Cocktail Piano Standards

I'm not sure if these arrangements were too advanced for me, or if I just didn't know how to read them. There were no lyrics, so I wasn't sure where the actual song started. But nothing sounded anything like what the song was supposed to sound like...

, on any of the songs! I'm going to continue to try to figure them out, but it won't be one of my regular go-to's.

Two part wispy moments alternate with blocks of notes - dissonant? challenging? lovely? all of the above? Modern harmonies - Hindemithian stacks of fourths. Just what I was looking for.

15 very lovely arrangements. They do take a little work however as they look a lot easier to play than they actually are.

This book should never have been published. It has arrangements that are authentically professional. That is bad enough; the guy did that once before. But this time he went farther and made a companion CD that demonstrates exactly how to play them with professional expression. How is a guy to...

get work any more when anyone can come along and buy a book like this?

these pieces have nice subtle jazz/blues sounds, and having the cd to refer to makes them even more enjoyable. music is well-chosen, all familiar and all beautiful arrangments. relax and enjoy playing these!