Format : Sheet music + CD
SKU: HL.14064661
UPC: 007399997494.
SKU: BA.BA08772
ISBN 9790006502349. 30 x 23 cm inches. Language: German/English. Preface: Knecht, Edgar.
Edgar Knecht is a jazz pianist who has created his own unique style. His dbut CD, “Good Morning Lilofee” (with four-piece combo), conquered the clubs and earned him invitations to international festivals. His treatment of the original melodies is refreshingly different from standard jazz arrangements: It is characterized by a free perception of the tunes, varied rhythms as well as unconventional harmonies. The same recipe for success underlies his second CD, “Dance On Deep Waters”, with which the Edgar Knecht Quartet is again going on tour, with many gigs lined up for spring and summer.All eight of the songs in our edition offer agreeable and stimulating literature outside the classical and jazz pigeonholes for pianists everywhere, whether or not they dig German folksongs. Familiar tunes such as “Es freit der wilde Wassermann” or “Die Gedanken sind frei” gain a wholly new quality and pizzazz in his arrangements. Though based on the original songs, the pieces go far beyond them in form, harmony and rhythm, thereby turning the originals into top-quality jazz ballads. All the pieces have suggestions for improvised passages, usually with chords and written-out ostinato bass lines.All the pieces are recorded on the like-named CD with Edgar Knecht at the piano, accompanied by his trio of bass, drums and percussion.The AuthorEdgar Knecht lives in Kassel (Germany), where he heads a piano school and tours with his combo. Since the age of 14 he has held concerts with his own piano pieces and written many theatre, film and TV scores. With his Edgar Knecht Trio he transforms German folksongs into fascinating jazz ballads with which he fills his programmes and venues.Playlist:www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh-AUh-Pv3D4lXqmq2cdu-ubVBDIfvxQJ
SKU: WD.080689330384
UPC: 080689330384.
Following the highly successful Majestic Keyboard Classics, this Christmas release from David T. Clydesdale uses the same format as his earlier collection. Christmas Keyboard Classics is arranged for solo piano (a second piano can play the accompaniment for the solo, included in the book). This has the brilliant and exciting symphonic orchestral sounds for which David is well known with styles ranging from beautiful ballads to jazz to classical.
SKU: HL.49047072
UPC: 196288115038.
Thomas Fellow, author of the successful standard work Fellow Guitar Book and guitarist who gives concerts worldwide (European GuitarQuartet, Friend `n Fellow, Hands on Strings), expands his Guitar Music Collection with this and the following volume by an extensive number of compositions in his own modern, stylistically open tonal language. This booklet with 18 DELIGHTFUL CROSSOVER PIECES is aimed at interested students, concert guitarists as well as ambitious amateurs. The pieces are demanding (level of difficulty 4 - difficult) and, thanks to the additional notation in TABS, are a perfect addition to the repertoire of modern guitar literature, even for players who are not familiar with music. FINGERFOOD XXL Vol. 1 includes shorter compositions (STARTER) and a whole series of ballads (SWEET). All pieces are concertante, buteach in its own way. And so fingerstyle influences can be recognized as well as Brazilian sounds, sometimes Fellow approaches jazz, sometimes pop music and always conveys joy of playing and listening pleasure.
SKU: HL.50601568
This repertoire book presents 25 pieces for classical guitar inspired by pop music, designed to appeal to young students inparticular. The collection contains melodic and atmospheric ballads as well as some great swing, Latin, ragtime and jazz style umbers. The pieces span a range of levels from easy to moderately difficult, with complete fingerings and tempo indications. Theaccompanying CD provides first-class performances by the up-and-coming concert guitarist Julia Trintschuk. These are intended to give an example of interpretation and to encourage a deeper study of the music.
