Richard Rodgers Classics: Piano: Instrumental Album

A fabulous collection of Rodgers and Hart songs featuring all the classics and favourites you'd expect plus many many more! This bumper compilation of 73 songs ranging from their most popular productions to some never-before published material. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote some 38 professional shows and films between the years of 1919 and 1943 making them one of the most renowned and respected of American songwriting teams. Rodgers wrote the music after the words of Hart creating catchy and infectious melodies to match the witty lyricism and wordplay. Between them the two visionaries created one of the most popular and widely performed songbooks of the Americanstage tradition that has been revisited and redefined over the years by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Rod Stewart and Robbie Williams. This is a real collectors item that includes numerous enjoyable and exciting pieces.

The classic standard Blue Moon composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart is here arranged by David Nield for unaccompanied Alto Tenor Baritone and Bass Choir with a Piano Accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.   Having been covered innumerable times thanks to its wonderful melody and meaningful lyrics now Blue Moon has been arranged for Choir letting you perform your own unique version of this popular ballad.

Transcriptions et analyses par Armand Reynaud et Jérémy Brun

Je suis honoré d'écrire quelques mots à propos d'un des plus grands pianistes, Kenny Barron. Il a été une figure importante de la scène New Yorkaise durant quarante ans et il fait partie de l'élite des pianistes de jazz dans le monde.
J'ai tout d'abord rencontré Mr Barron en 1977 dans un haut lieu du duo piano/basse, au Bradley's, dans Greenwich Village. Je l'ai entendu à Cincinnati (dans la ville où j'habitais) en 1974 avec le Quartette de Yusef Lateef et fus très impressionné. Au Bradley's, il était chaleureux et a été très encourageant avec moi, pianiste de 21 ans récemment arrivé à Big Apple (New York). Le moment venu, il me laissa m'asseoir avec son bassiste, le grand Buster Williams - ce fut un réel plaisir.
Lorsque j'ai commencé à réaliser des CD pour le bénéfice de Classical Action : Performing Arts Against AIDS, dans le début des années 90, je lui ai demandé de participer au second enregistrement Fred Hersch and Friends : The Duo Album en jouant un duo avec moi. Cette organisation collecte des fonds vraiment nécessaires pour les services de personnes atteintes du Sida et la prévention. Kenny, sans attendre, donna de son temps et joua magnifiquement. Il apparaît aussi sur le disque suivant, The Richard Rodgers Centennial Solo Jazz Piano Album .
Nous avons également joué à deux pianos à New York au Town Hall et deux fois au Jazz Standard, pour mon plus grand plaisir. C'est un partenaire merveilleux et compréhensif, disposé à tout essayer. Bien qu'il soit difficile de l'identifier, et je ne veux le mettre dans aucune sorte de boîtes, je perçois son style comme étant en grande partie influencé par McCoy Tyner (les lignes longues et claires) et Tommy Flanagan (le phrasé et l'utilisation de l'espace). Il a réussi à obtenir le statut rare de maître du jazz par la vertu de sa longévité, sa profondeur et sa musicalité. Nous partageons tous les deux une passion pour la musique de Monk, Strayhorn et de l'American Popular Songbook et nous sommes tous les deux de grands partisans de l'idée de rendre ce que nous avons absorbé en enseignant aux jeunes pianistes et en devenant leurs mentors.
En plus, il a une personnalité chaleureuse et engageante - il est d'un grand soutien, a un grand sens de l'humour et une attitude posée. Je suis très heureux que ce livre puisse apporter un éclairage sur le parcours du pianiste Kenny Barron - je suis sûr que cela sera d'une grande valeur musicale et historique pour tous ceux qui suivent l'évolution du piano jazz. / Jazz / Partition /

Since the 1950s Charles Strouse has composed the scores to some of Broadway's most successful and enduring musicals in addition to several well-known movie scores concert music and operas. A true crossover artist with strong classical roots Strouse is a three-time Tony Award winner honored for his first Broadway classic Bye Bye Birdie (1960) Applause (1970) and Annie (1977). He also won an Emmy Award in 1996 for outstanding individual achievement in music and lyrics. A recipient of the coveted ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award for his achievement in musical theater Strouse also has been honored by the American Theater Wing and elected to the Theater Hall of Fame. Thiscollection presents 49 of his songs arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Includes: Applause · Blame It on the Summer Night · Born Too Late · Bye Bye Birdie · Children of the Wind · Follow the Way of the Lord · I Can't Stop Dancin' · I Don't Need Anything but You · It Would Have Been Wonderful · It's the Hard-Knock Life · Kids! · Look on the Bright Side · A Lot of Livin' to Do · Put On a Happy Face · Those Were the Days · Tomorrow · When You Smile · You've Got Possibilities · and more. Also features a fascinating article about Strouse's career with photos.

Jazz Play-Along Volume 21-A fabulous collection of classic show numbers by the masters of musicals and film! For use with all B flat E flat and C instruments the The Jazz Play Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all Jazz musicians. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were a renowned and respected songwriting duo between the years of 1919 and 1943 writing 38 professional shows and films. Rodgers wrote the music after the words of Hart creating catchy and infectious melodies to match the witty lyricism and wordplay. With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split track choices on the CD this first of its kind package makes learning to play jazz easier thanever before. Each tune includes proper style and inflection details using professional rhythm tracks choruses for soloing and removable bass and piano parts. For performance each tune had an additional full stereo accompaniment track that features additional choruses for soloing.

Your favourite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along Series! Each volume in this series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each - a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist! The music even includes a separate vocal staff, plus guitar frames, so you or your friends can also sing or strum along!