Jazz Piano Transcriptions : Stride piano, Boogie-woogie, Blues

JAZZ PIANO SHEET MUSIC
NOTE FOR NOTE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF JAZZ PIANO SOLOS piano

STRIDE PIANO - BOOGIE-WOOGIE - BLUES

Learning early jazz piano is difficult because it is a very visual style of music which has nearly disappeared today. Even if a natural ear for music allows to immerse in the sounds we hear on records, a sheet music is very useful to learn the basis of Stride piano and play it properly.

There are very few transcriptions of the great jazz pianists and this is a lack in the musical edition and for people who want to learn this style of music and keep it alive. I have transcribed a number of pieces very precisely, by listening to the original recordings. Almost none of these music pieces have been transcribed or published yet.

> 7 transcriptions books are available as printed books or electronic books (PDF).
> Sheet music are aslo available individally (PDF only)

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STRIDE PIANO

FATS WALLER Vol 1 : 17 Piano Solos		FATS WALLER Vol 2 : 17 Piano Solos		FATS WALLER Vol 3 : 18 Piano Solos
	blue black bottom valentine stomp you're the top swaltzing with faust african ripples smashing thirds honeysuckle rose california, here i come my fate is in your hands hallelujah numb fumblin' ...		keepin' out of mischief n ring dem bells piccadilly tea for two sweet savannah sue viper's drag soho muscle shoals blues limehouse chelsea whitechapel ...		e flat blues gladyse stardust georgia on my mind my feelings are hurt saint louis blues ain't misbehavin hallelujah russian fantasy martinique i ain't got nobody ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON Vol 1 : 17 Piano Solos		WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH 16 Piano Solos		DONALD LAMBERT 15 Piano Solos
	jersey sweet crying for the carolines i'm gonna sit right down a flat dream if dreams come true liza carolina shout keep off the grass twilight rag daintiness rag jingles ...		finger buster here come the band rippling waters stormy weather morning air cuttin' out concentrating zig zag what is there to say ? echoes of spring passionette ...		anitra's dance as time goes gy i'm just wild about harry pilgrim's chorus russian rag save your sorrow keep your temper trolley song elegie russian lullaby doin' what i please ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON PIANO ROLLS 17 Piano Solos		JAMES P. JOHNSON Vol 2 : 17 Piano Solos
	harlem choc'late babies o mama's blues eccentricity steeplechase rag charleston it takes love to cure the dr jazzes raz-ma-taz sugar stop it harlem strut carolina shout ...		fascination blueberry rhyme honeysuckle rose arkansas blues carolina balmoral old fashioned love squeeze me scouting around snowy morning blues toddlin' you can't do what my last ...

BOOGIE-WOOGIE / BLUES

	PETE JOHNSON / ALBERT AMMONS / MEADE LUX LEWIS / JIMMY BLYTHE...
		suitcase blues boogie woogie stomp 12th street boogie mecca flat blues shuffle boogie bottomland boogie mr. freddie blues answer to the woogie yancey bugle call the mellow blues yancey stomp ...

ABOUT TRANSCRIPTIONS :

These transcriptions will help you to understand many characteristics of the classic jazz piano styles (Stride, Boogie-woogie, Blues) but they are not supposed to be played with a great accuracy. It's nearly impossible to play as the great Stide pianists used to do. Every piece must be performed with the genuiness and the freshness that Stride and Boogie piano requires. In our own way, we can give a second life to these pieces. The left hand lpaying requires a great skill that you get with practice : it is useless to play tenth with your left hand (especially in quick tempo) if your technical level and your morphology do not allow it, or do not allow it yet ! Play only the low note then. Do not forget that Stride ans Boogie-woogie are part of Jazz and is mainly improvised, by opposition to classical music and this music has to keep his improvised and spontaneous character.