Peter Martin's Jazz Piano Lessons

In this lesson, Peter continues with part two of Autumn Leaves  

A study of techniques to use for the tune Autumn Leaves, focusing on the head with techniques for solo piano and trio playing.

The final part of a study in building up the essential elements of solo piano approaches to a standard tune, using Stella by Starlight as an example.   

Part two of a study in building up the essential elements of solo piano approaches to a standard tune, using Stella by Starlight as an example.  

Part one of a study in building up the essential elements of solo piano approaches to a standard tune, using Stella by Starlight as an example. Be sure to catch Peter’s example performance at the end of this lesson.   

This lesson covers approaches to learning new tunes by focusing in on reference recordings instead of the fake book chart. Peter uses the song “Have You Met Miss Jones” as an example, and refers to the Frank Sinatra recording of the tune. Did you know you can download an audio version of all lessons to [...]

This lesson is on solo piano techniques. I use Johnny Mercer & Johnny Mandel’s great standard “Emily” as an example.  In this lesson I discuss: intros, keys, melodies, practice, root movement, roots, segue, shell voicings, solo piano, standards, symmetry, time, voicing melody and waltz.  Happy Practicing!   

This lesson uses the standard “All The Things You Are” to explore root movements and learning to easily play in all keys.