Portraits In Jazz is a selection of twelve pieces by Valerie Capers which draws on a variety of jazz styles associated with famous artists including Duke Ellington Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.The pieces are simple yet delightful and this volume presents a refreshing approach to exploring jazz while improving your piano technique. This volume is perfect for intermediate standard players (approximately Grades 4-5) of any age and includes a CD with performances by the composer.Valerie CapersDr Valerie Capers received her early schooling at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind and is agraduate of the Juilliard School of Music. She is equally at home in jazz and classical idioms and as a performer appeared with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie Ray Brown Wynton Marsalis and Paquita D'Rivera. She is probably best known as an innovative educator.
