Local 802 (New York City) member Lee Evans is an acclaimed educator, performer, and composer. His Jazz Piano Scales and Exercises presents an interesting way to practice patterns and etudes while learning jazz. Following the notation and fingerings for scales—major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor—in each of the 12 keys, three jazz exercises are given. These serve to reinforce the patterns and fingers and to give the player a sense of melodies, rhythms, and harmonies that are integral to jazz stylings.

Jazz Piano Scales and Exercises: An Engaging Way to Practice Scale Patterns and Etudes While Learning Jazz, by Local 802 member Lee Evans, Hal Leonard, www.halleonard.com.