The Blues Piano Collection - Volume 2

Christopher Norton?s acclaimed microjazz series has won worldwide popularity with teachers and students alike for its stimulating blend of contemporary genres and classical values. Two beginners? books and three collections of repertoire pieces form five clearly defined levels of achievement, making microjazz the ideal basis for progressive learning and teaching. <br> / Partition CD /

A broad selection of piano works by Aaron Copland conveniently published in a single volume. Contents: The Cat and the Mouse ? Down a Country Lane ? Four Piano Blues ? In Evening Air ? Midsummer Nocturne? Night Thoughts ? Passacaglia ? Petit Portrait ? Piano Sonata ? Piano Variations ? Three Moods ? Midday Thoughts ? Proclamation for Piano.

For the first time in print here are 15 Max Richter Piano Works complete with notes for each specially written by the composer. This ground-breaking collection represents a unique drawing together ofthe strands of the gifted composer's varied output embracing his work with the London Philharmonic (Memoryhouse) The Blue Notebooks Royal Ballet-commissioned Infra and subsequent highly regarded concept albums.Innovative and imaginative yet at the same time accessible and easy to play some of Max Richter's most famous Piano Works are at last available in what will surely become an instant classiccollection. This volume includes the works Andras The Blue Notebooks Circles From The Rue Simon-Crubellier Departure The Family and more.

Jazz on a Summer's Day is a unique collection of stylish jazz arrangements and original compositions for solo piano. It conveys the many sides of summer through swing blues samba calypso and folk and draws inspiration from jazz artists including Oscar Peterson Bill Evans Grover Washington Jr and Sonny Rollins. The author's credentials as a celebrated jazz pianist and composer guarantee a perfect introduction to jazz and to sounding like the best.Nine arrangements and original pieces at intermediate level (Grades 5-8)Notated jazz solos accessible yet idiomaticWide range of styles from swing standards tocontemporaryIncludes a piano duet-a sizzling jazz-sambaCD of full performances to help with interpretation and backing tracks for the duetA companion volume to Jazz on a Winter's Night (9780193365902)