Mike Cornick: Easy Jazzy Piano: Piano: Instrumental Album

The Jazzy Series was written to provide players of moderate ability with experience of the syncopated patterns of jazz. Offering an opportunity to players at an earlier stage of their musical development these fantastic volumes serve as a perfect stepping-stone to the abundance of solo and duet material in the main series. This terrific set of pieces by Mike Cornick provides less experienced pianists with an introduction to a range of jazz-related piano styles including a ragtime piece a bossa-nova jazz waltz and swing.

â??Ragtime Bluesâ? first appeared in Mike Cornickâ??s â??Piano Ragtimeâ? ( UE30413 ) which was published in 1997. This piece became very popular and featured on piano syllabuses in the UK and Australia. It encouraged Mike Cornick to write eight more pieces in similar styles. The result was an album of refreshing new compositions at a medium level of difficulty. Among them are two arrangements for solo piano:â??Waltz for Lauraâ? and â??Be-Bopâ? â?? two pieces originally written for piano four hands. They first appeared in 1995 in the edition â??Easy Jazzy Duetsâ? ( UE16577 ). With this volume Mike Cornick once again proves his sense for good playable literature that is fun for audience and performers alike.

This fantastic collection of easy jazzy duets has been written specifically to enable players of very modest abilities to tackle them without difficulty. Featuring six Mike Cornick originals all set for four-hands at the Piano this jazzy and swinging volume is a fabulous introduction to the syncopations and rhythms of jazz rock and blues whilst entertaining both students and teachers alike!