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
	california, here i come african ripples hallelujah you're the top love me or leave me i've got a feeling i'm fa valentine stomp numb fumblin' swaltzing with faust blue black bottom carolina shout ...		baby oh, where can you be ring dem bells limehouse whitechapel sweet savannah sue handful of keys birmingham blues viper's drag muscle shoals blues piccadilly bond street ...		basin street blues martinique hallelujah i ain't got nobody clothesline ballet saint louis blues russian fantasy then you'll remember me zonky georgia on my mind goin' about ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON 17 Piano Solos		WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH 16 Piano Solos		DONALD LAMBERT 15 Piano Solos
	harlem strut if dreams come true i'm gonna sit right down modernisitc mule walk stomp keep off the grass i'm crazy 'bout my baby feeling blue crying for the carolines riffs liza ...		here come the band sneakaway(1939) portrait of the duke fading star cuttin' out i'll follow you echoes of spring stormy weather what is there to say ? contrary motion rippling waters ...		anitra's dance trolley song elegie save your sorrow sextet doin' what i please pilgrim's chorus russian lullaby as time goes gy keep your temper tea for two ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON PIANO ROLLS 17 Piano Solos
	railroad man black man carolina shout eccentricity joe turner blues roumania sugar steeplechase rag dr jazzes raz-ma-taz charleston arkansas blues ...

BOOGIE-WOOGIE / BLUES

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

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.