Blues Artists

1 Style of James Booker Has Free Chapters In this lesson we will discover the style of James Booker. Born in New Orleans, Booker was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards.
Released: July 15, 2016 • Duration: 00:59:24
2 Style of Gene Harris Has Free Chapters In this high energy lesson, we will be working through some rocking, gospel-flavor Gene Harris licks. I’ll show you some pretty advanced licks that will bump up the intensity level of your solos. I’ll also show you how to prevent hurting yourself while performing these intense licks.
Released: March 4, 2013 • Duration: 00:51:04
3 Style of Otis Spann Has Free Chapters Learn some really cool Otis Spann licks, chords and bass lines. I will also teach you how to put together the licks to create a ‘song’. Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Released: June 12, 2010 • Duration: 01:14:45
4 Style of Johnny Rivers Has Free Chapters Using Johnny Rivers 1972 classic, “Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu”, you’ll learn 5 different breaks/fills, a simple and advanced chordal groove, how to combine licks from past songs along with some of Larry Knechtel’s piano solo as well! This lesson is jam-packed with a lot of real slick blues piano!
Released: November 19, 2010 • Duration: 01:05:05
5 Style of Dr. John Has Free Chapters In this lesson I show you some really cool Dr. John licks. You'll also learn more about New Orleans bass patterns and how to break apart these licks to create your own.
Released: February 19, 2010 • Duration: 01:15:00
6 Style of Jerry Lee Lewis Has Free Chapters Get ready for some rocking piano! This lesson will show you how to create the exciting piano style of Jerry Lee Lewis. We will use the progression of Great Balls of Fire to create a blues arrangement with many of Jerry's classic licks. I'll also show you some of Jerry's keyboard "stunts" and teach you how to not hurt yourself while rocking heavy on the piano. Grab your cup of coffee for this lesson...it's intense!
Released: November 12, 2011 • Duration: 01:20:11
7 Style of Floyd Cramer Has Free Chapters In this lesson we are going to use my re-worked version of Last Date to get inside of Floyd Cramer’s style. We will cover bass lines, licks and I’ll show you how to create your own Cramer-style song.
Released: October 8, 2010 • Duration: 01:09:13
Total Course Duration = 07:54:42

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In this course we will learn the styles of 7 different pianists who used blues, jazz, gospel and country piano techniques in their playing. You can do the lessons in this course in any order.

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