This one-of-a-kind book and CD applies traditional exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm-ups, etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation, directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic, it's fun! Topics include: scales (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, etc.); arpeggios (triads, seventh chords, upper structures); finger independence exercises (static position, held notes, Hanon exercises); parallel interval scales and exercises (thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, octaves), and more! The CD includes 45 recorded examples.