all tunes suitable for less experienced players, with pitch range, chords and technical level carefully considered

tunes in their most commonly played keys, with reliable melodies and chord changes

arrangements – by jazz arrangers – that include sections for improvised solos, with helpful guideline pitches

arrangements included on the syllabus have ‘minus-one’ backing-tracks, available on CD for purchase separately

written-out piano accompaniments and individual lead sheets are available

a resource for bands and individuals, this book comes in B flat, E flat, C Treble-Clef and C Bass-Clef editions

Pages: 216Grades: 4, 5Editions: ABRSM

Contents

SHEET MUSIC:
Blues Connotation [Ornette Coleman]
Straight, No Chaser [Theolonius Monk]
Blue Daniel [Frank Rosolino]
Lucky Rhumba [Stan Sulzmann]
Gaviota [Clare Fischer]
Fotografia [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
Samba de Orfeu [Luis Bonfa / Antonio Maria]
Gotta Dance [Jimmy Giuffre]
Such Sweet Thunder [Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn]
Blue Samba [Lee Konitz]
Papo Furado [Hermeto Pascoal]
Tenderly [Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence]
Icarus [Ralph Towner]
Laugh For Rory, A [Rahsaan Roland Kirk]
Child Is Born, A [Thad Jones / Alec Wilder]
Sandu [Clifford Brown]
Blues For Wood [Woody Shaw / Ronald Mathews]
My Man’s Gone Now [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward]
Sing, Sing, Sing [Louis Prima]
Rockin’ in Rhythm [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Harry Carney]
Caravan [Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills]
Fungii Mama [Blue Mitchell]
Fraz and Em [Nikki Iles]
A Walk in the Park [Pete Hurt]
Dearly Beloved [Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer]
Perdido [Ervin Drake / Harry Lenk / Juan Tizol]
El Gaucho [Wayne Shorter]
Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo [Don Cherry]
Little Jazz [Roy Eldridge]
Charleston [James P. Johnson]
Sugar Loaf Mountain [George Duke / Carl Czerny]
Odessa [Arthur Blythe]
Seventy Four Miles Away [Joe Zawinul]
Walkin’ [Richard Carpenter]
Twitch, The [Duke Ellington]
Almost Like Being In Love [Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe]
Jive Samba [Nat Adderley]
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills]
Phase Dance [Pat Metheny]
Sad, A Little Bit [Milcho Leviev]
Fourth Man, The [Jim Clarke]
Visions [Mark Bassey]
Blues March [Benny Golson]
Flood Warning [Mark Nightingale]
Mood Indigo [Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard / Irving Mills]
Diga Diga Doo [Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh]
Limehouse Blues [Philip Braham]
Saturday Night In The Cosmos [Frank Dean / Don Pullen]
Greens [Huw Warren]
To Dudu [Annie Whitehead]
At the Mambo Inn [Grace Sampson / Bobby Woodlen / Mario Bauza]
Bessie’s Blues [John Coltrane]
All Blues [Miles Davis]
Going Home [Mark Lockheart]
Beale Street Blues [William Christopher Handy]
There Is No Greater Love [Isham Jones / Marty Symes]
Heavy Plant Crossing [Pete Churchill]
Mandela [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Blue ‘n’ Boogie [Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli]
Hackensack [Theolonius Monk]
Homeboyz [Bheki Mseleku]
Samba Dancer, The [Shanti Paul Jayasinha]
For Jan [Kenny Wheeler / Norma Winstone]
Mr P.C. [John Coltrane]
Sidewinder, The [Lee Morgan]
Nostalgia In Times Square [Charles Mingus]
Corner Pocket [Freddie Green]
In A Mellow Tone [Duke Ellington]
Jive Hoot [Bob Brookmeyer]
Mountain, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Melody for Candy [Malcolm Earle Smith]
Window, The [Gunther Kuermayr]
Vignette [Gary Peacock]
Kelly Blue [Wynton Kelly]
Tenor Madness [Sonny Rollins]
Blue Room [Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart]
What Is This Thing Called Love? [Cole Porter]
At A Georgia Camp Meeting [Kerry Mills]
Gotcha (Theme from Starsky & Hutch) [Tom Scott]
Entering [Jan Garbarek]
Brazilian Beat [Barney Kessel]
Small World [Martin Speake]
Broken Wing [Richie Beirach]
Sugar [Stanley Turrentine]
Cantaloupe Island [Herbie Hancock]
Stars Fell on Alabama [Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish]
Introduction To No Particular Song [Kenny Wheeler]
Broadway [Bill Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode]
Wedding, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Winin’ Boy Blues [Jelly Roll Morton]
Night in Tunisia, A [Dizzy Gillespie]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Five Spot After Dark [Benny Golson]
Basin Street Blues [Spencer Williams]
Red Top [Lionel Hampton / Ken Kynard]
Keepin’ in The Groove [Bud Powell]
Tin Roof Blues [Walter Melrose]
Nutty [Theolonius Monk]
RECORDINGS:
Time Dis-Played [Andreas Panayi]

all tunes suitable for less experienced players, with pitch range, chords and technical level carefully considered

tunes in their most commonly played keys, with reliable melodies and chord changes

arrangements – by jazz arrangers – that include sections for improvised solos, with helpful guideline pitches

arrangements included on the syllabus have ‘minus-one’ backing-tracks, available on CD for purchase separately

written-out piano accompaniments and individual lead sheets are available

a resource for bands and individuals, this book comes in B flat, E flat, C Treble-Clef and C Bass-Clef editions

