Jazz, Rags & Blues Book 1(Alfred's Basic Piano Library)

Martha Mier's jazz pieces are excellent, well conceived for early and young pianists. Fun and useful for teachers.

Martha Miers is a major miracle. These smart arrangements are fun to play, accessible, challenging (for the brave beginner or the rusty early intermediate player alike), and like all good music, these pieces change with your mood -- at times foot-tapping, mysterious, brooding or just punchy.This book can be the start of a musical journey and is perfect to accompany a more thorough program of instruction, such as Alfred's adult all-in-one series.

I’m a piano teacher and I always use these books as an introduction to jazz. I use these books with every student and every student so far has been amazed with how great it sounds, how confident they feel, and how much they grow when I introduce these books.Each song is two or three pages long, so it doesn’t get too overwhelming for easily-overwhelmed students. A good balance of upbeat rags and slower ballads, my students never get bored and I never get sick of the same old thing over and over.My students enjoy playing these books and I enjoy teaching out of them! Martha Mier does it again. I love everything I’ve purchased by her and my Jazz, Rags, and Blues are by far my favorite.

Anything by Martha Mier is worthwhile, but this series is exceptional. I'm not trained in jazz, but these books have helped me live playing jazz.

My son uses and likes these books.

I love having pieces in different styles for my students, and this book is full of fun, accessible, and well-graded pieces in a wide variety of styles. I especially love her rags, because they are excellent precursors to Joplin as far as style and character, but composed with small hands in mind. Unlike other collections, which seem like watered-down or overly-simplified arrangements of more advanced repertoire (also usually full of inaccurate rhythms and unmusical shortcuts), this collection is made up of actual compositions written for pianists at each particular level. They make great recital pieces, and are extremely helpful for teaching rhythms, bass lines (and working on LH technique), and chords. This series complements any method book and is extremely reasonably priced for the amount of music in it.

Good Jazz starter book for 2 to 3 year students

My daughter is using this to practice for a jazz rags and blues piano festival competition. Hoping for a score of one plus!

Very good sounding easy to play ( with a bit practice) pieces for piano players who like to learn play blues jazz

L'articolo è esattamente come in foto. Non ha molti spartiti ma quelle che ci sono sono molto belle. Mia figlia lo sta utilizzando per il suo corso di pianoforte e ne è entusiasta.

Es un libro para clases de piano pero tiene una selección de canciones muy interesante. Poco conocidas pero se agradece un estilo diferente al clásico de toda la vida

This is a really great book for those who are curious about different styles of jazz music. The pieces of music are fun, varied and interesting. I love it!

Les partitions sont franchement faciles. Idéal pour débuter dans un genre que l'on ne connait guère et se faire plaisir tout de suite.