Bill Evans Jazz Piano Solos Songbook | Volume 19 in Jazz Piano Solos Series | 24 Classic Jazz Standards for Solo Piano | Arranged by Brent Edstrom for Intermediate to Advanced Players

Yes, something I can sink my teeth into! Great songs arranged by Bill Evans and Edstrom.

1.Alice In Wonderland 2.Autumn Leaves 3.But Beautiful 4.Emily 5.Everything Happens to Me 6.Goodbye 7.Here's That Rainy Day 8.How Deep is the Ocean (How High Is The Sky) 9.In A Sentimental Mood 10.In Love In Vain 11.Letter To Evan 12.My Foolish Heart 13.My Heart Stood Still 14.Nigh And Day 15.Peri's Scope 16.A Sleepin' Bee 17.Some Day My Prince Will Come 18.Spartacus - Love Theme 19.Spring Is Here 20.Suicide Is Painless (Song From M*A*S*H) 21.Tenderly 22.Up With The Lark 23.Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me) 24.Witchcraft A total of 96 pages and 24 selections (each selection ranging from 3 to 5 pages). Obviously, these are not transcriptions, but the arrangements are still complex (Arranged by Brent Edstrom). I am more than impressed. These arrangements are SUPERB. I'm a huge fan of Bill Evans and I can truly say I've found a great book that I now treasure. They accurately match the harmonies and register-on-the-piano that Bill Evans used in playing these pieces. The sound is complete, with the use of enough bass and chords structured in 7ths and 10ths. You will find you left and right hand playing a lot of inner chords while holding the melody, something Bill Evans did a lot. The leads are NOT note-to-note transcriptions but carry substance, and emulate Bill Evans 100%. The "leads" per selection vary in dept, as some of the selections have more lead action than others. Either way, I am excited and glad to own these arrangements. THANK YOU!

Brent Edstrom has created very nice interpretations of Bill Evans pieces. The upper intermediate difficulty allows for quick learning although the arrangements sound very convincing. The written out solo sections are great for those of us who lack true jazz improv skills but love the sound. I'm impressed that there are so many titles (24) in one reasonably priced book and that Edstrom has such a deep bag of arranging skills. There are delightful surprises in every piece. I've already ordered three more of his books in the Jazz Piano Solos series: "Duke Ellington", "Disney" and "Jazz for Lovers". I've added Edstrom to my go-to list of current pop/jazz arrangers including Mark Hayes, Larry Shackley, Dan Coates and Carol Tornquist.

Not complete transcriptions, but nonetheless chock full-o Bill Evan's signature voicings and phrases, providing a good snapshot of some of Bill's treatments of these tunes. Definitely valuable for study and as resource for quick insight into Bill Evan's harmonic approach. The manuscript is top-notch, fine paper and printing, and the arrangements are suitable (in my opinion) for presentation at student recitals. More advanced players will want to adapt excerpts for further shedding, and listen to the originals to fill in the gaps, but overall a solid book of tunes. One star off for a lack of annotations, and some of the editor's necessary melodic compromises that fall short in contrast to Evan's genius. (Forgivable!)

This is a great collection of Bill Evans arrangements, beautifully written for the intermediate to better player. It has been rewarding to play some unfamiliar pieces and enjoy the pleasant surprises of beautifully sounding jazz works. If you play background music for social events or in public, this is a must book to access a few pieces for your repertoire. I enjoy Alice in Wonderland, Autumn Leaves, and Letter to Evan to mention a few. I had not heard the Spartacus movie theme song for many years, but I found the arrangement beautiful and interesting to play. I highly recommend this book and all of the others in this Hal Leonard series.

Fantatstic collection of tunes that Bill Evans performed throughout his career. Twenty-four tunes for $12 - you can't beat it with a stick. Here is your chance to sound like Bill without having to quit your job and study piano full time - if that would even work. Brent E. does a masterfulfull job of arranging these tunes in the Bill Evans' style and yet they are quite accessible to players of modest technique. Brent E.: When are you going to do the same for Oscar P's canon?

As a BIG Bill Evans admirer (my mentor from Juilliard’s husband co produced with Harry Evans (Bill’s Brother) and he himself was impressed! The transcriptions are exemplary. This is an amazing steal for the price! This book does a fine job of highlighting Bills signature inner voicing’s. Overall a great buy. If I have only one note it would be that I wish the book came with a reference as to where each piece was transcribed from.

Don't get it twisted! These pieces still retain Bill Evans elements, and can be challenging, which is what I wanted. Having played the transcriptions, I can say these are less difficult but still sound full...Bill Evans-"ish". Fun to sit down and play with fewer finger fumbles. Love it.

Love it

Les morceaux sont bien écrits, simples, parfaits. Mais la mise en page numérique est médiocre: le cadrage est réduite à la limite des portées...Il faut ajuster manuellement chaque page. Le titre n'est pas visible au-dessus des morceaux. Par contre les droits de chaque morceau peut occuper la moitié de la page et la partition est donc réduite de moitié...J'aurai mieux fait d'acheter la version papier...

So happy I bought this book. Wonderful arrangements that sound very similar to Bill Evans style chords and comping. If you like Bill Evans, I really recommend this book. My only complaint is that I wish "Waltz for Debby" was included.

una raccolta di spartiti notevole, una selezione di brani assolutamente eccellente, uno strumento di studio utile e piacevole da seguire.

Erstklassige Voicings und Ausarbeitung der Stücke. Das "Skelett" der Stücke gewinnt auch für den klassisch ausgebildeten Pianisten ein Volumen, ohne dass man sich durch die drögen Harmonielehren ausschließlich durchwuseln muss, oder anders ausgedrückt: ein Kompendium derselben .