Description

The book offers a wealth of jazz repertoire, carefully graded to build skills progressively. It covers a huge range of styles, from up-tempo swing tunes to funky rock grooves. The pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. The contemporary jazz pieces were specially commissioned for the syllabus from professional jazz musicians. The heads of the pieces are fully notated for idiomatic performance, and structured help is given in the solo sections. The book contains all the pieces required for ABRSM's new jazz piano exam.

Songs / Content

• 1. C Jam Blues [Duke Ellington]
• 2. On-Off Boogie [Tim Richards]
• 3. Blue Lullaby [Pete Churchill]
• 4. Good Time Blues [Eddie Harvey]
• 5. Now's the Time [Charlie Parker]
• 6. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise [Sigmund Romberg]
• 7. St. Thomas [Sonny Rollins]
• 8. Contemplation [McCoy Tyner]
• 9. Moanin' [Bobby Timmons]
• 10. The Big Noise from Winnetka [Bob Haggart / Ray Bauduc]
• 11. Becky's Song [Martin Speake]
• 12. Swing it and C [Michael Garrick]
• 13. The Firefly [Nikki Iles]
• 14. The Orchard [Pete Churchill]
• 15. Hard Science [Phil Peskett]