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The Keyboard Handbook: The Complete Guide to Mastering Keyboard Styles, with CD, by Steve Lodder and Janette Mason. Backbeat Books, 2012. www.halleonard.com; 160 pp., $29.99.
The Keyboard Handbook provides a concise introduction to jazz and popular styles for keyboard players. The bulk of the book consists of short vignettes written in friendly and informal language that describe the histori- cal beginnings and sounds of various styles. Each vignette is accompanied by a musical example written by the authors that is typical for the style. Nearly all the musical examples can be found on the accompanying CD and some have secondary tracks for soloing.
The musical examples are...