Berklee College of Music professor Dave Frank, author of the popular Hal Leonard book series JOY OF IMPROV, will be conducting a series of US college performance/teaching tours. Dave will be playing music from his top 10 solo CD, POWER OF THE PIANO, on the Jazzheads label, and offering improv master classes for the students and interested public.
For more info, contact Jazzheads Records or Dave at Dfrankjazz@aol.com
This book of printed sheet music contains "a course on improvisation for all instruments and all styles which will help you develop monster musical skills studying the lessons and playing along with the accompanying enhanced CD". That's quite a sentence (from the cover of the book!), but it is a good description of the book's contents. Written by Dave Frank (with John Amaral), this volume gives lots of practical theory instruction, playing examples, and practical hints and pointers to help a musician get started in music improvisation. The Compact Disc (included with the book) contains lots of samples and examples. This is a really thorough improvisation method, appropriate for any instrument. This book is Book One of a two part series.
$25.95
This book is Book Two of the series - it picks up where Book One left off. The Compact Disc (included with the book) contains lots of samples and examples. This is a really thorough improvisation method, appropriate for any instrument.
$25.95
About the Album
$13.47
Power of the Piano, the debut recording from jazz pianist Dave Frank, is a tour-de-force of solo piano, featuring blistering up-tempo improvisations, lush ballads and rollicking blues.
Frank has developed his unique approach to solo piano performance over a period of 25 years, and clearly excels in this demanding format. On Power of the Piano, he wrote all but one of the songs and carefully varied moods and tempos, creating a complete musical landscape. Frank's "Seasons of the Soul" are four musical poems that depict each season with sensitivity and understanding. In contrast, the heated "Sailing in the Sea of Joy," "Wailing in the Joy of 'C'" and "Overcoming" feature contrapuntal passages that display what Frank calls "the spirit of the burn!" "The Mind of Miro'" is an advanced harmonic exploration utilizing block chords, while "Boogie Man Blues" romps a la Memphis Slim. Other selections include the modal, hypnotic "Dave's Wave," a hilarious takeoff on Jobim's "How Insensitive," and the swinging "Gone with the Breeze." The CD concludes with a memorable two-part tribute to Lennie Tristano, containing the CD's featured track "Turning it Loose!"
Power of the Piano showcases Dave Frank's sensitivity, prodigious technique, and wide palette of emotional colors. He's a new voice in jazz, and one you'll be hearing much more of in the years to come.
Track Listings:
1. Seasons Of The Soul: The First Days Of Spring
2. Sailing In The Sea Of Joy
3. Wailing In The Joy Of C
4. Mind Of Miro, The
5. Seasons Of The Soul: Indian Summer
6. Boogie Man Blues
7. Overcoming
8. Seasons Of The Soul: Autumn Nocturne
9. Gone With The Breeze
10. Dave's Wave
11. How Insensitive!
12. Seasons Of The Soul: Winter Landscapes
13. Cure For The Blues, A
14. For Lennie
15. Remembering Lennie
16. Turning It Loose!