Piano Level: Late Intermediate
More New Orleans Jazz Styles was written for performers at the intermediate level. Gillock believed that every student's musical education should include experiences in a variety of popular stylings, including jazz, as a recurring phase of study. Pianists should be encouraged to deviate from the written notes with their own improvisations, for spontaneity is an essential ingredient of the jazz idiom.
TITLES: New Orleans Blues • Taking It Easy • After Midnight • Mister Trumpet Man • Bourbon Street Saturday Night.