The Joy of Jazz

Description

A hot and funky selection of piano solos tracing the changing face of Jazz through a wide range of styles and sounds, all suitable for the early-intermediate performer. From the Ragtime two-step of Scott Joplin to the Bebop innovations of Monk and Charlie Parker, this unique set of pieces provides a valuable early taste of the rigours and joys of playing great Jazz!

• 52nd Street Theme (Thelonious Monk)
• Anthropology (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker)
• Blue Petals (Robert Dorough)
• Easy Does It (Dave Martin)
• Ev'ry Night (Denes Agay)
• Get Out Of Here (Kid Ory, Bud Scott)
• J.D's Boogie Woogie (Jimmy Dorsey, Marvin Wright)
• Kicking The Blues (Ernest Wilkins)
• Lady Bird (Tadd Dameron)
• Lop-Pow (Babs Brown)
• Love Somebody (Gerald Martin)
• Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
• Oop Bop Sh-Bam (Dizzy Gillespie)
• Opus One (Sy Oliver)
• Palm Garden (Fats Waller)
• Rollin' Rocks (Robert Dorough)
• Sneakin' Home (Fats Waller)
• Stomping Down Broadway (Ernest Wilkins)
• The Happy Organ (Ken Wood, David Clowney, James Kriegsmann)
• Things To Come (Dizzy Gillespie)
• Three Jazz Flavors (Erskine Butterfield)
• Well Groomed (Charlie Shavers)
• Willy The Weeper (Denes Agay)
• Won't Ya Come Out Tonight (Gerald Martin)
• Yes Indeed (Sy Oliver)