Recording Studio Equipment

Bought this for the score to “Such a Night” which is in the index. Unfortunately they neglected to put the score anywhere in the book. There’s lots of other things to learn and play, but if you’re looking for that specific song, you’ll be disappointed.

I am fairly accomplished pianist and can play some blues. i bought this book because Dr John is such a master at it in so many ways. This book is like so many music “how to” books i bought growing up. It is COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY INACCURATE. i have a great ear better than i can execute and i can safely say there are more things wrong than right. Perhaps another way of saying it is that there are so many things different on the written page than on the cd. HOW CAN YOU SELL A BOOK CLAIMING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO DO SOMETHING AND GIVE YOU A LESSON FILLED WITH THINGS THAT ARENT WHAT YOURE LEARNING??? the first piece comes closest to his playing. its also easiest and the one youll care about least. I called both publishers. Homespun told me no one ever complained about it. well, so what! Dr John is complicated enough. he plays fast. theres many things in the inbetween. No wonder no one figured it out. People probably gave up and figured they werent good enough. Homespun was kind about it but they did not do the transcription, Hal Leonard music did. Hal Leonard never even responded to emails and a letter. Listen to his version of Frankie and Johnny see what they “transcribe” (if you could call it that) and youll think it belongs to a different cd. I managed to figure out what he was playing and therefore attained some benefit but i could have bought any cd of his and done that.
if you want to learn new orleans style piano avoid this book.