for solo piano This first volume for advanced beginners offers a wonderful introduction to Ragtime and Jazz as well as syncopation and different articulations. The pieces range from light-hearted pieces like 'Kwela,' the Zulu term for dance, to soulful and spiritual pieces like 'Dusk.' This volume includes performance notes for each piece.
Edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho
"Volume 1 (Early Intermediate) contains selections that should be accessible to students having played the intermediate works of Kabalevsky. These pieces have relatively thin textures and a fairly small hand span, while still possessing many sophisticated and intricate compositional effects. Two highlights from this volume are Dusk by Nkeiru Okoye (Nigeria), and Ticklin Toes by Florence Price (USA). Okoyes reflective piece creates a wonderfully impressionistic sheen using many Debussy-esque parallel fourths and fifths, while Prices jovial cakewalk has all the humor its title suggests." - The Score (Louisiana Music Teachers Assoc), May 09
"This is good news for everyone interested in piano music, and we should be indebted to William Nyaho for making it all readily available . . . You're bound to find something that catches your ear. A most welcome addition to the catalogue." - Pianist, Oct-Nov 07
Isak Roux: Kwela No. 1 Ulysses Kay: Tender Thought Hale Smith: My Scarf is Yellow Nkeiru Okoye: Dusk Robert Mawuena Kwami: Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response Halik El-Dabh: Soufiane Hale Smith: Off-Beat Shorty Florence B. Price: Ticklin' Toes Valerie Capers: Sweet Mister Jelly Roll Nkeiru Okoye: Dancing Barefoot in the Rain Isak Roux: Lullaby Valerie Capers: The Monk Bangambula Vindu: Lullaby J. H. Kwabena Nketia: Builsa Work Song Christian Onyeji: Ufie III
