New Books from Mark Levine and Randy Vincent!

Jazz fans—the Sher Music Co. team has been working like little elves and we now finally have PDF downloads of two new books—one by Mark Levine and one by Randy Vincent! The printed versions will be released January 1st, 2015 (only a few weeks away). We are very proud and pleased to offer these labors of love to all jazz players.

Chuck says check them out!

"How to Voice Standards at the Piano": The Menu by Mark Levine
A succinct guide to harmonizing songs, using voicings that the masters of jazz piano use every time they play. Mark has created a one-page “Menu” of these voicings that (once internalized) will allow you to create spontaneous arrangements of standard songs on the spot.

This will be an invaluable resource for generations of jazz pianists—and it wouldn’t hurt us non-pianists to learn this material too!

"Jazz Guitar Soloing: The Cellular Approach" by Randy Vincent
A thorough, detailed look at how to create long, flowing solo lines based on short, 4-note “cells” derived from solo phrases by jazz masters like Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, etc. Randy gives the reader hundreds and hundreds of exercises to internalize this process so that the ideas appear naturally while performing.

Fingerings and string choices are often given too, making it particularly valuable to guitarists who want to actually master their instrument.

(If you have a minute, please also check out the sample tracks of our forthcoming CD “Poetry+Jazz: A Magical Marriage” at http://shermusic.com/poetry-jazz.)