Jazz on a Winter's Night 2

10 Christmas classics for jazz piano
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-351769-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 32 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 312 mm, Gewicht: 157 g

Following the success of the first volume in Nikki Iles's acclaimed jazz series, this collection features sophisticated new jazz arrangements of Christmas classics, including 'Let it snow', 'Mary's Boy Child', 'Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer', 'Sussex Carol', 'We three kings', and 'Past three o'clock'. The expertly recorded CD, by Nikki Iles, helps with interpretation and developing a real sense of swing. With fully notated rhythms, grooves, and improvisations,
Jazz on a Winter's Night 2 is the perfect collection for pianists looking for that authentic sound.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iles, Nikki

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Tasteninstrumente

Über Autor(innen)

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