The Piano Playbook: Cocktail Piano is a collection of brilliant arrangements of jazz pop and even classical standards that are simply too good to be kept in the background. Compiled to suit everyone's tastes these tunes are collated in a handy spiral-bound book making each song a pleasure to play. Featuring a total of 45 smooth solo Piano arrangements of some seriously wonderful compositions Cocktail Pianois a Piano Playbook that is essential playing for any pianist. With songs that simply scream Piano bar like Hoagy Carmichael's Lazy River and George Gershwin's Rhapsody InBlue as well as some arrangements of tunes that don't typically remind one of a relaxed evening in a cocktail bar such as London Calling by The Clash and Pinball Wizard by TheWho. Every single one of these songs was written by a master of composition whether it's The Beatles represented here by five songs (With A Little Help From My Friends Nowhere Man andmore) Duke Ellington Rachmaninoff Bill Evans or Chick Corea whose divine Now He Sings Now He Sobs should be required playing for any pianist. All of the songs in this book of CocktailPiano sheet music would sound fantastic as the soundtrack for a night of mirth and merry but they are also so good that they'd be universally loved if they were the centre of aperformance. This songbook as with all the Piano Playbooks comes spiral-bound ensuring that it lays flat on a Piano or music stand while the handy format means that durability iscombined with convenience so you can always carry Cocktail Piano around with you and bring the house down whenever a set of ivories is in front of you. With such a diverse selection from a range of genres
