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
	honeysuckle rose african ripples smashing thirds numb fumblin' turn on the heat california, here i come intermezzo love me or leave me valentine stomp my fate is in your hands carolina shout ...		alligator crawl tea for two chelsea rockin' chair soho muscle shoals blues ring dem bells bond street piccadilly sweet savannah sue baby oh, where can you be ...		clothesline ballet zonky russian fantasy gladyse basin street blues then you'll remember me martinique georgia on my mind i ain't got nobody ain't misbehavin e flat blues ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON 17 Piano Solos		WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH 16 Piano Solos		DONALD LAMBERT 15 Piano Solos
	riffs daintiness rag keep off the grass a flat dream feeling blue harlem strut twilight rag liza jingles carolina shout i'm crazy 'bout my baby ...		passionette morning air sneakaway(1939) stormy weather zig zag i'll follow you echoes of spring cuttin' out here come the band portrait of the duke what is there to say ? ...		russian lullaby pork and beans tea for two trolley song elegie save your sorrow russian rag people will say we are in as time goes gy doin' what i please keep your temper ...


JAMES P. JOHNSON PIANO ROLLS 17 Piano Solos
	stop it harlem choc'late babies o carolina shout dr jazzes raz-ma-taz harlem strut roumania steeplechase rag charleston eccentricity arkansas blues black man ...

BOOGIE-WOOGIE / BLUES

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

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.