Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians
Essential jazz piano skills for all musicians. 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!
Contents:
| A Foggy Day (In London Town) | George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) |
| A Time for Love (from "An American Dream") | Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Johnny Mandel (composer) |
| Ain't Misbehavin' (from "Ain't Misbehavin'") | Fats Waller (composer); Andy Razaf (lyricist); Harry Brooks (composer) |
| Alone Together | Arthur Schwartz (composer); Howard Dietz (lyricist) |
| Blues in the Night | Harold Arlen (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) |
| East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) | Brooks Bowman (composer) |
| Embraceable You (from "Girl Crazy") | George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) |
| Emily | Johnny Mandel (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) |
| Gentle Rain | Luiz Bonfa (composer); Matt Dubey (lyricist) |
| I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) |
| It Never Entered My Mind (from "Higher and Higher") | Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) |
| My Funny Valentine (from "Babes in Arms") | Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Irving Gordon (lyricist); Duke Ellington (composer); Irving Mills (lyricist) |
| Secret Love (from "Calamity Jane") | Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Sammy Fain (composer) |
| Since I Fell for You | Buddy Johnson (composer) |
| The Lady Is a Tramp (from "Babes in Arms") | Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) |
| The Shadow of Your Smile (from "The Sandpiper") | Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Johnny Mandel (composer) |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? (from "Wake Up and Dream") | Cole Porter (composer) |
| You Go to My Head | Haven Gillespie (lyricist); J. Fred Coots (composer) |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (from "Something to Shout About") | Cole Porter (composer) |
