Jazz Piano Pieces, Grade 1

Five albums of graded pieces providing a wealth of jazz repertoire. Each presents 15 pieces in three lists: blues, standards and contemporary jazz. The head of each piece is set out with characteristic voicings, phrasing and rhythmic patterns. The improvised section gives guideline pitches and left-hand voicings as a practical starting-point.
• wealth of jazz repertoire in a carefully graded book
• huge range of styles, from up-tempo swing tunes to funky rock grooves
• pieces presented in three categories: blues, standards and contemporary jazz
• contemporary jazz pieces specially commissioned for the syllabus from professional jazz musicians
• heads of pieces fully notated for idiomatic performance
• structured help given in solo sections
• contains all the pieces for ABRSM’s new jazz piano exam