Jazz on a Summer's Day (book/CD)

Publisher : Oxford University Press
9 pieces for solo jazz piano

A 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.

• Nine arrangements and original pieces at intermediate level (Grades 5-8)
• Notated jazz solos, accessible yet idiomatic
• Wide range of styles, from swing standards to contemporary
• Includes a piano duet-a sizzling jazz-samba
• CD of full performances, to help with interpretation, and backing tracks for the duet

Songs:

•     On the Sunny Side of the Street  -  Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh, 
•     The Summer K-  A. & M. Bergman/Michel Legrand
•     East Coast Blues  -  Nikki Iles
•     Guava  -  Nikki Iles
•     Summertide  -  Nikki Iles
•     The Touch of Your Lips  -  Ray Noble
•     The Last Rose of Summer  -  Thomas Moore/J. A. Stevenson
•     Shaker Song (duet)  -  Jay Beckenstein
•     Sundown  -  Nikki Iles

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