The Blues Cookbook

The Blues Cookbook is a comprehensive piano method book for pianists of all ages who want to learn timeless secrets of how to play the Blues like the pros! The book is 134 pages and contains: preliminary exercises,"intros" and "endings", licks and patterns, a chapter on how to arrange songs in a Blues style, and samples of two standard songs that have been treated in a Blues manner. This clever book is written by Laura A. Hoffman, a veteran Jazz and Blues pianist who has travelled the world as a performer, songwriter, and teacher.