Bay area Boogie Woogie legend Mitch Woods presents a personal insight into the styles and techniques that make up the 'Rock-A-Boogie' Piano sound for beginners and advanced players alike.With a musical style that embraces R&B swing boogie woogie and early rock ‘n’ roll the modern master of the eighty-eights walks you through the essential chops and patterns of the genre. Showing both left and right hands in patient detail Mitch not only lays the rocking foundation for players of all standards but he also opens the door for future exploration.A fully notated booklet of examples is included.

Originals and arrangements of jazz blues and rag pieces. Carefully leveled to ensure attainable goals - crucial in motivating students.

Soloing And Performing-The third lesson of the series gives you the tools to create scorching Jazz solos and the skills to get out there and play! Warren Bernhardt continues his in-depth study of Jazz fundamentals by introducing the concepts of soloing over familiar Jazz progressions. All aspects of improvisation are discussed including scales phrasing using chords in solos and working with typical harmonic structures. Bernhardt also discusses the skills and confidence required to prepare a song to perform with other musicians and tackles the pressures of getting into your first public improvisations.

From India to Germany and Africa to Afganistan this collection for Piano solo represents some of the finest music from around the world. Dave Brubeck has created an image or an impression of these regions by using unique and charateristic elements of each of the folk styles all in a jazz setting. A delightful background accompanies each piece revelaing Brubeck's personal reasons and motivations for each piece.

A multi-purpose resource comprising 12 jazz piano pieces with 24 tracks on the free CD which includes 12 interpretations of the printed page as written plus a further 12 tracks offering jazz arrangements to accompany you as you play!Grade: 4 - 6

Jazz Piano-Seven more well-known songs from around the globe arranged by Richard Kershaw in Jazz Piano style. The music is clearly written with phrasing and other marks of expression and is suitable for Grades 4-6.

The Joy Of Boogie And Blues is a wonderful selection of easy-to-medium piano solos in both blues and boogie styles including Cotton Mill Blues and Whistling The Blues. The pieces have been arranged and edited by Denes Agay and Gerald Martin.‘The Joy Of…’ series is a constantly growing collection of musical editions that is now recognised and loved throughout the world.Under the editorial guidance established by renowned teacher arranger and musicologist Denes Agay the series covers a wide variety of musical genres including the classics folk jazz blues ragtime and children’s music.Students and teachers allover the world have welcomed ‘The Joy Of…’ books for their imaginative choice of material consistent settings and accessible large-format style. New titles are constantly being added to an already extensive range ensuring that the series continues as a vital growing treasury of the world’s best music.This CD edition includes newly-recorded high-quality performances of the music to be found in the book. These tracks demonstrate how the pieces should sound and in some cases provide a piano part with which the student can play along.

A study in concept composition arranging and soloing by one of the original masters of the 20th Century's greatest art form - jazz.

Get Set Jazz! is an exciting collection of jazz blues and pop sketches for Piano or Keyboard with CD exploring a wide new variety of traditional and modern styles.Catchy melodies arranged in the most comfortable keys will guarantee maximum inspiration for any student wishing to develop a natural confidence in both swing and straight syncopation. Every piece has been meticulously scored with detailed phrasing and fingering suggestions.

Eighteen all time great standards specially arranged for piano. Includes Summertime A Night In Tunisia and Lullaby OF Birdland.

A Jazzy Christmas Book 2 is the great follow up to the popular  A Jazzy Christmas Book 1  for soloPiano containing a further 13 jazz arrangements of more of your favourite Christmas classics. This book is the next instalment in the series for the pianist who is tired of the same old arrangements oftraditional seasonal songs that have been heard and played many times before. This songbook includes even more arrangements of festive favourites with an interesting and exciting jazz twist. These songs are guaranteed to get theattention and respect of your audience. Expertly arranged by Paul Honey songs like Jingle Bells O Come All Ye Faithful and Santa Baby get the jazz-treatment in this follow-upedition. Pianists and audiences will enjoy playing and hearing these innovative and cool twists on the Yuletide classics. The jazzy melodies and unexpected chords breathe new life into the tired old tunes and listeners will enjoy hearing how these versions differ from the ones they are familiar with. As with the first book the challenge of these pieces presents yet another enjoyable part of the series. After you've mastered thetraditional songs these new and reinvigorated versions will keep your audience on their toes and will keep your fingers working.  So whether you have already mastered the first book and you arehungry for more jazz-inspired Christmas or you just prefer the tunes included in this one the jazz harmonies rhythms and melodies of these arrangements in A Jazzy Christmas are sure to bring a freshness toyour soundtrack this Christmas.

A great collection of original jazz study and study pieces spanning a host of jazz idioms from blues trad and big band to gospel ballad and more reflective styles. These carefully-graded studies explore systematically a broad range of techniques including left and right hand chord shapes larger hand stretches more complex rhythms blue notes ornaments and chromatic phrasing. Whether you are learning on your own or with a teacher Jazz Piano Studies is the ideal route to sylish jazz Piano playing.

The definitive book on Latin Jazz Piano for both accompaniment and soloing featuring Salsa Mambo Nanigo Cha Cha Bolero Songo Merengue and Baiao styles complete with CD! The book contains eight full songs for you to learn with extensive performance notes and guidance to help you capture the true spirit of the style. Each song includes two CD tracks - a full band demonstration and an accompaniment backing track - as well as a chord sheet and substantial example solo.

Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano vibraphone alto flute drums andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory blue notes grace notes pedal-points tremolos trills syncopation anticipation delayed beats slash chords boogie-woogie left-hand patterns walking bass stride piano style straight eighths swingeighths passing tones rolled chords riffs 'filler' chords substitutions and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping); in addition the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping practice and jazzsoloing plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists a key to chord symbols and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio.