Description

While I was a doctoral student at New York University, I began to work on arranging standards using cluster voicings for a solo piano recital. I came across an interesting and effective technique to use to harmonize a melody with the right hand that freed up the left hand to play a bass line and support the right hand with additional chord tones. A small collection of arrangements was the result. Many years later, I began to refine and apply the technique to other tunes and formulate my thoughts and ideas about the approach that I was using. The result is this book. To view or download a PDF of Chapter One (Introduction) from the book, click here→  To listen to an arrangement of “I Thought About You” from the book, click here→ Purchase includes MP3 audio files of all ten arrangements in the book.

(75 pages)