Jazzy Tunes: Piano: Instrumental Album

Jazzy Tunes for the Beginner-Ten jazzy tunes that explore the jazz idiom and encompasses various modern styles - from blues and jazz to rock. The pieces are great fun and and contain different techniques and challenges which the student will encounter elsewhere in their piano playing. Essential fingering suggestions have been include and these should be carefully followed along with the tempo indications to ensure a smooth performance.

Jazzy Tunes for the Intermediate Player-In this follow on book to Easy Blue Piano the pianist is introduced to slightly more difficult rhythms and harmonies. The melodies however are still kept within the range of Associated Board grade 2-3 pianists. Again essential fingering suggestions have been included together with suggested drum style for each piece for keyboard players to play along to.

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.

This collection of jazzy arrangements features many well-known melodies. Contrasting styles are presented and typical jazz performance techniques will be employed when playing these pieces.Jean Kleeb is known for his highly sensitive and stylistically solid jazz Piano arrangements of familiar tunes and even classical works. This new selection is based on sharply contrasting pieces that he has transformed into appealing jazz numbers.Among them are El pueblo unido (Sergio Ortega) Jamaica farewell (traditional) Passacaglia Jazz (Jean Kleeb) an English and a German folk song and a new Brahms arrangement.

Piano Time is a hugely successful series for all young beginners from the very first lesson up to around grade 3. With a complete range of carefully paced and attractive books - tutors books of pieces of all kinds duets and technique books - Piano Time is a highly enjoyable way to learn the piano. Piano Time Pieces 3 presents a sparkling selection of pieces in all styles. Here are classical and jazzy pieces folksongs and specially written tunes and songs and character pieces of all kinds. Practising the range of techniques and keys introduced in Piano Time 3 these pieces provide a wealth of enjoyable practiceand repertoire material for all young pianists. With superb illustrations throughout this is a must have companion volume to Piano Time 3.

Piano Time is a hugely successful series for all young beginners from the very first lesson up to around grade 3. With a complete range of carefully paced and attractive books - tutors books of pieces of all kinds duets and technique books - Piano Time is a highly enjoyable way to learn the piano. Piano Time Pieces 2 presents a sparkling selection of pieces in all styles. Here are classical and jazzy pieces folksongs and specially written tunes and songs and character pieces of all kinds. Practising the range of techniques and keys introduced in Piano Time 2 these pieces provide a wealth of enjoyable practiceand repertoire material for all young pianists. With superb illustrations throughout this is a must have companion volume to Piano Time 2.

Step it up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards! ..Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes and duets too - these carefully graded volumes are guaranteed to liven up your practice no end. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends take your playing to another level with 'Step it up!' - and prepare to step up a grade at the same time!

Jazzy Connections is a superb repertoire book containing jazzy tunes to enrich your repertoire and for you to really show-off in performance. These pieces have been skilfully arranged by Robert Ramskill for Trombone with Piano accompaniment and also includes some original compositions.The solo trombone part is also included on a separate insert.