Mark says: "A great jazz solo consists of 1% magic; 99% stuff that is: Explainable, Analyzable, Categorizable, Doable."

These books are mostly about the 99% stuff."

"One of the best jazz piano books I've ever seen."
            - Kenny Barron

"A great book!"
            - Eddie Palmieri

"A great Book."
            - Keyboard magazine

"Mark has done it again and the music world is grateful."
            - Jamey Aebersold

"One of the greatest jazz educators in the world."
            - Jim Nadel, Stanford Jazz Workshop

"Truly a magnificent accomplishment."
            - Rufus Reid

"Levine writes with passion and intimate knowledge of this vibrant, tangled musical tradition"
            - Piano And Keyboard magazine

"Just what the doctor ordered."
            - Donald Brown

The Jazz Theory Book
published by Sher Music/Advance Music 1995

Jazz Times listed of "The Jazz Theory Book" as the #1 choice in its "recommended "basic jazz library"

"The finest music book of any type I've ever seen."
            - Bass Player magazine

"...brilliant, comprehensive, exciting, and highly readable."
            - Down Beat

"I wish I'd had this book 40 years ago."
            - Bobby Shew

"Should be in every musician's library."
            - James Moody

"A remarkable book."
            - Jazz Changes magazine

"Mark is a marvelous player and educator"
            - Jamey Aebersold

"Mark Levine, has transformed jazz education"
            - Susan Muscarella, Director, The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA

The Drop 2 Book is available in English and Japanese.

The Jazz Piano Book is available in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish; and coming soon in Italian.

The Jazz Theory Book is available in English, French, German, Italian and Japanese and Korean.