After Hours Jazz 2 by Pam Wedgwood

After Hours Jazz 2 by Pam Wedgwood

After Hours Jazz 2 is a further collection of original pieces and arrangements of your favourite jazz standards by Pam Wedgwood for the Grade 4-6 pianist.  Relax with the lush harmonies and laid-back melodies of many well-known pieces, as well as some great original repertoire.

Wedgwood’s own three compositions are so convincing in their jazz styles that I kept wondering where I had heard them beforeI would recommend this book as light relief for ‘between grades’ and also for the growing number of adults who are returning to or taking up the piano. Wedgwood can always be relied on to choose, arrange and compose superbly and has done it yet again.
Music Teacher Magazine, July 2009

 On the face of it, these books merely augment an already ample and flourishing supply of arrangements that come to us from both sides of the pond, but actually, I do think there is merit in their compilation here. For a start, as all piano teachers are aware, there are arrangements, and then there are arrangements. There is more to transcribing a well know tune than shoving a few snazzy triads under a naked lead-line. The choice of key, for example, needs to take account of the inbuilt chromaticism, but also the hand-stretches these imply (not to mention any notational complications that night arise). I would contend that rendering My Funny Valentine accessible to a grade 4 pianist takes a fair bit more ingenuity and sensitivity than making one fit for a grade 8
player – précis is the art here, not amplification. Any means by which the student who’s flagging interest in conventional repertoire can be deterred from giving up altogether, earns its keep.

Piano Professional Magazine, Spring 2009

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780571529094
ISBN 10	0571529097
Title	After Hours Jazz 2
Author	Pam Wedgwood
Series	After Hours
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber Music Ltd
Year published	2007-12-05
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.