A handy reference guide for instrumental and singing teachers. It provides practical answers to real issues faced in a modern teaching environment. It also includes helpful checklists, top tips, and factsheets.
The Jazz Piano Master is a fantastic collection of repertoire pieces and studies embracing the playing techniques encountered by the developing jazz pianist. Close voicing, cross rhythms, off-beat rhythms, blues variations and the sequence of sevenths are tackled on tandem with an enticing repertoire of all-time Elton John's Your Song, Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely, Cole Porter's Every Time We Say Good Bye - to name a few - are joined by more of Kember's inspired compositions. Brilliantly put together and enjoyable to work through, The Jazz Piano Master is the cool way to polish up your jazz piano technique.Designed as a follow on to Progressive Jazz Studies or as self-contained repertoire study book for players of Late Intermediate ability and above.
Nina Simone started her musical life as Eunice Waymon, a five-year-old child prodigy learning classical piano with the help of people in her hometown. A graduate of the famous Juilliard School, she signed her first record deal at age twenty-four. During her career in New York, Nina became closely associated with the civil rights movement. Throughout the 1960s her output was prolific, and she toured continually in the United States and Europe, always highlighting the civil rights message. Including unreleased concert tracks and contributions from some of her closest friends, Feeling Good captures the spirit of Nina as both an artist and activist.
Features 20 jazz classics that are transcribed from the original recordings for piano and voice with guitar chord boxes. This title includes jazz singers such as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall and Jamie Cullum. It also includes songs like Every time We Say Goodbye, Fly Me To The Moon, and I Get A Kick Out Of You.