Alfred Music Publications
Michele Weir - Jazz Piano Handbook
Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians
Designed for all singers and instrumentalists
Code No. 00-26926
Author: Michele Weir

If you’re a jazz singer or instrumentalist and don’t already have basic skills in jazz piano: now is the time!

Piano skills are the gateway to understanding chords and progressions, checking lead sheets for accuracy, learning new tunes, arranging, writing your own tunes, becoming a better improviser and so on.
This book outlines an easy step-by-step process that makes learning basic jazz piano easy and fun.

Titles:

• A Foggy Day (In London Town) - George Gershwin
• A Time for Love (from "An American Dream") - Johnny Mandel
• Ain't Misbehavin' (from "Ain't Misbehavin'") - Fats Waller
• Alone Together - Arthur Schwartz
• Blues in the Night  - Harold Arlen
• East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) - Brooks Bowman
• Embraceable You (from "Girl Crazy") - George Gershwin
• Emily - Johnny Mandel  
• Gentle Rain - Luiz Bonfa
• I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
• It Never Entered My Mind (from "Higher and Higher") - Richard Rodgers
• My Funny Valentine (from "Babes in Arms") - Richard Rodgers
• Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington
• Secret Love (from "Calamity Jane") - Sammy Fain
• Since I Fell for You - Buddy Johnson
• The Lady Is a Tramp (from "Babes in Arms") - Richard Rodgers
• The Shadow of Your Smile (from "The Sandpiper") - Johnny Mandel
• What Is This Thing Called Love? (from "Wake Up and Dream") - Cole Porter
• You Go to My Head - J. Fred Coots
• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (from "Something to Shout About")

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