Stride & Swing Piano Book - Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series with Online Audio - Learn Jazz & Blues Piano Techniques for Performances & Practice

As one reviewer mentioned, all transcriptions are by the author "John Valerio".Since this is a "How to" book for playing stride piano, I don't believe that's a big issue. The songs of the masters need to be simplified at the students' level. Once one masters this book, then get the original music sheets of the masters.Who is this author "John Valerio"?John Valerio is a pianist, composer, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has performed with several outstanding jazz artists including: Lee Konitz, Jon Faddis, Stanley Clarke, Chris Vadala, John Swana, Gerald Veasley, Winard Harper, Ralph Bowen, Steve Gilmore and Jan Metzger.He earned a doctorate in Music Composition from Temple University.Valerio has played in many concerts and clubs as well as for numerous headliners in Atlantic City, Philadelphia and New York including Robert Merrill, Jerry Vale, Maurice Hines, Robert Klein, Eddie Fisher, Chita Rivera, The McGuire Siters, Susanne Sommers, Bobby Rydell and Charo.He has published six internationally selling books on jazz piano for Hal Leonard Corporation including Stride and Swing Piano, Bebop Jazz Piano, Post Bop Jazz Piano and is currently writing Latin Jazz Piano.I recommend the Hall Leonard Keyboard Style Series. They are good.I'm not a Jazz fan. I play boogie woogie. Did stride piano evolve into boogie woogie? I got the book to help me understand this evolution.Musical genres come and go. They evolve. Music seems to subscribe to Darwin's "survival of the fittest". In order to boogie, I have to learn how to swing it, so I can make big strides. When that makes me sweat, I can always go back to an old rag. ;-)