Description

Each collection comprises 11 songs designed for instrumentalists who wish to perform in a jazz style -- without requiring the ability to improvise. All the books are compatible, featuring only slight modifications in the "variation" section to suit the ranges and distinctive traits of the instruments.

The titles include: Ain't Misbehavin' * My Funny Valentine * Bewitched * It's All Right with Me * Have You Met Miss Jones * My Ship * Thou Swell * All the Things You Are * Just in Time * I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face * Summertime.

Songs / Content

• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (from "Pal Joey")Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
• All the Things You AreOscar Hammerstein II (lyricist); Jerome Kern (composer)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (from "Ain't Misbehavin'")Fats Waller (composer); Andy Razaf (lyricist); Harry Brooks (composer)
• Have You Met Miss Jones?Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
• I've Grown Accustomed to Her FaceFrederick Loewe (composer); Alan Jay Lerner (lyricist)
• It's All Right with MeCole Porter (composer)
• Just in Time (from "Bells Are Ringing")Jule Styne (composer); Betty Comden (lyricist); Adolph Green (lyricist)
• My Funny Valentine (from "Babes in Arms")Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)
• My Ship (from "Lady in the Dark")Kurt Weill (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist)
• Summertime (from "Porgy and Bess")George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist); Dubose Heyward (composer);
• Dorothy Heyward (composer)
• Thou SwellLorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer)