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14 Transcriptions by BRIAN PRIESTLY

of Recorded Performances by
14 Innovative Jazz Pianists
TRANSCRIBED by BRIAN PRIESTLY
For this Soes of books. Brian Priestly has painstakingly transcribed note-for-note superb
recorded performances by Innovative Jazz pianists, like Art Tatum, Jolly Roil Morton.
Thelonlous Monk. John Lewis, Duke Ellington. Oscar Peterson. Chick Corea, Earl Hines and
many others whose creative brilliance spans decades of jazz history.
BIlAN PRIESTLY is the presenter of a weekly jazz programme on BBC Radio London. and has
written biographies of charles Mlngus. Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. He Is also a pianist
and arranger who has played at such clubs as Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express and the Bass
Clef, and is a Tutor in jazz history for Oxford University and Jazz piano for Goldsmiths
College. London. Some transcriptions first commissioned by the College are included in this
series by permission.

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ALL OF YOU
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
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FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
GREENSLEEVES
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MISERERE FROM II TROVATORE
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
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Herbie Hancock
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Tommy Flanagan
Errol Garner
Jimmy Smith
Nat King Cole
Mary Lou Williams
Teddy Wilson
Jelly Roll Morton
Bill Evans
Thelonious Monk
Chick Corea
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