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A First Book Of Jazz
21 Arrangements For The Beginning Pianist
sheet music
Setting: Piano
Genre: Jazz, blues, latin
Language: English
Length: 48 pages
Published: 2011
Publisher: Dover Publications
Item number: 0486481301
Other reference: DOV481301
ISMN: 9780486481302
Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's 'They Didn't Believe Me,' and 'Bethena' by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include 'Frankie and Johnny,' 'Hello! Ma Baby,' 'Ja-Da,' Indiana,' 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do,' and other jazz standards.
Suitable for the true beginner, these arrangements are simpler and more melodic than other versions. They include suggestions for fingering and are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.
Contents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frankie And Johnny [Traditional] | |
| 2. | Hello! Ma Baby [Howard, Joseph E.] [Emerson, Ida] | |
| 3. | They Didn't Believe Me [Kern, Jerome] | |
| 4. | Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Oleman, Abe] | |
| 5. | 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do [Grainger, Porter] | |
| 6. | Rose Room [Hickman, Art] [Williams, Harry] | |
| 7. | Bethena [Joplin, Scott] | |
| 8. | Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Warfield, Charles] [Williams, Clarence] | |
| 9. | After You've Gone [Layton, Turner] | |
| 10. | When My Baby Smiles At Me [Munro, Bill] | |
| 11. | Ja-Da [Carleton, Bob] | |
| 12. | Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks, Shelton] | |
| 13. | Some Of These Days [Brooks, Shelton] | |
| 14. | Indiana [Hanley, James F.] | |
| 15. | Alexander's Ragtime Band [Berlin, Irving] | |
| 16. | Nobody But You [Gershwin, George] | |
| 17. | That's A Plenty [Pollack, Lew] | |
| 18. | I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise [Gershwin, George] | |
| 19. | Ballin' The Jack [Smith, Chris] | |
| 20. | Lady Of The Evening [Berlin, Irving] | |
| 21. | Rialto Ripples [Gershwin, George] | |
