"Jazzy Hymn Arrangements Book Six" has 19 well-known Christian hymns and a bonus Sweet Hour of Prayer Medley that has been arranged with jazz chords and aimed at the intermediate player. The original melodies and rhythms have not been changed. A few important finger numbers have been added to make learning even quicker and easier. Plenty of room has been left for the more advanced pianist to improvise. When printing up your Book Six, be sure to print even page numbers on the left and odd on the right. Then you will have very few pages to turn. Contents include: Amazing Grace-Bluesy, Be Thou MyVision, Brethren, We Have Met To Worship, Christ the Lord Is RisenToday, Come, Thou Almighty King, Faith Is the Victory, GloriousThings of Thee Are Spoken, He Included Me, His Eye Is On theSparrow, It Is Well With My Soul, Joy Unspeakable, Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, O Lord My God! (O Store Gud)(How Great Thou Art), Redeemed(How I Love to Proclaim It), Rescue the Perishing, Sunshine In MySoul, Sweet Hour of Prayer Medley (Sweet Hour of Prayer, Tell It ToJesus, Have Thine own Way), There Is Power In the Blood, Turn YourEyes Upon Jesus, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. I use these arrangements for preludes, offertories, postludes. They would be appropriate for piano lessons, recitals, funerals and school. If you like these arrangements, please visit https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/Phil-Hamm-sheet-music/3002027 where you will find a complete listing of all my arrangements and originals. Videos of these and other pieces can be seen on my FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/phil.hamm.3 Please message me at FB about any questions you might have concerning these or any of my other arrangements

This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano. most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find.

A very easy arrangement with two variations in case you want it to be longer. I have used these for years for students to play at Christmas recitals, concerts and gigs, and for many this was a turning point in enjoyin playing piano! 2016 Holiday Contest Entry