One Small Flame

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Ablution
Adam's Apple
Affirmation
Air Mail Special
Alfie's Theme
All Alone (Left Alone)
(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
Alto Itis
Another Star
April Skies
Are You Havin' Any Fun?
Ask Me Now
At The Mambo Inn
Avalon
Azure
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues)
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Bags And Trane
Bags' Groove
Bali Ha'i
A Ballad
Baltimore Oriole
Barbados
Barbara
Basin Street Blues
Be-Bop
Better Leave It Alone
Beyond The Sea
Big P
Bill's Hit Tune
Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)
Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce)
Bird Feathers
Birdland
Birk's Works
The Birth Of The Blues
Black And Tan Fantasy
Blame It On My Youth
Bloomdido
Blow Mr. Dexter
Blue 'N Boogie
Blue Serge
Blue Seven
Blue Silver
Blue Skies
Blues By Five
Blues For Wood
Blues In The Closet
Blues March
Bohemia After Dark
Booker's Waltz
Bouncing With Bud
Brian's Song
Bright Boy
Brilliant Corners
Budo
Bunko
Buster Rides Again
Bye Bye Blackbird
C-Jam Blues
Candy
Cantelope Island
Caravan
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Chameleon
The Champ
Chasin' The Trane
Cheesecake
Circle
Close Your Eyes
Cold Duck Time
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Comin' Home Baby
The Cooker
Cool Blues
The Core
Cousin Mary
Crazeology
Crepuscule
Criss Cross
Crosscurrent
Dance Of The Infidels
Dat Dere
Day By Day
Dewey Square
Dexter Rides Again
Didn't We
Dinah
Dindi
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Don't Explain
Down For Double
Doxy
The Drive
Duff
Early Autumn
Eclypso
Einbahnstrasse
Elora
Emancipation Blues
Epilogue
Estate
Everything I Have Is Yours
Eye Of The Hurricane
Ezz-thetic
Farmer's Trust
Feels So Good
Fever
52nd Street Theme
Filthy McNasty
First Trip
Five Brothers
Five Spot After Dark
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Flying Home
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Four Brothers
Fox Hunt
Freight Trane
Frenesí
The Frim Fram Sauce
Funky
Georgia On My Mind
Get Me To The Church On Time
Get Out Of Town
Gettin' It Togetha
The Gift! (Recado Bossa Nova)
Girl Talk
Gravy Waltz
Gregory Is Here
Grooveyard
Hackensack
Hallucinations
Happy Little Sunbeam
Havona
Head And Shoulders
Hi Beck
Hi-Fly
Ho-Ba-La-La
Hocus-Pocus
Holy Land
Honeysuckle Rose
Horace Scope
The Hucklebuck
Hummin'
Humpty Dumpty
I Believe In You
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
I Have Dreamed
I Hear A Rhapsody
I Remember Bird
I Remember You
I Thought About You
I Will Wait For You
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
I'll Know
I'm A Fool To Want You
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
I've Found A New Baby (I Found A New Baby)
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
Ice Cream Konitz
Idol Gossip
If I Loved You
If I Should Lose You
If I Were A Bell
Imagination
In Case You Haven't Heard
In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
In The Still Of The Night
In Walked Bud
Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
Infant Eyes
Island Birdie
It Could Happen To You
It Might As Well Be Spring
It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Until The Real Thing Comes Along)
It's A Blue World
It's All Right With Me
It's Only A Paper Moon
It's So Peaceful In The Country
Jackie
Jeannine
Jingles
Jitterbug Waltz
The Jody Grind
Joyce's Samba
Jump, Jive An' Wail
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Just A Few
Just A Settin' And A Rockin'
Just In Time
Just The Way You Are
Kary's Trance
Katrina Ballerina
The Kicker
Kids Are Pretty People
Killer Joe
Lady Day
Lakes
Last Night When We Were Young
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Leila
Lennie's Pennies
Let's Cool One
Let's Fall In Love
Let's Get Lost
Like Sonny (Simple Like)
Like Young
Limbo
Little Chicago Fire
Little Rootie Tootie
Little Sunflower
Locomotion
Lone Jack
Lonely Dreams
Look For The Silver Lining
Lotus Blossom
Love Is Just Around The Corner
Love, Look Away
Love Vibrations
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Lover
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
Make Someone Happy
Manteca
Memories Of You
Menina Flor
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Miles Ahead
Minor Mishap
Minor Mood
Theme From Mr. Broadway
Mr. Magic
Moanin'
Monk's Mood
Monk's Shop
Moon Rays
Moon River
Moonglow
Moose The Mooche
More Than You Know
Morning Dance
Moten Swing
Move
My Attorney Bernie
My Little Suede Shoes
My Old Flame
Nature Boy
The Nearness Of You
Night Song
No Moe
No Splice
North Atlantic Run
Now See How You Are
Now's The Time
Nutville
Off Minor
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
Old Devil Moon
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
One By One
One Foot In The Gutter
One Morning In May
Our Language Of Love
Out Back Of The Barn
Oye Como Va
Pannonica
Parisian Thoroughfare
Peel Me A Grape
Pennies From Heaven
People Will Say We're In Love
Perdido
Petite Fleur
Petits Machins
Phase Dance
Picadillo (a la Puente)
Pick Yourself Up
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Portrait of Jennie
Prisoner Of Love
Pursuance
Question

