The Jazz Cookbook

The Jazz Cookbook is the second in a series of Piano Cookbooks by

Laura A. Hoffman, a veteran Jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. It starts

out with basic Jazz chords, and then presents beginner level songs like

Mack the Knife . The book is divided into five chapters: !) Seventh

Chords, 2) The II-V-I Progression, 3) Voicing the Chords, 4) Jazz Modes,

and 5) Using Modes in a Song. There are some standard songs included

such as Over the Rainbow and Dearly Beloved .