{"product_id":"9780786675524","title":"A Guide To Non-Jazz Improvisation: Piano Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e  This book will appeal to pianists who want to learn to improvise in many of the styles current today including blues, rock, Latin-American, country, New Age, World Music, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  The non-jazz improvisation series mostly includes new original tunes that are intended to show how to improvise in many musical styles, including:\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlues  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican folk  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin-American  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorld music including South American, Eastern European and Asian  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdd meters (playing in a variety of time signatures  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Age  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassical  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolk-Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  In short, the books are an encyclopedia of virtually every musical style, excluding jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay Publications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015831011568,"sku":"9780786675524","price":23.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786675524_p0.jpg?v=1763663516","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786675524","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}