If you're a jazz singer or instrumentalist and don't already have basic skills in jazz piano: now is the time! Piano skills are the gateway to understanding chords and progressions, checking lead sheets for accuracy, learning new tunes, arranging, writing your own tunes, becoming a better improviser and so on. This book outlines an easy step-by-step process that makes learning basic jazz piano easy and fun! A Foggy Day (In London Town) George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) A Time for Love (from An American Dream) Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Johnny Mandel (composer) Ain't Misbehavin' (from Ain't Misbehavin') Fats Waller (composer); Andy Razaf (lyricist); Harry Brooks (composer) Alone Together Arthur Schwartz (composer); Howard Dietz (lyricist) Blues in the Night Harold Arlen (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Brooks Bowman (composer) Embraceable You (from Girl Crazy) George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) Emily Johnny Mandel (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) Gentle Rain Luiz Bonfa (composer); Matt Dubey (lyricist) I Got Rhythm George Gershwin (composer); Ira Gershwin (lyricist) It Never Entered My Mind (from Higher and Higher) Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) My Funny Valentine (from Babes in Arms) Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) Prelude to a Kiss Irving Gordon (lyricist); Duke Ellington (composer); Irving Mills (lyricist) Secret Love (from Calamity Jane) Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Sammy Fain (composer) Since I Fell for You Buddy Johnson (composer) The Lady Is a Tramp (from Babes in Arms) Lorenz Hart (lyricist); Richard Rodgers (composer) The Shadow of Your Smile (from The Sandpiper) Paul Francis Webster (lyricist); Johnny Mandel (composer) What Is This Thing Called Love' (from Wake Up and Dream) Cole Porter (composer) You Go to My Head Haven Gillespie (lyricist); J. Fred Coots (composer) You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (from Something to Shout About) Cole Porter (composer)