At last! A simple, easy-to-learn method for playing the melodies of yourfavorite tunes, using hip voicings as played by Bill Evans, Herbie Hanc ock, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, etc. Famed jazz pianist and author of The Jazz Piano Book, Mark Levine has created The Menu, a succinct guide tolearning a multitude of voicings so you can harmonize melodies on the s pot. Using two standards and a bebop melody as examples, Mark breaks each tune up into four-bar sections, then shows the best voicings to use oneach chord and why those choices were made. These voicings are all draw n from a one-page 'Menu' that, once internalized, will allow you to spontaneously create your own style of playing jazz piano, based on the masters of the art form. An invaluable resource!
