Pieces op. 56

Ponad 70 Etiud jazzowych kompozytorstwa J. J. Johnsona - kompozytora i trębacza. James Louis Johnson urodził się w 1924 roku w Indianapolis. Początkowo pobierał lekcje gry na fortepianie, a mając 15 lat rozpoczął naukę gry na trąbce. Niniejsza publikacja należy do jednego z ostatnich projektów Johnsona i upamiętnia jego pamięć.

The music of Thelonious Monk is among the most requested of any jazz composer, but accurate lead sheets and sources have never been widely available - until now. This folio has 70 of the master composer/pianist's most familiar pieces, as well as a number of obscure and unrecorded tunes, in easy-to-read versions. Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as bass-lines and piano voicings where applicable. Also includes a biography, a glossary, and a definitive discography of the compositions in the book. Titles include: Ask Me Now • Bemsha Swing • Blue Monk • Blue Sphere • Boo Boo's Birthday • Bright Mississippi • Brilliant Corners • Bye-Ya • Crepuscule With Nellie • Criss Cross • 52nd Street Theme • Functional • Gallop's Gallop • Hackensack • I Mean You • In Walked Bud • Jackie-ing • Let's Cool One • Little Rootie Tootie • Misterioso • Monk's Mood • Nutty • Off Minor • Pannonica • Played Twice • Rhythm-a-ning • 'Round Midnight • Ruby, My Dear • Straight No Chaser • Thelonious • Well You Needn't • and 39 more.

Lista utworów:
52nd Street Theme (Thelonious Monk)
A Merrier Christmas (Thelonious Monk)
Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk)
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues) (Thelonious Monk)
Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk)
Blue Hawk (Thelonious Monk)
Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk)
Blue Sphere (Thelonious Monk)
Blues Five Spot (Five Spot Blues) (Thelonious Monk)
Boo Boo's Birthday (Thelonious Monk)
Brake's Sake (Thelonious Monk)
Bright Mississippi (Thelonious Monk)
Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk)
Bye-Ya (Thelonious Monk)
Children's Song (Thelonious Monk)
Coming On The Hudson (Thelonious Monk)
Crepuscule With Nellie (Thelonious Monk)
Criss Cross (Thelonious Monk)
Epistrophy (Thelonious Monk)
Eronel (Thelonious Monk)
Evidence (Thelonious Monk)
Four In One (Thelonious Monk)
Friday The 13th (Thelonious Monk)
Functional (Thelonious Monk)
Gallop's Gallop (Thelonious Monk)
Green Chimneys (Thelonious Monk)
Hackensack (Thelonious Monk)
Hornin' In (Thelonious Monk)
Humph (Thelonious Monk)
I Mean You (Thelonious Monk)
In Walked Bud (Thelonious Monk)
Introspection (Thelonious Monk)
Jackie-ing (Thelonious Monk)
Let's Call This (Thelonious Monk)
Let's Cool One (Thelonious Monk)
Light Blue (Thelonious Monk)
Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk)
Locomotive (Guns N' Roses, Thelonious Monk)
Misterioso (Thelonious Monk)
Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk)
Monk's Mood (Thelonious Monk)
Monk's Point (Thelonious Monk)
North Of The Sunset (Thelonious Monk)
Nutty (Thelonious Monk)
Off Minor (Thelonious Monk)
Oska T (Thelonious Monk)
Pannonica (Thelonious Monk)
Played Twice (Thelonious Monk)
Raise Four (Thelonious Monk)
Reflections (Diana Ross & The Supremes, Thelonious Monk)
Rhythm-a-ning (Thelonious Monk)
'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)
Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk)
San Francisco Holiday (Worry Later) (Thelonious Monk)
Shuffle Boil (Thelonious Monk)
Sixteen (Thelonious Monk)
Skippy (Thelonious Monk)
Something In Blue (Thelonious Monk)
Straight No Chaser (Bush, Thelonious Monk)
Stuffy Turkey (Thelonious Monk)
Teo (Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious (Thelonious Monk)
Think Of One (Thelonious Monk)
Trinkle-Tinkle (Thelonious Monk)
Two Timer (Thelonious Monk)
Ugly Beauty (Thelonious Monk)
We See (Thelonious Monk)
Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) (Thelonious Monk)
Who Knows (Jimi Hendrix, Thelonious Monk)
Work (Thelonious Monk)

Publikacja zawiera dwadzieścia dwa hity muzyki pop w łatwych aranżacjach na keyboard. Publikację jednak, dzięki linii melodycznej i funkcjach harmonicznych, można również wykorzystać jako śpiewnik gitarowy. Znalazły się tu hity takich gwiazd, jak Madonna, Coldplay czy Mariah Carey.