The Top Ten Jazz Songs To Play On Piano: Piano: Mixed Songbook

Par COROZINE VINCE. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 of the 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, and bass.Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass piano parts,making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues and pentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swing eighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context of accompanying a soloist (comping): in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazz soloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book.If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time you complete it! Includes access to online audio. Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downloadable recordings of 40 ofthe 50 examples in the book. The audio tracks are presented both with and without the lead piano part, so the student can play along with a professional rhythm section which includes piano, vibraphone, alto flute, drums, andbass. Historical and performance notes are provided with each blues composition. The author enlisted the skills of jazz pianist Charlie Freeman in editing the book and providing fingering for both the treble and bass pianoparts, making these pieces more accessible to novice players. If your knowledge of blues theory or terminology is lacking, this is the book for you! Author Vince Corozine thoroughly explores and demonstrates: blues andpentatonic scale theory, blue notes, grace notes, pedal-points, tremolos, trills, syncopation, anticipation, delayed beats, slash chords, boogie-woogie left-hand patterns, walking bass, stride piano style, straight eighths, swingeighths, passing tones, rolled chords, riffs, 'filler' chords, substitutions, and comping styles. This book also includes essential blues chord theory as well as tips on tasteful chord voicing presented in the context ofaccompanying a soloist (comping) - in addition, the chord progressions represented by the written notation are carefully annotated in every example in the book. The Appendix includes helpful tips on comping, practice, and jazzsoloing, plus a list of noteworthy jazz pianists, a key to chord symbols, and a glossary of jazz terms used in the book. If you are not a competent blues pianist when you first pick up this book, you will be by the time youcomplete it! Includes access to online audio. / Jazz / Etude / Piano

26 Easy Favorites Carefully Selected and Arranged in Order of Difficulty-Students of all ages can play their favorites jazz songs with Sequential Jazz Piano Songs! Starting with the easiest arrangements (hands alone very simple rhythms) and continuing in order of difficulty (including hands together syncopated rhythms and moving around the keyboard) players can find songs that fit their particular skill level and play right away. Beginners can use these books to improve their music reading and piano skills from the very first page while playing the pop songs they love. This collection features 26 songs including: All the Things You Are · Autumn Leaves · Bye Bye Blackbird · I Got Rhythm · Misty · Satin Doll · Take Five · The Way You Look Tonight · and more.

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Composer Showcase Series Elemenentary/Late Elementary Level-A wonderful introduction to jazz and blues for beginning students of any age! These original easy-to-play jazzy solos by Jennifer Watts use traditional blues patterns and a variety of moods to give each piece that real jazz feel. Songs include: Basso Ostinato - Blue Lullaby - Charlie's Blues - The Crooked Waltz - My First Blues - No Dessert Tonight - Orange Shoes Blues - The Pajama Rag - The Walrus Watusi.

It's Never Too Late To Play Christmas gives players the chance to explore their favourite Christmas songs in jazzy easy-to-play arrangements. The pieces are suitable for those who have learnt for approximately one year or have reached Level 14 of the It's Never Too Late To Play Piano tutor by Pam Wedgwood. The pieces are gently progressive gradually extending players' technique through playing pieces they love!Contents: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Cahn/Styne) We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Traditional) Past Three O'Clock (Traditional) In Dulci Jubilo (Traditional) White Christmas (Berlin) Il EstNe Le Divin Enfant (Traditional) Coventry Carol Traditional) Ding Dong Merrily On High (Arbeau) Walking In The Air (Blake) In The Bleak Midwinter (Holst) Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Coots/Gillespie) Quem Pastores Laudavere (Traditional) Christmas Song (Wells/Torme) The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (Spiritual) Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) Silent Night (Gruber) Winter Wonderland (Duet) (Smith/Bernard)

Incredible professional comping over the changes of landmark Miles Davis compositions by a noted master including: So What (slow) So What (fast) All Blues Blue In Green Nardis Eighty One Freddie Freeloader and more!!Why you should consider this and other Aebersold piano voicing transcription books: Ever listen to a great jazz pianist and wonder 'what’s he doing there?' Now you’ll know! Here as never before is an opportunity to see REAL jazz piano voicings and comping over REAL songs in REAL live musical settings. These historic books contain NOTE-FOR-NOTE transcriptions exactly as recorded of the exciting piano accompaniment from the World FamousAebersold Play-A-Long series. Not just for pianists there are many ways for ALL MUSICIANS to use these wonderful musical tools.Pianists: First listen closely to the pianist on the respective Play-A-Long recording (sold separately). Next reading from the book play along with him imitating his style. Finally TURN HIM OFF (using the special stereo separation on all of our CDs) and play along by yourself with the bass and drums. With the techniques learned you’ll soon be improvising your own accompaniment!Non-Pianists: Horn players arrangers and vocalists can use these books like dictionaries to look up favorite voicings they’ve heard on a particular Play-A-Long track. Written clearly for two hands even the most novice pianist can play many sections of these books.Teachers/Educators: Give your combo piano students instant jazz voicings and harmonies over a variety of Standards and styles. As personal tools they will enhance your own understanding of voicings and voice movement and provide you with better skills for accompanying your students.

A generous bumper collection of the greatest songs ever to grace the silver screen all arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.It is impossible to imagine Goldfinger without the huge rich voice of Shirley Bassey Midnight Cowboy without Nilsson's lilting country whisper Alfie without the Pop/Jazz of Cilla Black and Sonny Rollins and Easy Rider just would not be the same without Steppenwolf. The greatest film songsare synonymous with the movies they embellish capable of lifting a scene from the screen and into our hearts and minds. These songs will forever evoke memories of our favourite characters and situations long after the film hasended.Learn to play 100 of the greatest film songs ever written with this great-value songbook packed to the limits with all the laughs tears memories and surprises of the movies - a guaranteed hit no matter what theoccasion!

The Bluesier Side of Jazz by Andrew D. Gordon was inspired by the Piano students he teaches at Shepherd University School of Music in Los Angeles and is dedicated to those students: Jungwon Yumiko Yoko Eunice Sooji Hae Ji and Ok Kyu. As with many students that come from a classical background (including himself) it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues