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mycrabface

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Jazz Repertoire

on: July 18, 2007, 08:21:00 AM

Okay someone give me a titles of a few nice jazz piano songs. I only have rhapsody in blue and sommertime in mind.

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If you are looking for some nice jazz-influenced pieces, you cannot go wrong with Kapustin. If you like Gershwin, you'll like Kapustin. I played his variations, op. 41 and it was a very rewarding experience for me and the audience. However, his compositions can get very hard. Look him up on youtube and his website. Gershwin is a good safe bet though.

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 06:19:55 PM

I was going to suggest Kapusting too. His piano 'Jazz Preludes' are all awesome, and range in difficulty. His sonatas are all amazing too.

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #3 on: July 19, 2007, 04:10:09 AM

Try to find "Esquisses de Jazz" by Erwin Schulhoff. They aren't too difficult.

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 05:27:20 AM

Theres always the Sonate en état de jazz by Alexis Weissenberg (just kidding).

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #5 on: July 19, 2007, 08:46:55 AM

https://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions/index.htm

This has a ranking of standards most frequently recorded by jazz artists. Therefore the most popular tune as voted by the USA, Over the Rainbow, is 63rd in the ranking!

Here's a dozen I like:

Tea For Two
Sweet Lorraine
Where or When
Just a Gigolo
Jitterbug Waltz
When Sunny gets Blue
April Love
Someone to Watch Over Me
My Favourite Things
Moon River
Makin' Whoopee
Among my Souvenirs

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007, 03:36:14 PM

Take a look at Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballad No. 4 "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues". It's a very fun piece; based off an old slave song. Not quite jazz, but has a feel of jazz to it.

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Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007, 04:16:30 PM

What about Brubeck and Oscar Peterson. Oh and you should play clap yo hands by Gershwin

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #8 on: July 19, 2007, 07:04:37 PM

Quote from: andyd on July 19, 2007, 08:46:55 AM

Just a Gigolo

Makin' Whoopee

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #9 on: July 19, 2007, 07:53:13 PM

here is a link that lists a few jazz stands..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jazz_standards

My personal jazz favorites are "all the things you are"
and "fly me to the moon"

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Reply #10 on: July 19, 2007, 10:30:17 PM

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Just a Gigolo

Makin' Whoopee

Here's a classic version:
Hampton & Rich, Makin' Whoopee

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Re: Jazz Repertoire

Reply #11 on: July 20, 2007, 07:46:15 AM

Thanks people

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