Jazz Theory
The Walking Bass Line Primer—Part One
A walking bass line, it’s one of the signature sounds in jazz. It’s even safe to say improvising walking bass lines iare among the skills
September 12, 2019
Piano Improvisation
Musical Design
Gadgets, gizmos, and gongs
Here, you’ll find a link to seven new compositions that juxtapose pianos, electronic instruments, iPads, and more. It’s all part of a collection of pieces that don’t have a name as a whole but will shortly enough. Depending upon when you come across this little snippet of text, if you across it, all of the pieces may be up on the usual streaming sites such as Apple Music and Spotify. But RIGHT NOW, as I write this little snippet, they’re not there! They’re only here! Here as in here within a link in this post.
July 30, 2019
Musical Design
The link to everything
The recording project is almost done. Album cover art is upcoming. And getting all materials to distributors, meaning Apple Music, Spotify, and all fine streaming services.
July 23, 2019
Piano Improvisation
There is something
The latest news from PolishookPiano. Said news includes a link to There is something. It also includes suggestions about how to improvise with a simple scale—it is so simple to improvise with a simple scale—but, yet, it’s not. The news also includes a short explanation about different kinds of ivory.
June 10, 2019
Musical Design
Jazz 625 and a recording project
Improvising at the piano, using an iPad to record the improvisations, and then using assorted gadgets to improvise further upon the improvisations. Mark Polishook: Compositions for the Electric Things, iPad, and Piano
April 30, 2019
Musical Design
The magnitude of force
A rough mix from my upcoming CD, a follow-up to It’s About Time, a solo piano recording I released last year. All recordings are and will be available on the iTunes store and Spotify and other purveyors of fine digitised music.
February 18, 2019
Boogie Woogie
YABB
Here I introduce YABB (yet another boogie woogie). On a related note, am going to offer 1-day boogie woogie workshop in Leicester, which if I’m
January 9, 2019
Jackdaws
Why YOU should consider attending an Improvisation course at Jackdaws!!!!!!!
From experience, that is, from improvising to learn, we get the lesson, which is, knowing how to improvise. Therefore …. let’s get the experience! We’ll pick up the lessons later! And we will pick them up!.
October 6, 2018
Piano Improvisation
Two piano improvisation courses! One goal!
Piano improvisation! From 21 to 23 September, I’ll be giving a weekend jazz improvisation course at Finchcocks in Kent. There’s one seat left. But it’s
September 9, 2018
Jazz Theory
B. Everything begins somewhere
I’ve written it in a blog post elsewhere, but it’s worth saying again—what Jaki Byard said to me in my first lesson with him at
July 27, 2018
Mark Polishook, currently based in Leicester in the UK, is known internationally as a jazz pianist and a composer. He is a former director of the music composition and theory programs at Central Washington University in the United States.
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