Bøger af Jeff Gardner

Love Your People centers on entrepreneurial leadership's core goal: delivering exceptional results. This groundbreaking book champions a love-based approach as a catalyst for not only enhancing workplace dynamics but also driving superior performance. Through a blend of personal narratives, professional insights, and clear-cut guidance, it delivers an explicit message: love isn't mere sentiment; it's a strategic advantage. Setting visionary goals, defining clear expectations, and making timely decisions form the foundation for harnessing team potential. This book illustrates methods to foster innovation, grant autonomy, and promote transparency to create an environment where exceptional results become the norm. Love Your People challenges outdated leadership paradigms that rely on fear. Instead, it emphasizes empowerment and demonstrates that success encompasses personal growth, collaborative teams, and unwavering commitment. With practical advice on talent management and cultivating a fearless workplace, this book offers a holistic leadership approach that energizes organizations and delivers remarkable outcomes.

A complete all-instruments guide to cycles in popular music including guide tones, voicings with and without roots, Drop 2, passing chords, and melodic phrases based on pairs of seventh chords in all keys moving through the cycle of fifths. Features charts on visualization techniques with superimposed seventh chords and upper structure triads, melodic studies and comping chords for All the Things You Are and Autumn Leaves, cycles of thirds, composition exercises, and music for analysis. Level - beginning to advanced. 140pp. "With extraordinary concision, this book presents, not only to pianists, but to any instrumentalist with a basic knowledge of music theory, the base of the pyramid of harmonic consciousness, starting with cycles, the basis for tonality, which is in turn the basis for modality - the very substance of popular music. Its principal merit lies in its discernment of the essential. If this book did not exist, it would have to be invented, so fundamental is its importance." Ian Guest "Full of fantastic information for aspiring jazz pianists." - Russell Ferrante (Yellowjackets)

This all instruments book is a collection of blues pieces based on blues forms, traditional and modern, with different modes, some of which are infrequently used in the blues. They include a twelve-tone blues, whole tone scale, half tone-whole tone (diminished scale), augmented scale, Alexander Tcherepnin's nine-tone scale, Flamenco Scale (Spanish Phrygian), and Klezmer, as well as blues in Dorian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Lydian b7, Melodic Minor, and Altered Scale (Super Locrian). Only one - "Blues for Duke", uses the traditional (complete) blues scale. Each piece is fully analyzed, explaining the harmonic structure and compositional techniques used to create the melody and chord changes, including melodic sequences, permutation, pentatonics, transposition, motivic variation, Upper Structure Triads, and superimposed seventh chords. "Jeff Gardner, in addition to being a well-rounded jazzman, studied with Nadia Boulanger and has completely absorbed the musical traditions of Brazil, where he's lived for many years. His books of original compositions reflect his diverse background: they are sophisticated and exciting."-Tom McDermott, New Orleans Jazz Pianist "These 20 studies grew out of an idea I have had for some time, to fuse blues forms with modal music. I hope you will be inspired to write your own modal blues compositions, always expanding your language and conception, because The Blues is Forever!" Jeff Gardner more info at: www.jeffgardner.com.br and www.jeffgardnermusicschool.com

Prefaces in English, Français, Espahnol e Português "I was thrilled to discover Jeff Gardner's 24 piano etudes, which bring together everything a modern pianist needs to know about technique, counterpoint, melody, and harmony. These studies are a real invitation to "sound" and represent a true synthesis of the styles of the great masters of modern Jazz, pianists for the most part, and the sound of other 20th century music. These two "cahiers" of etudes together constitute a treasure trove of inventiveness, with a constant underlying current of tradition. A brilliant presentation of today's piano in all its forms." "Je découvre avec bonheur les 24 études pour piano de Jeff Gardner. On y trouve tout ce qu'un pianiste d'aujourd'hui doit connaître, que ce soit sur le plan technique, contrapuntique, mélodique, harmonique. Ces études sont une véritable invitation au son . Elles représentent une synthèse entre le son des grands maîtres du Jazz moderne, pianistes ici pour la plupart, et le son des autres musiques du XXe siècle. J'ajoute qu'elles sont destinées à des pianistes confirmés et aux élèves avancés." "Me encantó descubrir los 24 estudios de piano de Jeff Gardner, que reúnen todo lo que un pianista moderno necesita saber sobre técnica, contrapunto, melodía y armonía. Estos estudios son una verdadera invitación al "sonido" y representan una síntesis de los estilos de los grandes maestros del jazz moderno, pianistas en su mayoría, y del sonido de otras músicas del siglo XX. Debo decir que están destinados a pianistas experimentados y a estudiantes avanzados." "Fiquei emocionado ao descobrir os 24 estudos de piano de Jeff Gardner, que reúnem tudo o que um pianista moderno precisa saber sobre técnica, contraponto, melodia e harmonia. Estes estudos são um verdadeiro convite ao "som" e representam uma verdadeira síntese dos estilos dos grandes mestres do Jazz moderno, pianistas em sua maioria, e o som de outras músicas do século XX. Estes dois "cahiers" de estudos juntos constituem um tesouro de inventividade, com uma constante corrente de tradição subjacente. Uma apresentação brilhante do piano de hoje em todas as suas formas." Manuel Rocheman - professor of jazz piano - IMEP (Paris College of Music)

