Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. This intimate session will help you build a solid repertoire and acquire essential licks, runs, turnarounds, rhythms and techniques. Just love this volume 2 of a 3 volume book/CD set of Dr. John, sitting at a piano just playing and talking about the music. 4.1 out of 5 stars 12. Dr. John begins each segment by amiably pontificating on some aspect of the New Orleans piano tradition before launching into utterly spectacular renditions of standards like “St. The music legend, guitarist, piano man, jive talker and psychedelic godfather Malcolm John Rebennack – better known as Dr. John – died "towards the break of day" on Thursday, of a … 1. You will not find a structured teaching course in the blues here - There are no "lessons", just a virtuoso playing and speaking about what he does best. Dr. John - Piano Bundle Pack: Includes Dr. John Teaches New Orleans Piano - … At 13 he decided to become a musician, and was supported by his family, who themselves were musicians in a small way. $18.69. He then made the solo piano album Dr John Plays Mac Rebennack (1981), a virtuosic showcase of his keyboard skills, and repeated the feat with The … (Piano). Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, a veritable encyclopedia of music and lore, immerses you in all aspects of New Orleans boogie and blues piano. Dr. John Teaches New Orleans Piano - Complete Edition: Listen & Learn Series Includes Books 1, 2 & 3 (Piano: Listen & Learn) Dr. John. He was 77. Dr. John, the celebrated Louisiana singer and piano player who mixed black and white musical influence, has died, his family said Thursday. Dr. John was born on November 21, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as Malcolm Rebbenack. Dr. John's sound is a musical gumbo composed of blues, rock, R&B, zydeco, jazz and standards, anchored by his own unmistakable voice and grooving piano work.He brought this … Dr. John was a New Orleans rhythm and blues musician born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. "Mac" dropped out of school in the 11th grade in 1956, at the age of 16, to become a blues piano … Dr John passes along a gospel piano session with a higher purpose - to solidify your grasp of the church-based rhythms and harmonies that helped give birth to the blues. Dr. John the Nite Tripper, the famed New Orleans Piano Player, singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist was so influential, he had a Muppet made after him, wrote the Popeye’s Chicken theme, and so much more.. Find ten facts about Dr. John, born Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. raised in the city of music, New Orleans, Louisiana. Paperback.