The Jazz Theory Book

by Mark Levine

Paper Book, 1995

Status

Available

Local notes

Music stack

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Publication

Sher Music (1995), Edition: Unk edition, Paperback, 522 pages

Description

Endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, and others, The Jazz Theory Book presents all the information any student of jazz needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner. For intermediate to advanced players, and written by one of the acknowledged masters of jazz, it is used by universities around the world.

Physical description

522 p.; 8.27 x 1.18 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member magnuscanis
An impressively large tome, this seems to be a fairly comprehensive and authoritative treatise on the subject of music theory in the jazz world. It contains lots of examples written out for piano and seems to assume at least some basic knowledge of music theory - e.g. it doesn't tell you how to
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read music. The writing style is generally clear and the book is well laid out. The spiral binding makes it quite handy to use. Plenty of material in here to keep you busy for quite some time.
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Pages

522

Rating

(24 ratings; 4.1)
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