Jack Reilly's CDs and books!
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SPECIES BLUES - THREE PART JAZZ METHOD SUMMER SALE --GET A SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNT ON EACH VOLUME NOW! CHECK IT OUT HERE! (THESE ARE COMPREHENSIVE AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED JAZZ IMPROVISATION INSTRUCTION FOR PIANO IN THREE VOLUMES).READ MORE ABOUT THESE BOOKS HERE

"Pure Passion" "Jack Reilly continues on his independent way as a pianist inspired by many predecessors but shaped by his own expansive harmonic vision. In several of his CDs, I have heard no more ravishing expression of that vision than in his radical, utterly gorgeous, reharmonization of the famous Dizzy Gillespie coda to Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight." His "Das Fryderyk" reinforces my conviction that if Chopin had been born fifty years later, he would been a great blues player. This solo album contains pieces by composers including Kern, Rodgers, Victor Young, Vernon Duke and Gershwin. Its cover proclaims, "10 Standards, 6 Originals." In Reilly's hands, they are all original." --DOUG RAMSEY ( jazz critic, artsjournal.com) LISTEN TO THE CD or ORDER IT HERE!

Positively virtuosic... Reilly's playing... stretches the mind without destroying the ears... --- DAVE NATHAN (AMG GUIDE) """Lives up to it's title...Jack plays in this solo album from the 'inside' of the music, from a depth few pianists can achieve..." -- JAN STEVENS, PIANIST ( Bill Evans Webpages) "Aspiring pianists will find this CD a learning and listening journey that is invaluable in it's content, and the established players will simply sit back and take notice of it's brilliance." -- JOHN GILBERT (Jazzreview.com)

November Recorded Live at the Jazz Forum in NYC with Ronnie Bedford on drums and Jack Six on bass, includes "With a Song in My Heart", "Lento For Carol", "Kyrie" plus several other originals! LISTEN AND ORDER THE CD HERE

Blue-Sean Green Jack's debut album with Jack Six on bass and Joe Cocuzzo on drums. A tour-de-force! LISTEN OR ORDER THE CD HERE

Tzu-Jan - Vol. 2 The Sound of The Tarot Solo Piano Improvisations - nine unique tracks. This is a series of of eleven free-form improvisations, each of them based on a pair of cards from the Tarot deck which are slide-projected above him. The world of Art always makes room for those it speaks to most eloquently! LISTEN OR ORDER THIS CD HERE!

Tzu-Jan - Vol. 1 The Sound of The Tarot The series of improvised works presented here almost have the character of a modern piano sonata rather than a jazz work. LISTEN OR ORDER THIS CD HERE!

The Brinksman This CD was nominated for a Grammy ® award for "BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO" in 1982, and includes Lament For Bill, Cheryl, The Duke, much more... LISTEN OR ORDER THIS CD HERE!

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Here's What I Like 12 tracks -includes: Bill Evans' tunes My Bells and Peri's Scope, the standard Little Old Lady, and so much more. A warm and sophisticated listening experience. LISTEN OR ORDER THIS CD HERE!

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Masks Features Jack Reilly in solo, duo, quartet settings (in concert 1968-1995) Includes an amazing version of I Got Rhythm, plus Fantasie, etc. LISTEN TO AND ORDER THIS CD HERE!

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Live in Poland Includes "I Got Rhythm", "Variations on 'Giant Steps'", "Rhapsody in D" , Chopin Prelude/Jazz and and several other originals !. LISTEN TO AND ORDER THIS CD HERE!

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Tributes Solo Piano, with all originals by JackReilly including Devenir, Nabla, Kyrie, more. ****(four stars) -- DOWNBEAT magazine LISTEN OR ORDER CD HERE!

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Music Books by Jack Reilly:

THE HARMONY OF BILL EVANS The hugely popular and critically acclaimed book of extensive analysis of several Evans tunes, including "B Minor Waltz" and "Time Remembered" --with examples and commentary, quartal voicings, etc.. Available at fine music stores. Published by Hal Leonard, Inc! "A must have!" says Jazz Journal! "So few have done such an in depth analysis of Bill's harmonic development, from his own compositions. All pianists will be enlightened by this book! --- Jan Stevens (The Bill Evans Webpages) COMING IN AUTUMN 2009: VOLUME 2!

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JAZZ PIANO SOLOS Ten jazz standards ("Body and Soul", Tenderly", "I Thought About You", ,etc.) and three original solos by Jack Reilly arranged for jazz piano. Level: Intermediate ! Soft cover. Available at fine music stores. Published by Hal Leonard, Inc.

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