Explore the playing style of New Orleans piano legend Dr John including his voicings, bass lines, blues licks, turnarounds, and endings.
“Come On Into My House” is a good example of Booker’s so called “3-Hand Approach” as his playing sounds like it is being performed by 3 hands.
Learn the unique improvisational techniques of James Booker including single melody line tricks, tremolos, rolls, licks, and turnarounds.
Learn to target the b9 chord alteration over the V7 with a descending inner voice. We apply to tunes and then drill around all 12 keys.
We explore the unique left hand stride style of the New Orleans pianist James Booker using the famous tune “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”.
Learn the voicings and arrangement of the tune “Please Send Me Someone To Love” in the style of New Orleans piano legend James Booker.
Learn the iconic 8 bar blues based tune- “Tipitina”. We explore the playing styles of Professor Longhair, Dr John, and James Booker.
We create a slow 12 bar blues progression in the key of F and explore ways to ornament and reharmonise the basic 12 bar blues chord changes.
In this course we explore harmony and voicings, guidance for playing hymns, and improvisation techniques for jazz standards, gospel hymns, and church songs.
Learn how to play and improvise in the cocktail piano style. We cover chord voicings, chord progressions, and improvisation techniques for solo jazz piano.
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