Description

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

1. Barrelhouse Blues [Tim Richards]
2. Walking Blues [John Myhill]
3. Birk’s Works [Dizzy Gillespie]
4. Blues for Tom [Charles Beale]
5. Allfarthing Blues [Julian Joseph]
6. I wish I knew how it would feel to be free [Billy Taylor]
7. Fly me to the Moon (In other words) [Bart Howard]
8. Sombrero Sam [Charles Harford Lloyd]
9. A Smooth One [Benny Goodman]
10. Swing Fun [Huw Warren]
11. Neat Feet [Michael Garrick]
12. Spanish Sketch [Terry Seabrook]
13. Sails [Nikki Iles]
14. Saturday [Roland Perrin]
15. The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) [Moises Simons]