Jazz Piano Pieces, Grade 1

Five albums of graded pieces providing a wealth of jazz repertoire. Each presents 15 pieces in three lists: blues, standards and contemporary jazz. The head of each piece is set out with characteristic voicings, phrasing and rhythmic patterns. The improvised section gives guideline pitches and left-hand voicings as a practical starting-point.

CONTENTS

• Bedford Square Blues [Richard Michael]
• Oh Lord, Don't let them Drop that Atomic Bomb on me [Charles Mingus]
• Bags' Groove [Milt Jackson]
• Slinky Thing [Simon Whiteside]
• Prove you Groove [Phil Peskett]
• Perdido [Ervin Drake / Harry Lenk / Juan Tizol]
• Inchworm [Frank Loesser]
• Jean Pierre [Miles Davis]
• (Old Man from) The old Country [Nat Adderley / Curtis Lewis]
• Is you is, or Is you ain't (ma' Baby)? [Billy Austin / Louis Jordan]
• Bottle Junction [Nikki Iles]
• Blue Autumn [Eddie Harvey]
• He is sadly melting [Phil Peskett]
• Here we go again [Michael Garrick]
• Yokate [Huw Warren]