in the 1990s, cunliffe wrote a number of educational publications. his book "jazz keyboard toolbox" was published by alfred publications and became a standard reference in jazz. next came an educational dvd and book on beginning blues piano called "max blues keyboard", also for alfred. he then published "jazz inventions for keyboard", short pieces in the style of the chopin preludes and bach inventions, with an accompanying audio cd. more recently, he published "uniquely familiar", a book of through-composed arrangements of jazz standards, followed by a similar collection entitled "uniquely christmas."