ABRSM Jazz Piano Pieces Grade 4

Description

ABRSM, ed. Charles Beale, 1998. 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.

BLUES:

Beale - Oscar's Boogaloo

Davis arr. Michael - Freddie Freeloader

Kinghorn - Three-Four Blues

Monk arr. Michael - Blue Monk

Shorter arr. Harvey – Footprints

STANDARDS:

Carmichael & Arodin arr. Myhill – Lazy River

Ellington, James, Hodges & George arr, Garrick - I'm Beginning to see the Light#

Joplin arr. Priestley - Original Rags

Shavers arr. Woolf - Undecided

Trad. arr Noble - Nobody knows the Trouble I've seen

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ:

Batchelor – Heading Home

Beale – Shh!

Myhill - IKON (Memories of Ike)

Noble - Blues for Pete Johnson

Peskett - In a different Light