine This Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}