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 enlarge | Author: Mark Levine
Publisher: Sher Music
Category: Book
List Price: $42.00
Buy New: $28.90
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 6630
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 522
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1883217040
UPC: 073999783162
EAN: 9781883217044
ASIN: 1883217040
Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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 The Jazz Theory Book review September 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent comprehensive text by Mr. Levine that details the core of what is needed to begin and progress as an improvisational jazz musician regardless of what instrument you play.
 Jazz Theory June 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book covers it all and leaves no "gray areas".
You can "dip into" it or work through it systematically.
It's of value if you've been playing jazz for 50 years or are new to the art form. Takes the mystique out of chord substitution.
Hghly recommended.
 good but not the only jazz theory book June 19, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is very good and I recommend it to any serious music student. I learned a lot from it and it gave me plenty of new information and insights. It is also valuable as a reference with excellent indicies and appendices, for example a long list of contrafacts based upon standard song forms. My main criticism of it is that it is very piano-centric. Most examples are given in complex two-handed piano-score format which is great if you can sight read complex piano parts, but are not immediately helpful if piano is your second or third instrument. Also, examples and contexts reflect the author's own personal tastes heavily. There is nothing really wrong with these things, but for a book that seems to present itself as the authoritative text on jazz theory, it's not. I think Bert Ligon's series of books presents a more comprehensive, accessible, and balanced overview of jazz theory, and is more oriented towards musicians in general, not only pianists.
Excellent June 17, 2007
Great book that not only explains theory, but explains it in the context of what great musicians have done with it. I know this is going to be a lifelong reference. A must have theory book on the bookshelf of any Jazz student.
The definitive book on jazz theory. June 12, 2007
This book will whip you into shape. Big time. The incredible amount of information on all facets of playing jazz (including but not limited to: altered scales, harmonic progressions, reharmonization, form, playing the changes) is impressive enough, but the book also references hundreds of recorded examples of jazz giants to better illustrate the concepts discussed. The language used is not so complicated that topics become incomprehensible and at the same time not so simple that the information is too confusing or vague. The wealth of, not only useful but, vital material in this book makes it essential for anyone even remotely interested in the theories of jazz.
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