Pages: 216Grades: 4, 5Editions: ABRSM
 
Contents

SHEET MUSIC:
Blues Connotation [Ornette Coleman]
Straight, No Chaser [Theolonius Monk]
Blue Daniel [Frank Rosolino]
Lucky Rhumba [Stan Sulzmann]
Gaviota [Clare Fischer]
Fotografia [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
Samba de Orfeu [Luis Bonfa / Antonio Maria]
Gotta Dance [Jimmy Giuffre]
Such Sweet Thunder [Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn]
Blue Samba [Lee Konitz]
Papo Furado [Hermeto Pascoal]
Tenderly [Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence]
Icarus [Ralph Towner]
Laugh For Rory, A [Rahsaan Roland Kirk]
Child Is Born, A [Thad Jones / Alec Wilder]
Sandu [Clifford Brown]
My Man’s Gone Now [George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward / Dorothy Heyward]
Sing, Sing, Sing [Louis Prima]
Rockin’ in Rhythm [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Harry Carney]
Caravan [Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills]
Fungii Mama [Blue Mitchell]
Fraz and Em [Nikki Iles]
A Walk in the Park [Pete Hurt]
Dearly Beloved [Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer]
Perdido [Ervin Drake / Harry Lenk / Juan Tizol]
El Gaucho [Wayne Shorter]
Dedication To Thomas Mapfumo [Don Cherry]
Little Jazz [Roy Eldridge]
Charleston [James P. Johnson]
Sugar Loaf Mountain [George Duke / Carl Czerny]
Odessa [Arthur Blythe]
Seventy Four Miles Away [Joe Zawinul]
Walkin’ [Richard Carpenter]
Twitch, The [Duke Ellington]
Almost Like Being In Love [Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe]
Jive Samba [Nat Adderley]
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) [Duke Ellington / Irving Mills]
Phase Dance [Pat Metheny]
Sad, A Little Bit [Milcho Leviev]
Fourth Man, The [Jim Clarke]
Visions [Mark Bassey]
Blues March [Benny Golson]
Flood Warning [Mark Nightingale]
Mood Indigo [Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard / Irving Mills]
Diga Diga Doo [Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh]
Limehouse Blues [Philip Braham]
Saturday Night In The Cosmos [Frank Dean / Don Pullen]
Greens [Huw Warren]
To Dudu [Annie Whitehead]
At the Mambo Inn [Grace Sampson / Bobby Woodlen / Mario Bauza]
Bessie’s Blues [John Coltrane]
All Blues [Miles Davis]
Going Home [Mark Lockheart]
Beale Street Blues [William Christopher Handy]
There Is No Greater Love [Isham Jones / Marty Symes]
Heavy Plant Crossing [Pete Churchill]
Mandela [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Blues For Wood [Woody Shaw / Ronald Mathews]
Blue ‘n’ Boogie [Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli]
Hackensack [Theolonius Monk]
Homeboyz [Bheki Mseleku]
Samba Dancer, The [Shanti Paul Jayasinha]
For Jan [Kenny Wheeler / Norma Winstone]
Mr P.C. [John Coltrane]
Sidewinder, The [Lee Morgan]
Nostalgia In Times Square [Charles Mingus]
Corner Pocket [Freddie Green]
In A Mellow Tone [Duke Ellington]
Jive Hoot [Bob Brookmeyer]
Mountain, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Melody for Candy [Malcolm Earle Smith]
Window, The [Gunther Kuermayr]
Vignette [Gary Peacock]
Kelly Blue [Wynton Kelly]
Tenor Madness [Sonny Rollins]
Blue Room [Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart]
What Is This Thing Called Love? [Cole Porter]
At A Georgia Camp Meeting [Kerry Mills]
Gotcha (Theme from Starsky & Hutch) [Tom Scott]
Entering [Jan Garbarek]
Brazilian Beat [Barney Kessel]
Small World [Martin Speake]
Broken Wing [Richie Beirach]
Sugar [Stanley Turrentine]
Cantaloupe Island [Herbie Hancock]
Stars Fell on Alabama [Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish]
Introduction To No Particular Song [Kenny Wheeler]
Broadway [Bill Bird / Teddy McRae / Henri Woode]
Wedding, The [Abdullah Ibrahim]
Winin’ Boy Blues [Jelly Roll Morton]
Night in Tunisia, A [Dizzy Gillespie]
My Ship [Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin]
Five Spot After Dark [Benny Golson]
Basin Street Blues [Spencer Williams]
Red Top [Lionel Hampton / Ken Kynard]
Keepin’ in The Groove [Bud Powell]
Tin Roof Blues [Walter Melrose]
Nutty [Theolonius Monk]
RECORDINGS:
Time Dis-Played [Andreas Panayi]