The tradition of the Christmas tree in Western Europe dates back to a time long before any Christianization had taken place. During the severely cold winter nights so it was believed evil spirits tried to ?kill? nature. Needle-leaved trees were the only ones which kept their green colour throughout the year and therefore became symbols of immortality. These ?living? trees said to be the work of benign spirits were brought into people?s houses to ward off evil life-threatening powers. In the 14th century people first started to decorate Christmas trees. It was a pagan custom originated by the inhabitants of Alsace. This custom was taken over by the Church in thecourse of the 15th and 16th century. At first the decoration consisted mainly of edibles such as apples and wafers but later small presents were added. Legend has it that the reformer Martin Luther was the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candles. The flickering candle flames were meant to create the image of a starry sky in which Christ?s apparition could be recognized. The German organ-player Ernst Anschütz from Leipzig was the first person to notate the song ?O Tannenbaum? the melody being a well-known folk song. Next to ?Stille Nacht? ?O Tannenbaum? is the most famous German Christmas song now known throughout the world. In the United States of America the melody of ?O Tannenbaum? has even been used in four States (among which the State of Maryland) for their State song. In David Well?s arrangement the song is first heard as many of us know it. After this introduction however it is transformed into a solid rock version and the beat has been changed. In the second part the familiar three-four time is back but here the rhythm is different from the original. After the richly ornamented rock beat the basic theme can be heard once again and the composition is concluded in a festive manner.

The tradition of the Christmas tree in Western Europe dates back to a time long before any Christianization had taken place. During the severely cold winter nights so it was believed evil spirits tried to 'kill' nature. Needle-leaved trees were the only ones which kept their green colour throughout the year and therefore became symbols of immortality. These 'living' trees said to be the work of benign spirits were brought into people's houses to ward off evil life-threatening powers. In the 14th century people first started to decorate Christmas trees. It was a pagan custom originated by the inhabitants of Alsace. This custom was taken over by the Church inthe course of the 15th and 16th century. At first the decoration consisted mainly of edibles such as apples and wafers but later small presents were added. Legend has it that the reformer Martin Luther was the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candles. The flickering candle flames were meant to create the image of a starry sky in which Christ's apparition could be recognized. The German organ-player Ernst Anschütz from Leipzig was the first person to notate the song 'O Tannenbaum' the melody being a well-known folk song. Next to 'Stille Nacht' 'O Tannenbaum' is the most famous German Christmas song now known throughout the world. In the United States of America the melody of 'O Tannenbaum' has even been used in four States (among which the State of Maryland) for their State song. In David Well's arrangement the song is first heard as many of us know it. After this introduction however it is transformed into a solid rock version and the beat has been changed. In the second part the familiar three-four time is back but here the rhythm is different from the original. After the richly ornamented rock beat the basic theme can be heard once again and the composition is concluded in a festive manner.

Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s) beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy' almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This of course has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York Phil Niblock and La Monte Young to name but two) butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work and fearing this would make the label stick I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic an aesthetic which however pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure the ego underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot not movingaround at all. I like that.The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.

Trois Esquisses is a series of three pieces for Piano named after the elements. Composed by Masayuki Nagatomi it is quite a difficult series to play and it requires some advanced skills and abilities. The total duration of the set is 5'30 minutes. The pieces are:  1. Wind - which main theme represents a soft and quiet breeze 1'30 2. Fire - fast and violent which can destroy everything and which depicts the flames sometimes big and sometimes smaller 1'30 3. Water and Earth - really slow to start with this part sounds like a river flowing quietly with some part of acceleration The most difficultaspect of this series will probably be to give the correct execution for the audience to recognise each element.

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs, stage, film and musical music! Arranged here in Melody line arrangements for Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboards, Guitar and all C instruments, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)