A complete guide to building walking bass lines. Covers: cycles of fifths, triads, seventh chords, chromatic tones, cadences, harmonic sequences, modulation, vamps, bebop blues forms, Rhythm changes, and selected jazz standards. Text in English and Portuguese. "A great resource for the bass player that wants to expand his/her vocabulary, build interesting bass lines, and develope a harmonic approach to soloing. Will help composers and arrangers as well". (John Benitez) "Will bring a better understanding of intelligent walking bass lines, enabling the student to acquire a working knowledge of the fingerboard. It's all here - cycles, chromatic approach tones, triads and seventh chords, major and minor arpeggios - everything you need to quickly develop your understanding of the language of Jazz for accompanying and soloing. I'm going to use it myself!" Sizão Machado

A complete all-instruments guide to basic blues forms and improvising. Bass lines, left hand piano patterns, comping patterns, blues scales and melodic patterns, 12 and 8 bar blues, rock, funk, boogie woogie, and New Orleans styles, blues in 3/4, and a discography of important blues recordings. "Clear and concise, serves as a basis for teachers to guide their pupils through the subject, or, for those students with a basic knowledge of music, to use the book themselves to dig deep into the Blues, whether they be pianists, string players, wind players, or any other instrumentalist." Antonio Adolfo "Puts within our reach all of the subtleties of the Blues. Jeff Gardner, with the clarity of his explanations, well-conceived musical examples, and unsurpassed musicianship, was the right person to give us the necessary tools to understand this style at once simple and complex." Nelson Faria

This is a complete book for all instruments containing numerous exercises on the most common cadences and harmonic sequences. Each concept is presented in chords (piano voicings) and melodic phrases playable by any melodic instrument. Hundreds of voicings in guide tones, Drop 2, fourths, and fifths. Includes: gospel cadences, bitonal cadences, 11 melodic lines on standard tunes with harmonic analysis, Coltrane changes, Rhythm Changes, reharmonization, pedal points and composition exercises as well as harmonic sequences and loops. Comping exercises in styles such as jazz, samba, baião, and salsa. Level: beginning to advanced. 130 pp."Full of chord voicings and melodic lines on the most important progressions, this is a technical course of study for pianists and piano students, as well as a guide to the inter-relation of harmony and melody for all instrumentalists. A spectacular work!" - Marcelo Martins"Full of fantastic information for aspiring jazz pianists." Russell Ferrante (Yellowjackets)"Volumes I and II of Popular Music Harmony offer piano students and any instrumentalist interested in the subject a series of essential exercises based on the backbone of the tonal system: transpositions of cycles, cadences, and harmonic sequences." Rubner de Abreu

