Review Of Jazz Piano History And Development

The book Jazz Piano History and Development was written by Dr.Billy Taylor who was a distinguished jazz pianist, composer and educationist in America. The Book was academic and did some serious research on jazz piano. With its profound details and pictures,the book shows development of jazz piano in the past hundred years. It is not only the epitome of jazz music development, but also a brief history of jazz. The points of view in the book were formed through a long and varied professional jazz music career of the author. As a prominent participator and witness of jazz music development, Dr.Billy Taylor’s conception is original and totally different from the books on jazz piano found in China. From varied angle of standpoint, the paper introduces the content, characteristic features and the point of view in the book.Furthermore, this paper has illustrated some translation issues that relate to the book, and some inspirations from the book.