Michael Lake

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A Framework for Jazz Mastery

A Framework for Jazz Mastery

A Framework for Jazz Mastery is a wealth of information from one of the great modern jazz piano voices, Richie Beirach.Richie lays out in the first of three sections ten essential tips for becoming the jazz player you have the full potential to...

Teaching and Learning Jazz

Teaching and Learning Jazz

For the first time, renown player and educator Richie Beirach puts in print his five decade long experiences as both a student and instructor of jazz.Performer, author, and teacher, Michael Lake, collaborates with Richie to produce this honest...

The Lineage of Modern Jazz Piano

The Lineage of Modern Jazz Piano

Jazz is a relatively new art form. It's melodic and harmonic language has evolved throughout the past 100 years from one great innovator passing on his discoveries to the next as a kind of artistic baton passing.The piano has always lead the harmonic...