A First Book of Jazz
Product Description
Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise,' 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's 'They Didn't Believe Me,'and 'Bethena' by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include 'Frankie and Johnny,' 'Hello! Ma Baby,' 'Ja-Da,' 'Indiana,' ''Taint Nobody's Business If I Do,' and other jazz standards.
Suitable for the true beginner, thesearrangements are simpler and more melodic than other versions. They include suggestions for fingering and are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.
Dover Original.
Subtitle: For The Beginning Pianist with Downloadable MP3s
Genre: Jazz
Pages: 48
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486481302
1) Frankie And Johnny [Traditional]
2) Hello! Ma Baby [Howard, Joseph E.] [Emerson, Ida]
3) They Didn’t Believe Me [Kern, Jerome]
4) Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Oleman, Abe]
5) ’Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do [Grainger, Porter]
6) Rose Room [Hickman, Art] [Williams, Harry]
7) Bethena [Joplin, Scott]
8) Baby Won’t You Please Come Home [Warfield, Charles] [Williams, Clarence]
9) After You’ve Gone [Layton, Turner]
10) When My Baby Smiles At Me [Munro, Bill]
11) Ja-Da [Carleton, Bob]
12) Darktown Strutters’ Ball [Brooks, Shelton]
13) Some Of These Days [Brooks, Shelton]
14) Indiana [Hanley, James F.]
15) Alexander’s Ragtime Band [Berlin, Irving]
16) Nobody But You [Gershwin, George]
17) That’s A Plenty [Pollack, Lew]
18) I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise [Gershwin, George]
19) Ballin’ The Jack [Smith, Chris]
20) Lady Of The Evening [Berlin, Irving]
21) Rialto Ripples [Gershwin, George]
