Mark Levine .. pianist, educator, author

The Drop 2 Book
"Mark Levine is a wellspring of knowledge on modern jazz piano playing… his brilliant playing is proof that he knows what he's talking about."
- Mulgrew Miller

"The "Drop 2" book is the meat and potatoes of jazz piano."
- Jamey Aebersold

Following up on his two previous books published by Sher, “The Jazz Piano Book,” and “The Jazz Theory Book,” Mark adds another invaluable teaching tool for jazz pianists and arrangers. Drop 2 is a basic jazz piano and arranging skill.

The Jazz Piano Book
published by Sher Music/Advance Music 1990

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 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.