Easing into Stride Piano

Written by Riccardo Scivales and Edward Shanaphy, this book contains 16 arrangements of famous stride standards for the Intermediate level pianist who wishes to learn and play in the stride idiom.
There is anIntermediate rendition and an Advanced Intermediate rendition for each song complete with performance notes for each with helpful practice guides and tips. The book also includes a history of stride and its legendary exponents, a section of drills and exercises for perfecting the stride style, a treatise on left hand stride techniques, background histories of all song selections, plus an in-depth Youtube discography of the many masterful performances by the stride piano legends from Fats Waller to James P. Johnson, and many more—all available on Youtube.

The repertoire:

• Limehouse Blues
• Charleston
• Dinah
• At The Jazz Band Ball
• Ja-Da
• Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
• Variations on ‘The Entertainer’
• Hindustan