David Pearl

The author of Piano Exercises for Dummies (Wiley), The Art of Billy Strayhorn and The Art of Steely Dan (Cherry Lane), Learn to Play Classic Rock Piano from the Masters (Hal Leonard), and Color Your Chords (Cherry Lane), David Pearl arranged The Jazz Piano Collection, 22 jazz standards for solo piano (Music Sales), Classic Jazz Collection, 27 jazz standards for piano and voice (Music Sales), and Bach 'n' Roll, 20 pop songs set in the styles of the great classical composers (Cherry Lane), along with numerous other music books. He co-authored 100 Blues Lessons for Hal Leonard's Keyboard Lesson Goldmine Series and arranged six songs for Classic Rock, in Hal Leonard's Creative Piano Solo series. He arranged and recorded Prokofiev's Scythian Suite for piano four hands, and has performed throughout the United States, in Canada, Russia and Japan. Born in Denver, Colorado, he graduated cum laude from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, and lives in New York City, where he keeps busy performing, arranging, composing and teaching.