50 great standards, at the heart of jazz repertoire, in new arrangements tailor-made for singers, with interesting alternative chords, introductions, complete verses, and singer-friendly endings. Though the song list is mostly the same for the Women's Edition and the Men's Edition, there are some songs especially suited to either women or men that do not appear in both books. The arrangements appear in a traditional jazz format, in a hand-written chart with melody, lyrics and chords.

Impressionistic sonorities blend with hints of Native American*flute melodies in this beautiful collection of six solos for the*early-intermediate/intermediate-level pianist. Like the images they*portray, the pieces are filled with contrast: soaring lyrical melodies interspersed with low earthy motives in open fifths; traditional rhythmic patterns juxtaposed with mixed meters; playful dance-like themes offset by the dark atonal timbres of haunting spirits. Each solo stands alone, but the entire book can also be*played in recital as a suite, with tempos that alternate in a pleasing way to create a tightly woven, finely detailed desert landscape. detailed desert landscape. Level: Early-Intermediate/Intermediate (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Levels 4-5); Range: full grand staff and leger lines; Meters: 2/2, 3/4, 4/4, 7/8; Technical Features: broken*chord accompaniments, some double-note intervals in both hands, cross-hand patterns, interlocked hand position, legato pedal, pedal points, multiple textures. Length: 2-5 pages; Average performance*time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Performance time for entire suite: 10 minutes, 3 seconds.

6 solos: Canyon Spirits * Dawn to Dusk * Desert in Bloom * Gecko Games * Kokopelli (Invention in Phrygian Mode) * Mother Earth, Sister Moon.

Les Petites Images is a perfect introduction to Jennifer Linn's popular intermediate-level book in French style, Les Petites Impressions. Like that book, the seven solos in this easier collection in impressionist style evoke detailed images of the titles. Although these solos are at a late-elementary level, there are quite a few "easy-sounds-hard" gems in this book that will make those younger students sound very accomplished. Early-intermediate students may also find these pieces very enjoyable to learn or read through.

To familiarize students with notation found in Debussy and Ravel, titles have been written in French with English subtitles: expressive instructions are in French as well, and a glossary is provided in the introductory pages. Level: Late-Elementary piano solos (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Level 3); Keys: F, C; Meters: 4/4, 2/2, 6/8; Range: full staff and leger lines; Note Values: whole notes to eighth notes; Technical features: remains mainly in 5-finger patterns or slightly extended hand poisions; some double thirds; some interlocked h. pos. (R above L in same register), legato pedal, pedal points. Length: 2-4 pages long. Average performance time: 1 minute, 30 seconds.

7 solos: Asteroides (Asteroids) * Hummingbird (L'oiseau-mouche) * Le fin d'hiver (Winter's End) * Le frelon furieux (The Mad Hornet) * Le grand *diese* blanc (The Great White *Sharp*) * Tonnerre sur les plaines (Thunder on the Plains) * Voiliers dans le vent (Sailboats in the Wind).

Lorie Line's piano solo arrangement of Irving Berlin's Christmas classic.

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