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Cocktail Piano Styles - Volume 1 (Volume 1). Arranged by Bill Irwin. For solo piano. Creative Concepts Publishing. Standards. SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate). Collection. Lyrics, chord names and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). 80 pages. Creative Concepts #072016. Published by Creative Concepts (HL.315090).

ISBN 1569220611. With lyrics, chord names and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). Standards. 9x12 inches.

27 favorites as arranged by Bill Irwin for piano solo with lyrics and chords, including: April in Paris * Can't Take My Eyes off of You * Candy * Dream a Little Dream of Me * A Good Man Is Hard to Find * I've Got the World on a String * It Had to Be You * Paper Doll * They Didn't Believe Me * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) * and more.

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4-note chords in both hands with large stretches and leaps. Irregular and complicated rhythms.

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3 star rating

Anonymous

Location: from Los Angeles

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

March 10, 2009

Not Quite What I thought

The good thing about these arrangements is that they do include the chord symbols and these symbols are accurate consistently (although this is one possible "bop" way of doing subs). I found the quality of the written piano stylings to be inconsistent and a few of the songs are obscure...

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1 star rating

W.T. Crawford

Location: from Longmont, Colorado

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

February 19, 2009

Disappointed

I was very disappointed in this book. Not only were the arrangements mediocre, the choice of songs was also poor. I would have returned the book on your no questions asked return policy, but I waited too long to do so.

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5 star rating

Brian Ingram

Location: from Manchester UK

September 11, 2008

Left Handed Bliss

I always enjoyed playing the traditional boogies of Mead Lux Lewis Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons. These in this work, are harmonically more interesting,as some of these pieces have several chords in their structure. I particularly like where the left hand goes deep down in the bass, while the right,...

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5 star rating

Anonymous

Location: from Alabama

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

August 11, 2008

Sophisticated yet very playable

I am not a big jazz fan, but these smooth, lush stylings are exactly the kind of jazz I do like. And I was glad to find the words inserted, so they can easily be modified to use as vocal accompaniments. I have no real ability to create my own...

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4 star rating

Anonymous

Location: from

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

June 23, 2008

Good value

Bill Irwin's arrangements are always good and this book is no exception. It would have been nice though if the pieces were a little longer.

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