Mike Cornick: 4 More Afro-Caribbean Pieces: Piano Trio: Instrumetnal Collection

Play with style using Mike Cornick's Style Collection- be it jazz, Afro-Caribbean favourites or the evergreens we all enjoy. Each book with CD focuses on a particular genre and includes well-known pieces in arrangements suitable for the middle-grade player as 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball', 'Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey', 'Ja Da' and more. The CD provides the option of playing along as part of an ensemble which is both confidence-building and fun, while the demonstration tracks for listening are not only inspiring but hugely entertaining. / Piano

“How to make friends at the keyboard” might be the series title for Mike Cornick’s albums for 5 or 6 hands at one Piano! In this latest volume 4 Afro-Caribbean Pieces For 6 Hands Mike Cornick offers three traditional pieces “Jamaica Farewell” “Mary Anne” and “Yellow Bird” plus a piece of his own which perfectly captures the stylistic mannerisms of this very musical region. Cornick has suggested fingerings to help avoid the collisions inevitable with three players at one keyboard but he adds “it’s all part of the fun”! The second andterzo parts can be downloaded (free of charge) from the publisher’s website to aid private practice. These multi-hand pieces make great concert pieces especially as encores and you could also try: 5 Pieces for 5 Left Hands (UE21711) or 4 Afro-Caribbean Songs for 5 Right Hands (UE21649) as well as several other volumes for the more conventional six hands.