More By John Mehegan Improvising Jazz Piano Bk & CD Jazz Improvisation 1: Tonal And Rhythmic Principles Jazz Improvisation 2: Jazz Rhythm and The Improvised Line Jazz Improvisation 3: Swing And Early Progressive Piano Styles Jazz Improvisation 4: Contemporary Piano Styles

This is a survey of the development of jazz piano from 1950 to the present, with many illustrations of left-hand chord voicings, right-hand modes, turnarounds, harmonic distortions, blues and modal fragments.