Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora Volume 1

for solo piano This first volume for advanced beginners offers a wonderful introduction to Ragtime and Jazz as well as syncopation and different articulations. The pieces range from light-hearted pieces like 'Kwela,' the Zulu term for dance, to soulful and spiritual pieces like 'Dusk.' This volume includes performance notes for each piece.

CONTENTS

• Isak Roux: Kwela No. 1
• Ulysses Kay: Tender Thought
• Hale Smith: My Scarf is Yellow
• Nkeiru Okoye: Dusk
• Robert Mawuena Kwami: Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response
• Halim El-Dabh: Soufiane
• Hale Smith: Off-Beat Shorty
• Florence B. Price: Ticklin' Toes
• Valerie Capers: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll
• Nkeiru Okoye: Dancing Barefoot in the Rain
• Isak Roux: Lullaby
• Valerie Capers: The Monk
• Bangambula Vindu: Lullaby
• J. H. Kwabena Nketia: Builsa Work Song
• Christian Onyeji: Ufie III