Jazz Repertoire

[mycrabface]

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

[retrouvailles]

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.

[nanabush]

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

[burstroman]

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

[retrouvailles]

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

[andyd]

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


Regards

Andy

[soliloquy]

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.

[sissco]

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

[elevateme_returns]

Just a Gigolo

Makin' Whoopee

 

[ganymed]

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"

[andyd]

Just a Gigolo

Makin' Whoopee
 

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


Regards

Andy

[mycrabface]

Thanks people