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| Instrument: |
Piano Solo
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| Genre: |
Standards
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| Level: | SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate) |
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Collection / Songbook
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Cool Jazz. (Jazz Piano Solos Series). By Various. For solo piano. Piano Solo Songbook. Standards. SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate). Songbook (no lyrics). Fingerings (does not include words to the songs). 68 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.310710).
ISBN 0634025554. With fingerings (does not include words to the songs). Standards. 9x12 inches.
18 tunes from the '50s and '60s jazz cats who invented 'cool,' including: All Blues (Miles Davis, George Benson) * A Ballad (Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz) * Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz) * Django (Modern Jazz Quartet, Vince Guaraldi) * Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk) * Killer Joe (Art Farmer, Benny Golson) * Nardis (Bill Evans, Joe Henderson) * So What (Miles Davis, Chet Baker) * Take Five (Dave Brubeck, George Benson) * and more.
About SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate)

4-note chords in both hands with large stretches and leaps. Irregular and complicated rhythms.
johnny c
Location: from illinois
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 26, 2006
Spotty, Inconsistent
This book is tough to give a uniform rating to, because many songs are simply better then others. There is a good arrangement and interesting solo treatment to Blue In Green and Conception, yet songs like Epistrophy and Waltz for Debby are too simple and much less interesting. Also, there...
16 of 30 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Seattle, WA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 8, 2003
Great tunes, great arrangements!
These are some of the best jazz arrangements I've found. This book is FULL of great tunes that are are fun to play and sound fantastic. Don't pass this one up if you are a high-intermediate to advanced player who loves jazz!
19 of 35 people found this review helpful.