Jazz Piano: Night And Day

John Kember

The Jazz Piano Player: Night And Day

Faber Music ISMN 0-571-53433-3
An essential resource for all Jazz pianists, featuring 16 jazz standards each presented in two formats: the first including the melodic, lyrics and basic chord structure, ideal for improvisation; the second is a superb arrangement for piano solo suitable for intermediate-level pianists. All songs are in their standard key, enabling pianists to play with other jazz musicians. A free CD features performances of all the piano arrangements, played by John Kember.
First published in 2010, Jazz Piano: Night And Day is intended for Grades 5 to 8. It has 17 arrangements on 72 pages.
Price £12.99
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CD Included!
Performances of each piece, played by John Kember.

The pieces in this book are from the Golden Age of song writing, which have stood the test of time to become 'standards' for jazz musicians as well as singers. They represent the pinnacle of the art of melody writing, combining brilliant lyrics with wonderful harmonies. This series aims to help aspiring jazz pianists (whether soloists, accompanists to singers or instrumentalists, or pianists in a band or jazz group) to understand and get these jazz standards firmly 'under their fingers'.

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Cole Porter
As Time Goes By
Herman Hupfeld
It's All Right With Me
Cole Porterl
In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Manny Kurtz
When I Fall In Love
Edward Heyman / Victor Young
How High The Moon
Nancy Hamilton / Morgan Lewis
The Way You Look Tonight
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
Let There Be Love
Ian Grant / Lionel Rand
The Man I Love
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Manhattan
Lorentz Hart / Richard Rogersl
What A Wonderful World
George David Weiss / Bob Thiele
You Make Me Feel So Young
Mack Gordon / Josef Jow Myrow
Night And Day
Cole Porter
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Just In Time
Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne
These Foolish Things
Eric Maschwitz / Jack Strachey
I Loves You, Porgy
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Du Bose Heyward

What they say

“beautifully crafted arrangements of jazz and pop standards ... a gift to anyone who wants to entertain” “John Kember has produced some more beautifully crafted arrangements of jazz and pop standards ... a gift to anyone who wants to entertain, either alone or with others. ... Each is then turned into a characterful piano piece, with plenty of rhythmic variation and syncopation, and some fine examples of bass and inner-part melodies.”
Nancy Litten, 'Piano Professional', Summer 2011

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