Piano Stylings Of The Great Standards Vol. V (The Steinway Library of Piano Music) Review

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(More customer reviews)I ordered volumes 5 and 6 of 'Piano Stylings' mainly because they were on sale. Although I'm a classically trained pianist, I'm always looking for quality arrangements of popular music to play for friends and the occasional restaurant or wedding reception job.

These are some of the best arrangements I've ever played.They sound professional and because several arrangers are represented, each piece has a different harmonic and stylistic approach - latin to swing to boogie to ballad.Most are of late intermediate difficulty, some are advanced if played up to tempo and with the full written chord voicings (chord symbols are also included).The editing marks - fingering, voice division, phrasing - are all top-notch.

I've reviewed several of Hal Leonard's Jazz Piano series and I have transcription folios of pieces by Evans, Brubeck, Guaraldi and McPartland.Compared to the Steinway arrangements, the Jazz Piano pieces are relatively easy and need embellishment to sound convincing.The transcriptions are more difficult and often too esoteric for casual, easy-listening settings.The 'Steinway Stylings' are perfect as they are - ready to use!

To paraphrase another reviewer, if you learned the music in all six volumes (sixty pieces - three to four sets), you would have all you need to entertain at high-end restaurants and other commercial venues.

Extras: arrangers' bios, song histories, original sheet music versions, beautiful layout and printing.PS:I ordered the other four volumes.

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Arranged for piano. 10 professionally crafted renditions of the golden standards. Not only are these songs some of the best ever written, the arrangers are also in a league of their own. You'll play exquisite versions of these tunes produced by such renowned pros as famed Society Pianist Peter Mintun, described by writer Will Friedwald as the living incarnation of the fabulous keyboard wizards of the jazz age .Noreen Lienhard -- cabaret composer John Wallowitch -- pop and jazz piano pro Johnny Morris -- swing-style expert Riccardo Scivales -- and legendary jazz pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. As always, the book comes complete with the original sheet music versions and short histories of each song and utilizes a special stay-flat binding. There has never been a more elegant collection of the great standards, with high quality arrangements guaranteed to please every lover of the pop repertoire!

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