11 Christmas classics for jazz piano - 11 Weihnachtsklassiker für Jazz Klavier
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Winter Wonderland
I saw three ships
In the bleak mid-winter
Noël nouvelet
Santa Claus is comin' to town
The Christmas Song ('Merry Christmas to You')
O little town of Bethlehem
Balulalow
Sans Day carol
Silent night
32 pages | 311x232mm
Expert arrangements for players at intermediate level (Grades 4 - 8)
Written solos, perfectly in style and swinging!
Wide range of jazz styles and influences, from swing to contemporary, including Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Vince Mendoza, and Abdullah Ibrahim
CD of full performances, by Nikki Iles, to help with interpretation and feel
Jazz on a Winter's Night is a Christmas piano album of stylish, swinging arrangements. Favourite Christmas carols and songs receive the complete jazz treatment, with rhythm, harmony, grooves, and solos all carefully notated. The expertise of the arranger, a celebrated jazz pianist and composer, guarantees an authentic jazz sound, and a range of styles from Nat King Cole to John Coltrane. While paying homage to American Christmas jazz, the collection also reflects a European tradition, in such time-honoured classics as 'In the bleak mid-winter'.
Forces or Category: Solo piano
Difficulty: Easy to Moderately difficult
Pianist and composer Nikki Iles was a founder member of the Creative Jazz Orchestra - working with Anthony Braxton, Mike Gibbs, Vince Mendoza, and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Her busy freelance career has found her playing with Peter Erskine (CJO), Kenny Wheeler, Art Farmer, Julian Argüelles, Stan Sulzmann, Norma Winstone, Tony Coe, Tina May, and Rufus Reid. Her music has been commissioned and performed also by the London Sinfonietta and Tim Garland's Underground Orchestra. A committed educator, Nikki is senior lecturer at Middlesex University, visiting professor at the Guildhall School of Music, Royal Academy, and Trinity College of Music, London, and an adviser to ABRSM. She holds a British Jazz Award (1996), an award from the International Association for Jazz Education (2002), and was twice nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz Award. 'A formidable UK jazz presence' - John Fordham, The Guardian
