I am an intermediate pianist who has never done any jazz. However, I'd really like to try some. Can anyone reccomend some good jazz sheet music?
2007-06-03 14:12:03 · 7 answers · asked by Papillon Noir 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Jazz
Sure. I'm a jazz pianist myself. Heres a couple that you might wanna check out.
Comes Love (don't know who wrote it. don't know if you'll find sheet music for it.)
Autumn Leaves- Bill Evans
My Romance- Bill Evans
check out the works of Chick Corea, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Gary Burton and many others. Your BOUND to find some good tunes.
2007-06-04 07:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by thejazzman1083 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it depends on what era you're looking to play. Cole Porter might be a good place to start, or even Duke Ellington. I have a large song book with Cole Porter sheet music (I should spend more time learning the contents), and if I'm not mistaken, that contains quite a few standards.
I'm not sure if there's sheet music for it, but one of my favorite short songs is one called "Epilogue," by Bill Evans. It's only about 40 seconds long, but a beautiful piece, in my opinion.
Good luck.
2007-06-03 16:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's like "Lays Potato Chips"... you can't just name one! McCoy Tyner, Phillipe Saisse, Gene Harris, David Benoit, Michael Petrucciani, Eliane Elias, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Keiko Matsui, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Sample, Ramsey Lewis, Alex Bugnon, Monty Alexander, Dave Grusin, Joey DeFrancesco (organ), Ahmad Jamal, Ellis Marsalis, Marian McPartland, and of course Duke. The list goes on and on... My favorite of all-time: the late Oscar Peterson
2016-04-01 00:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dave Brubeck's books, especially TIME OUT (with "Take Five") and TIME FURTHER OUT are exceptionally good to get started on. But they are technically demanding. They are very good for people coming from "classical" training, because that is how he started and he has EVERYTHING written out!
Jamey Abersold has an Internet site with thousands of books and recordings and he has dedicated his life to teaching young musicians about jazz. You will definitely find what you are looking for there.
2007-06-05 17:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by David A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start out with some ragtime blues...just to get your hands used to sliding around on the keys.....watch ray charles...
then move up to some duke ellington, count basie, nat king cole, ray charles books to get the flow going.......its a BLAST!!
2007-06-04 13:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by alskfdjdjfkfeikdiekdia;slkdgj;s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck?
2007-06-03 17:03:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mark P 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-03 14:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by mahmod a 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