Edition: Paperback Book Solo Piano

Description: 88 Pages

 

 

A collection of 35 popular jazz standard arrangements for solo piano. Each arrangement begins with a short introduction, providing brief technical and theoretical guidance for how the piece should be considered and performed. These arrangements are of varying difficulty levels and well suited for solo performance, auditioning, and study. They explore a variety of jazz piano performance techniques and playing styles.

It includes classic works such as: Cry Me a River • Days of Wine and Roses • Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye • I Remember You • I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face • It Could Happen to You • The Look of Love • Lullaby of Birdland • Lush Life • Moonlight in Vermont • On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) • Skylark • Sophisticated Lady • Take the “A” Train • Up Jumped Spring • The Very Thought of You • Yesterday • and more.

Endorsement:

“Masterfully crafted jazz arrangements of tunes from the Great American Songbook, and more. Mr. Odgren's decades of experience as a performer and educator shine through here with vibrant clarity and harmonic logic. The musicality, accessible notation, and the conveyanceof the harmonic concepts utilized, especially in the voicings and movement of the inner voices, stand out strongly among similar works. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in jazz arrangements of contemporary songs. It will have a prominent place in the Berklee Piano Department library for faculty and student use.”

–Dave Limina, Chair of the Piano Department, Berklee College of Music

Blue Moon
Cinema Paradiso
Cry Me A River
Darn That Dream
Days Of Wine And Roses
Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Everything Happens To Me
Ev'rything I Love
The Godfather (Love Theme)
Golden Earrings
I Remember You
I'm All Smiles
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
The “In” Crowd
Isfahan
It Could Happen To You
Lament
The Look Of Love
Lullaby Of Birdland
Lush Life
Moonlight In Vermont
My Little Suede Shoes
Never Let Me Go
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
Shiny Stockings
Skylark
Some Other Time
Sophisticated Lady
Take The “A” Train
Up Jumped Spring
The Very Thought Of You
Yesterday
You Go To My Head