For the Beginning Pianist-Accessible to novices of all ages these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise ' 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Irving Berlin Jerome Kern's 'They Didn't Believe Me ' and 'Bethena' by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include 'Frankie and Johnny ' 'Hello! Ma Baby ' 'Ja-Da ' 'Indiana ' ''Taint Nobody's Business If I Do ' and other jazz standards.Suitable for the true beginner these arrangements are simpler and more melodic than other versions. They include suggestions for fingering and are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.Dover Original.

Description A First Book Of Jazz: 21 Arrangements For The Beginning Pianist Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's They Songlist After You've Gone [Layton, Turner] Alexander's Ragtime Band [Berlin, Irving] Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Warfield, Charles] [Williams, Clarence] Ballin' The Jack [Smith, Chris] Bethena [Joplin, Scott] Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks, Shelton] Frankie And Johnny [Traditional] Hello! Ma Baby [Howard, Joseph E.] [Emerson, Ida] I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise [Gershwin, George] Indiana [Hanley, James F.] Ja-Da [Carleton, Bob] Lady Of The Evening [Berlin, Irving] Nobody But You [Gershwin, George] Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Oleman, Abe] Rialto Ripples [Gershwin, George] Rose Room [Hickman, Art] [Williams, Harry] Some Of These Days [Brooks, Shelton] 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do [Grainger, Porter] That's A Plenty [Pollack, Lew] They Didn't Believe Me [Kern, Jerome] When My Baby Smiles At Me [Munro, Bill]