These 12 original intermediate level pieces for solo piano include many styles of popular music including bebop, modal jazz, Afro-cuban jazz, ballads, funky jazz, and jazz waltz. They will help students of any style of piano with their reading and initiate them in the various nuances of playing solo jazz piano. The pieces come with chord symbols, detailed fingering, and suggestions on how to use them as structures for improvising. Ces 12 pièces originales de niveau intermédiaire pour piano solo comprennent de nombreux styles de musique populaire, notamment le bebop, le jazz modal, le jazz afro-cubain, les ballades, le jazz funky et la valse jazz. Ils aideront les étudiants de n'importe quel style de piano dans leur lecture et les initieront aux différentes nuances de la pratique du piano jazz. Les morceaux sont accompagnés de symboles d'accords, doigtés détaillés et suggestions sur la façon de les utiliser comme structures d'improvisation. Estas 12 piezas originales de nivel intermedio para piano solo incluyen muchos estilos de música popular, como bebop, jazz modal, jazz afrocubano, baladas, funky jazz y vals de jazz. Ayudarán a los estudiantes de cualquier estilo de piano con su lectura y los iniciarán en los diversos matices de tocar el jazz en piano solo. Las piezas vienen con símbolos de acordes, digitación detallada y sugerencias sobre cómo las utilizar como estructuras para improvisar. Estas 12 peças originais de nível intermediário para piano solo incluem muitos estilos de música popular como bebop, jazz modal, jazz afro-cubano, baladas, funky jazz, e valsa jazz. Ajudarão os estudantes de piano de qualquer estilo a aprimorar sua leitura e experimentar várias nuances de tocar piano jazz. As peças vêm com símbolos de acordes e dedilhados detalhados, além de sugestões para as utilizar como estruturas para improvisação. These "Easy Jazz Preludes" are a lot of fun as well as being excellent teaching pieces. I enjoy the strong melodies and the rich and adventurous harmonies in Jeff's writing. For more advanced players, they are also great vehicles for improvisation. (Don't forget to check out Jeff's book, "Jazz Piano: Creative Concepts and Techniques"). Ces "Easy Jazz Preludes" sont à la fois pédagogiques et amusants à jouer. On peut apprécier les mélodies prenantes et les harmonies riches et audacieuses de Jeff. Pour les élèves plus avancés ils constituent aussi d'excellents tremplins pour l'improvisation. (N'oubliez pas de consulter la méthode du même Jeff Gardner, "Jazz Piano: Creative Concepts and Techniques"). Estos "Easy Jazz Preludes" son muy divertidos, además de ser excelentes piezas didácticas. Disfruto de las fuertes melodías y de las ricas y aventuradas armonías de la escritura de Jeff. Para los pianistas más avanzados, también son grandes vehículos para la improvisación (y no se olvide de consultar el libro de Jeff, "Jazz Piano: Creative Concepts and Techniques"). Estes "Prelúdios Easy Jazz" são muito divertidos, além de serem excelentes peças didáticas. Eu gosto das melodias fortes e das harmonias ricas e aventureiras na escrita de Jeff. Para os pianistas mais avançados, eles também são ótimos veículos para a improvisação. (Não se esqueça de conferir o livro de Jeff, "Jazz Piano: Creative Concepts and Techniques"). Jacky Terrasson - Blue Note and Verve recording artist

Text in English / Français / Espanhol / Português Brazil is a musical universe, with enough different musical styles, energy, and creativity to tap for many lifetimes. These short original pieces by Jeff Gardner give a taste of several of the most important musical genres: samba, baião, bossa nova, and chorinho. Detailed stylistic notes and interpretation tips included.Level - Intermediate - Advanced Intermediate Le Brésil est un univers musical, avec suffisamment de styles musicaux différents, d'énergie et de créativité pour explorer pendant plusieurs vies. Ces petites pièces originales de Jeff Gardner donnent un avant-goût de plusieurs des genres musicaux les plus importants: samba, baião, bossa nova et chorinho.Notes stylistiques détaillées et conseils d'interprétation inclus.Niveau: Moyen - Moyen-avancé Brasil es un universo musical, con suficientes estilos musicales diferentes, energía y creatividad para aprovechar muchas vidas de estudios. Estas piezas cortas de Jeff Gardner dan una muestra de varios de los géneros musicales más importantes: samba, baião, bossa nova y chorinho. Incluye notas estilísticas detalladas y consejos de interpretación.Nivel - Intermediario - Intermediario Avanzado O Brasil é um universo musical, com estilos musicais, energia e criatividade o suficiente para desfrutar e pesquisar durante muitas vidas. Essas peças curtas originais de Jeff Gardner dão um gostinho de alguns dos gêneros musicais mais importantes: samba, baião, bossa nova e chorinho. Notas estilísticas detalhadas e dicas de interpretação incluídas.Nivel - Intermediário - Intermediário Avançado.

