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David Berkman is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. He has performed with jazz giants like Cecil McBee, Tom Harrell, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. As a professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York, Berkman has spent decades refining his method for teaching jazz theory to students of all levels. His real-world experience as a gigging New York musician heavily influences his writing style, making his books conversational, witty, and highly functional. Core Philosophy of the Book

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used by mainstream jazz legends like Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock. Sher Music Co. Key Features Witty Narrative : Reviewers from David Berkman is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer,

The book covers a wide range of topics essential to understanding jazz harmony, including: His real-world experience as a gigging New York

What makes The Jazz Harmony Book stand out from other textbooks is its mission statement. As pianist Fred Hersch notes, this is not merely a dry recitation of rules; it is a witty, engaging guide designed to develop a musician's sense of color, drama, and movement . Berkman has structured the book as a course in adding chords to melodies, progressing from the simplest harmonic situations all the way to complex contemporary jazz concepts.