9780193868229
This first volume for advanced beginners offers a wonderful introduction to Ragtime and Jazz as well as syncopation and different articulations. The pieces range from light-hearted pieces like 'Kwela,' the Zulu term for dance, to soulful and spiritual pieces like 'Dusk.' This volume includes performance notes for each piece.
* Isak Roux: Kwela No. 1
* Ulysses Kay: Tender Thought
* Hale Smith: My Scarf is Yellow
* Nkeiru Okoye: Dusk
* Robert Mawuena Kwami: Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response
* Halik El-Dabh: Soufiane
* Hale Smith: Off-Beat Shorty
* Florence B. Price: Ticklin' Toes
* Valerie Capers: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll
* Nkeiru Okoye: Dancing Barefoot in the Rain
* Isak Roux: Lullaby
* Valerie Capers: The Monk
* Bangambula Vindu: Lullaby
* J. H. Kwabena Nketia: Builsa Work Song
* Christian Onyeji: Ufie III
Category: 20th Century, 21st Century, André Bangambula Vindu, Black Composer, Christian Onyeji, Congo, Female Composer, Florence Price, Ghana, Hale Smith, Halim El-Dabh, Isak Roux, J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Keyboard, Living Composer, Modernist Era, Nkeiru Okoye, Piano, Postmodern Era, Robert Mawuena Kwami, Romantic Era, Solo Piano, South Africa, Ulysses Kay, United States of America, William Chapman Nyaho