This book contains 20 original piano pieces from intermediate to advanced in various styles of boogie and blues piano. These pieces are based on simple motifs, developed through one or two 12-bar choruses. This technique of motivic development is essential to improvising and composing in any style of music, and is especially useful in roots blues forms. By learning these pieces, the student will acquire the basic blues piano vocabulary and be prepared to play blues in different keys and feels. They are also excellent for strengthening the left hand. Most have few jazz chords, staying within a basic blues language limited to dominant seventh chords, with or without a ninth. These blues are mostly originals by Jeff, including the second line style "New Orleans Strut". Also included are two arrangements of traditional melodies: "Saint Louis Blues", by W. C. Handy, and "Saints Boogie", based on "When the Saints Come Marching In", with a left hand created by Jimmy Yancey, a prime source of inspiration for blues and rock pianists. Other styles include Otis Spann and Professor Longhair. Also included is a chart of basic blues scales to help more advanced and adventurous pianists in improvising on these pieces. Ce livre contient 20 pièces originales pour piano de niveau intermédiaire à avancé dans différents styles de piano blues. Ces pièces sont basées sur des motifs simples, développés à travers un ou deux chorus de 12 mesures. Cette technique de variation de motifs est essentielle pour improviser et composer dans n'importe quel style de musique, et est particulièrement utile dans les formes de blues "roots". En apprenant ces morceaux, l'étudiant acquerra le vocabulaire de base du piano blues et sera préparé à jouer du blues dans des tonalités et des sentiments différents. Ils sont également excellents pour renforcer la main gauche. La plupart ont peu d'accords jazz, restant dans un langage blues de base limité aux accords de septième dominante, avec ou sans neuvième. Ces blues sont pour la plupart des originaux de Jeff, y compris le style de "Second Line" (musique typique de Mardi Gras) - "New Orleans Strut". Il y a également deux arrangements de mélodies traditionnelles: "Saint Louis Blues", de W. C. Handy, et "Saints Boogie", basé sur "When the Saints Come Marching In", avec une main gauche créée par Jimmy Yancey, une source d'inspiration de premier ordre pour les pianistes de blues et de rock. Les autres styles comprennent Otis Spann et Professor Longhair. Un tableau de gammes blues de base est également inclus pour aider les pianistes plus avancés et aventureux à improviser sur ces morceaux. Este livro contém 20 peças originais para piano, de intermediário a avançado, em vários estilos de piano blues. As peças são baseadas em motivos simples, desenvolvidos através de uma ou duas voltas da forma de 12 compassos. Esta técnica de variação motívica é essencial para improvisar e compor em qualquer estilo de música, e é especialmente útil em formas de blues de raiz. Ao aprender estas peças, o aluno adquirirá o vocabulário básico do piano blues e estará preparado para tocar blues em diferentes tonalidades e estilos rítmicos. Eles são excelentes para fortalecer a mão esquerda. A maioria tem poucos acordes de jazz, permanecendo dentro de uma linguagem básica de blues limitada aos acordes de sétimas dominantes, com ou sem nona. Estes blues são em sua maioria originais de Jeff, incluindo o estilo da "Second Line" - "New Orleans Strut". Também estão incluídos dois arranjos de melodias tradicionais: "Saint Louis Blues", de W. C. Handy, e "Saints Boogie", baseado em "When the Saints Come Marching In", com uma mão esquerda criada por Jimmy Yancey, uma fonte primordial de inspiração para os pianistas de blues e rock. Outros estilos incluem Otis Spann e Professor Longhair. Está incluído um gráfico de escalas básicas de blues para ajudar pianistas mais avança

