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Berklee Jazz Piano – Piano Method Book | Learn Jazz Chords, Scales, and Improvisation | Includes Online Audio | Jazz Instruction from Berklee College of Music

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Master Jazz Piano with Berklee’s Proven Method Berklee Jazz Piano is a comprehensive guide that teaches you how to play jazz with fluency, creativity, and expression. Developed by Ray Santisi—an esteemed Berklee College of Music educator and mentor to jazz legends like Keith Jarrett and Diana Krall—this book maps out the core principles of Berklee’s jazz piano curriculum, blending theory with practical application. Develop Professional Jazz Techniques This book takes you from foundational skills to advanced concepts, covering essential jazz chord voicings, modes, scales, and comping techniques. Learn to construct walking bass lines, harmonize melodies, and create expressive improvisations. These techniques will strengthen your ability to play in solo and ensemble settings, helping you develop a personal and authentic jazz style. Interactive Learning with Online Audio Included with the book are streaming and downloadable audio tracks featuring jazz demonstrations by top Berklee faculty. Use these tracks to hear how concepts are applied to jazz standards and original compositions, and practice with customizable playback options, such as tempo adjustments and looping. Ideal for Jazz Pianists of All Levels Designed for beginner to advanced players, this book is a must-have for anyone looking to refine their jazz piano skills. Whether you are a student, performer, or music educator, Berklee Jazz Piano provides the tools you need to master jazz piano and deepen your understanding of improvisation. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berklee College


Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2009


Edition ‏ : ‎ Pap/Com


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0876390505


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 04


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.28 x 12 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #191,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #61 in Jazz Songbooks #433 in Piano & Keyboards #524 in Piano Songbooks


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    • Berklee Jazz Piano Book by Ray Santisi
Format: Paperback
Berklee Jazz Piano Book by Ray Santisi is a wonderful book about jazz piano techniques, harmony, pentatonic patterns, compositions, rhythm tracks to play along with, modernistic jazz concepts and most of all, the tried and true methods that the author Ray Santisi has used with his students at Berklee for over 50 + years. Ray is still teaching at Berklee and playing gigs in Boston every week. Mr Santisi taught Keith Jarrett, Diana Krall and many other noted and famous jazz musicians. As a former Berklee student myself in the 70's and studying jazz piano privately with Mr Santisi personally, I can attest to the exceptional value of going through the book at your own pace, using what works for you and hearing the exercises and drills filter in the student's style to keep advancing to higher levels in the art. If the student takes the time to play through the book even 10-20 daily for a month, a significant improvement will be noticed in the performance. Another plus about buying the book is; an enclosed CD of the drills and examples plus the play along rhythm tracks and original compositions played by Mr Santisi or his advanced students to get an idea of how the exercises sound in real time. Many jazz piano technique books don't include a CD, so this is really like getting a freebie CD with Berklee Jazz Piano. Some pianists are not good at sight reading and can transcribe music faster by ear, so the CD comes in handy for this purpose. Just pop the CD into ITunes and you're ready to rock..(jazz). Although this book is geared more toward medium to advanced jazz piano students or classical pianists needing additional sources for jazz piano techniques, beginning students could use it as a method book with the guidance of a jazz piano teacher. I will also use it myself if I start teaching modern keyboard styles in the new year 2011. Berklee Jazz Piano by Ray Santisi is a great text which teaches jazz piano techniques in a concise and necessary manner, easily understood and applied to the student's needs and desires to grow as a jazz pianist. You also can't beat the price of the book being offered here at Amazon. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2009 by nitekatt2011
    • Inspired me to study much more
Format: Paperback
I play the piano since decades, but it doesn't mean I know everything. No one does. So I bought Santisi's book to complement my insights with his. He is a great musician. I had a hunch this is going to be an interesting ride when I already disagreed with Santisi on page 1. ("What do you mean, basic jazz chords are sixths and sevenths? All the chords you listed here are sevenths in various inversions. It depends where they lead to, you say? To something third. Unless they are played by Kenny Werner, then he'll resolve them to Z sharp major. Yeah, there's no such scale, but that won't stop Kenny.") I skipped the various ensuing time-honed techniques (render unto Garner the things which are Garner's...) right to page 38 where the good stuff is - yess, fourth voicings! Starting with the same C major diatonic chord chart I worked out too. The second chart is C minor chords. Well, nope. These sound like dominant sus or major to me. For a minor, one uses the 6th, what Santisi exactly warns against. It worked for Bill Evans... and where are the various dominant and modal fourth charts? To make it short, so far I only agree with Santisi on maybe 1 page's worth of stuff out of the whole book, but it's all good. Because this made me go back and research more things on my own, so instead of becoming a weak second version of Santisi, I'll become a strong first me. You cannot ask a musical educator anything better than this. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2013 by Matyas Kiraly
    • Where's the CD?
Format: Paperback
A terrific book by a legendary teacher. It's an excellent way to learn jazz piano for beginners or refresh your skills if you haven't played jazz in a while. Some reviewers ask about the missing CD. The audio tracks are now on the publisher's website. The first page shows the url and provides the access code. After you create an account and log in, you can download the tracks or play them online. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023 by TJ
    • Something about that good book!
Format: Paperback
I would like to have known a little more about the contents of the book before I purchased the product. Anyway, the writer has done a good work. The book introduces the most important features of the jazz piano playing. The topic is going ahead in a logic way. There are suitable exercises and audioexamples how to progress. I still think that the audioexamples with the band could have been selected more many-sided. There are not so spesific examples of the jazzballad, up-tempo tune etc. I still recommend that book for everyone who wants to progress in playing jazzpiano. Even if You instrument is not a keyboard You can find some benefits from the book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2011 by TTK3
    • Great 'real world' information from a pro
Format: Paperback
This book is a short, no-nonsense, accurate presentation of what everyone should know about playing jazz piano. The harmonic, melodic and rhythmic essentials are explained. When he covers modal playing, it is NOT the usual dorian/mixolydian/ionian on ii-V7-I progressions that you find in other method books. He explains them correctly; they are their own unique harmonic framework that is distinct from traditional major/minor key chord progressions. I also think that his information on jazz counterpoint is worth it's weight in gold and it's information that I've not encountered elsewhere. One could spend many thousands of dollars on private lessons and not get the info presented here. It would probably be doubly beneficial if used as a study guide along with a good teacher. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2009 by Jonas Aras
    • Gets you started in all the areas you need to build your foundation
Format: Paperback
I've played guitar and bass for over 50 year and now it's bucketlist time and learning piano is item one. I started with some other books, but this one has the fundamentals I need to get going on piano so I can start applying things I know from years of guitar on piano.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2021 by Steve B.
    • Worth the price!
Format: Paperback
Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2025 by Clinton McLemore, Ph.D., Psychologist
    • Excelente libro
Format: Paperback
Una excelente obra para el aprendizaje del piano en este género musical.
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2025 by Alejandro Naar

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