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– Book includes QRs for practice and performance backing tracks recorded with real Kansas City jazz musicians and tips from the composer videos!
“Teachers will find this an inviting and pedagogically sound collection to add to their library for students who want to play this genre of music. The comic-book style covers, sound of the tunes, and variety of styles will be appealing to budding jazz pianists!”
– Dr. Adrienne Wiley, NCTM Piano Inspires Magazine Spring 2021 Issue
“Elementary-level jazz is a difficult compositional challenge. The rhythmic and stylistic nature of jazz is difficult to notate in a way that is readily understood by young students. When composers limit themselves to the technical. and notational conventions of the first few levels of traditional methods, the character of the music often suffers. When writing in a more authentic style, they risk producing sheet music that is beyond a student’s reading level. This clever two-book series of jazz solos successfully walks the line between these two options.”
“Teachers and students looking to explore authentic jazz sounds will surely enjoy this colorful addition to the pedagogical jazz repertoire.”
– Dr. Jason Sifford, NCTM American Music Teacher Magazine: FebMarch 2021 Issue
– Five-Finger Jazz! Book 1 has five songs selected in the 2024-2028 National Federation of Music Clubs Bulletin in the Popular Piano Solo Category: Midnight Spy, Chicago Blues, In Dreams, Nothin’ But Sunshine, and For a Moment
– Selected in Vibrant Music Teaching’s “Four Go-To Piano Books for Teaching Jazz to Beginner and Intermediate Students”
– Full video review by Vibrant Music Teaching on YouTube