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Though thelonious monk was a close friend and influence, his greatest piano influence was art tatum. Jazz piano etudes for the improvisation student 2nd edition book i. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Doing some more reading around, i am probably going to either pick up mark levines.
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