Love Music : Palmetto Publishing : 9798822937833 : 02 Apr 2024 : From top-performing Jazz pianist Jeff Colella comes this groundbreaking book on music theory, skill development, and the art of improvisation. Jeff Colella is one of California's most in-demand Jazz pianists. His post-bop style has granted him multiple tours, a faculty position, and a widely successful career as both a performer and a producer. In Love Music, Colella lets readers in on his personal musical philosophy and conception, helping aspiring professionals and veterans alike to understand some of the most profound truths of musical performance. Bringing together actionable techniques with research-supported theory, the book promises to broaden our perspectives on how we learn, teach and perform the music we love.. Readers will learn: Advanced learning and piano techniques Appropriate forms of expression for a given performance The importance of our conception of time How improvisation comes from an understan