A First Book Of Jazz: 21 Arrangements for the Beginning Pianist

With downloadable MP3s.

Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's "They Didn't Believe Me," and "Bethena" by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include "Frankie and Johnny," "Hello! Ma Baby," "Ja-Da," "Indiana," "'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do," and other jazz standards. Suitable for the true beginner, these arrangements are simpler and more melodic than other versions. They include suggestions for fingering and are arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Dover Original.

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Editor's note

-Frankie and Johnny (traditional)
-Hello! Ma Baby (Joseph E. Howard, Ida Emerson)
-They Didn't Believe Me (Jerome Kern)
-Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (Abe Oleman)
-'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do (Porter Grainger)
-Rose Room (Art Hickman, Harry Williams)
-Bethena (Scott Joplin)
-Baby won't You Please Come Home (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams)
-After You're Gone (Turner Layton)
-Whe My Baby Smiles at Me (Bill Munro)
-Ja-Da (Bob Carleton)
-Darktown Strutters' Ball (Shelton Brooks)
-Some of These Days (Shelton Brooks)
-Indiana (James F. Hanley)
-Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
-Nobody But You (George Gershwin)
-That's a Plenty (Lew Pollack)
-I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (George Gershwin)
-Ballin' the Jack (Chris Smith)
-Lady of the Evening (Irving Berlin)
-Rialto Ripples (George Gershwin)