Simply Brubeck - The Music Of Dave Brubeck - 26 Of His Top Jazz Classics [Large Print] [Paperback] Review

I grew up listening to my father deciphering and playing the music of Dave Brubeck--not so easy when the time signatures are odd, the scales are chromatic, and the melody, bass, and rhythm are spread across three instruments.

Now my daughter is learning piano, and given the level advertised by this book (beginner to intermediate), I thought it would be a great way to expand her horizons beyond 4/4, 3/4, and the occasional 2/4 meter.

The arrangements are very well done--definitely on the intermediate side, but not terribly so.A student who has been playing for 1-2 years should be able to reward themselves with at least the main theme after a few hours of work.And for this reason, I'd give to book a solid 4 stars.

But the binding...it's the opposite of "lay flat", and woe unto anybody who tries to play from it without serious mechanical help.We have a page-spreading device, and it is barely a match for the binding, even though I have broken that binding in three places--near the beginning, in the middle, and near the end.The book binders were obviously oblivious to the considerations of how the book would be used.

So...wonderful content, but not wonderfully executed as a book meant to rest open on a piano.

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Product Description:
Arranged For Easy To Intermediate Piano By Bruce Nelson. A collection of the most engaging compositions by jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles include: Audrey, Autumn On Our Town , Blue Lake Tahoe, Blue Rondo A La Turk, Blue Shadows In The Street , Bossa Nova U.S.A., Broadway Bossa Nova, The Duke, Everybody's Jumpin', Far More Blue, (I Still Am in Love with) A Girl Named Oli, In Your Own Sweet Way, It's A Raggy Waltz, King For A Day, Maori Blues,Mr. Fats,Newport Waltz, Softly, William, Softly, Strange Meadowlark, Summer Song, Sweet Cleo Brown, Take Five ,Three To Get Ready, Unisphere, Unsquare Dance

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