20 original melodic studies for all instruments based on great jazz standards such as Night and Day, Body and Soul, I Can't Get Started, Autumn in New York, Someone to Watch Over Me, etc.. Parts in G and F clef, Bb, Eb, and a piano comp with walking bass line. Also included is a structural analysis of each piece, and a Phrase Bank with 80 selected phrases. Each phrase is completely analyzed - detailing chord scales, modal techniques, superimposed triads and seventh chords, chromatic approach tones, and passing tones, and techniques for motivic development, forming a complete course on improvisation in the jazz idiom. "Jeff Gardner has outdone himself again! Besides being one of the great pianists of our time, a brilliant composer, Jeff has released a series of books over the years that are important to the development of every pianist, non-pianist, and educator. His latest book, Jazz Lines, breaks down how to apply licks to address different harmonic progressions, and help the beginning or advanced improviser retain and expand their ideas. I highly recommend this book for all serious students and educators!" - Donald Brown "The engaging etudes in Jeff Gardner's new book, Jazz Lines, feature tasteful excursions through a select group of jazz standards that highlight advanced harmonic thinking in highly refined melodic lines. Players of all levels will find a treasure trove of sophisticated vocabulary that is both accessible and cutting edge" - Tony Dagradi (professor at Loyola University New Orleans, sax with Astral Project). "The etudes in Jazz Lines explore the most common progressions with melodic and harmonic content that can expand your vocabulary beyond the typical patterns, phrases, and voicings" - Michael Pellera (Director of Jazz Studies - NOCCA - New Orleans Center for Creative Arts)."A welcome addition for all who are interested in studying jazz performance and composition The examples are useful and most enjoyable to play. I fully anticipate adding Jazz Lines to material I use with all my students." Michael A. Tracy - Director, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program - University of Louisville, "Recomendo a todos os estudantes de MUSICA, que abram a janela para esse trabalho maravilhoso do grande músico Jeff Gardner" - Gilson Peranzzetta

Pentakosmos, this wonderful compendium of original works written for piano, reveals not only the composer's capacity for creative intelligence, but also his profound command of the instrument and of musical language in its harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and structural aspects. Each piece offers pianists the opportunity to experience the composer's sonic universe, full of jazz ideas and influences from various styles and genres from many countries. This cosmos of ideas, which involve the pentatonic universe, defines, aside from the artistic contribution, an important didactic material that fills a gap in the piano repertoire. The choice of repertoire plays an important role in the formation of the student, who should be exposed to a variety of styles. In addition, the meaning and motivating value of a work can positively influence musical learning. Considering the limitation of the traditional piano repertoire, which is largely based on the European repertoire, I recommend the inclusion of this book in piano course programs, so that pianists can develop their musicality and psychomotricity, as well as motivate themselves through a modern repertoire that is artistically attractive to the ears. Pentakosmos, ce merveilleux recueil d'oeuvres originales écrites pour piano, révèle non seulement la capacité d'intelligence créatrice du compositeur, mais aussi sa profonde maîtrise de l'instrument et du langage musical dans ses aspects harmoniques, mélodiques, rythmiques et structurels. Chaque pièce offre aux pianistes l'occasion de découvrir l'univers sonore du compositeur, qui regorge d'idées de jazz et d'influences de différents styles et genres provenant de divers pays. Ce cosmos d'idées, qui implique l'univers pentatonique, définit, outre l'apport artistique, un important matériel didactique qui vient combler une lacune dans le répertoire pianistique. Compte tenu de la limitation du répertoire traditionnel pour piano, qui est largement basé sur le répertoire européen, je recommande l'inclusion de ce livre dans les programmes des cours de piano, afin que les pianistes puissent développer leur musicalité et leur psychomotricité, en plus d'être motivés par un répertoire actuel artistiquement attrayant pour les oreilles. Pentakosmos, este maravilloso compendio de obras originales escritas para piano, revela no sólo la capacidad de inteligencia creativa del compositor, sino también su profundo dominio del instrumento y del lenguaje musical en sus aspectos armónicos, melódicos, rítmicos y estructurales. Cada pieza ofrece a los pianistas la oportunidad de experimentar el universo sonoro del compositor, que está lleno de ideas de jazz e influencias de diferentes estilos y géneros de varios países. Este cosmos de ideas, que envuelve el universo pentatónico, define, además de la aportación artística, un importante material didáctico que viene a llenar un vacío en el repertorio pianístico. Teniendo en cuenta la limitación del repertorio tradicional para piano, que se basa en gran medida en el repertorio europeo, recomiendo la inclusión de este libro en los programas de los cursos de piano, para que los pianistas puedan desarrollar su musicalidad y psicomotricidad, además de motivarse a través de un repertorio actual y artísticamente atractivo para los oídos. Maria Di Cavalcanti - Professor of Piano - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) The pieces and their corresponding didactic notes help in the construction of an interpretative language and are a welcome addition to the repertoire for solo piano. Having the opportunity to contribute to this interpretive approach has been a wonderful musical adventure. Alla Dadaian - Professor of Piano - Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)