Description

This carefully graded book offers a wealth of jazz repertoire spanning a huge range of styles - from up-tempo swing tunes to funky rock grooves. The pieces are organized into three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. The contemporary jazz selections were specially commissioned for this syllabus from professional jazz musicians. The heads of the pieces are fully notated to ensure idiomatic performance, and structured guidance is provided for the solo sections. This book contains all the pieces required for ABRSM's new jazz piano exam.

Songs / Content

• 1. Barrelhouse Blues [Tim Richards]
• 2. Walking Blues [John Myhill]
• 3. Birk's Works [Dizzy Gillespie]
• 4. Blues for Tom [Charles Beale]
• 5. Allfarthing Blues [Julian Joseph]
• 6. I wish I knew how it would feel to be free [Billy Taylor]
• 7. Fly me to the moon (In Other Words) [Bart Howard]
• 8. Sombrero Sam [Charles Lloyd]
• 9. A Smooth One [Benny Goodman]
• 10. The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) [Moises Simons]
• 11. Swing Fun [Huw Warren]
• 12. Neat Feet [Michael Garrick]
• 13. Spanish Sketch [Terry Seabrook]
• 14. Sails [Nikki Iles]
• 15. Saturday [Roland Perrin]