Top 10 Broadway, Classical, Jazz & Movies


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This eclectic blend of 40 sophisticated piano arrangements is a must-have for every music lover's collection! By popular demand, all of the arrangements from Aaronson's Top 10 series are now together in this attractive library-quality edition featuring hits from Broadway, movies, jazz legends and the classics. Includes music from the world's best songwriters and composers such as Beethoven, Gershwin, Mancini, Pachelbel, Porter, Puccini, Sondheim, and more! Titles: Allegro (from Eine kleine Nachtmusik) * And All That Jazz * Anything Goes * As Time Goes By * Beauty and the Beast * Begin the Beguine * Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) * Camelot * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Can You Read My Mind? * Pachelbel's Canon in D * Clair de lune * Cruella De Vil * A Day in the Life of a Fool * The Entertainer * Everything's Coming Up Roses * Fascinating Rhythm * Home * It Had to Be You * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Lullaby of Broadway * The Man That Got Away * Marche funèbre * Moonlight Sonata (1st mvt.) * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Night and Day * O mio babbino caro * Ode to Joy * On the Street Where You Live * Over the Rainbow * The Pink Panther * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini * Send in the Clowns * Someone to Watch Over Me * Summer Wind * Take Five * That's All * Theme from New York, New York * A Whole New World * The Wind Beneath My Wings. 132 pages.




Broadway Jazz


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(Piano Solo Songbook). Jazzy piano arrangements of 24 Broadway favorites, including: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * I Could Write a Book * If I Were a Bell * Lullaby of Broadway * Make Someone Happy * My Funny Valentine * My Romance * On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) * On the Street Where You Live * This Can't Be Love * Till There Was You * You and the Night and the Music * and more.




Side Man


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THE STORY: Set in 1953 and traveling to 1985, this lovely and poignant memory play unfolds through the eyes of Clifford, the only son of Gene, a jazz trumpet player, and Terry, an alcoholic mother. Alternating between their New York City apartment




Making Broadway Dance


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"Musical theatre dance is an ever-changing, evolving dance form, egalitarian in its embrace of any and all dance genres. It is a living, transforming art developed by exceptional dance artists and requiring dramaturgical understanding, character analysis, knowledge of history, art, design and most importantly an extensive knowledge of dance both intellectual and embodied. Its ghettoization within criticism and scholarship as a throw-away dance form, undeserving of analysis: derivative, cliché ridden, titillating and predictable, the ugly stepsister of both theatre and dance, belies and ignores the historic role it has had in musicals as an expressive form equal to book, music and lyric. The standard adage, "when you can't speak anymore sing, when you can't sing anymore dance" expresses its importance in musical theatre as the ultimate form of heightened emotional, visceral and intellectual expression. Through in-depth analysis author Liza Gennaro examines Broadway choreography through the lens of dance studies, script analysis, movement research and dramaturgical inquiry offering a close examination of a dance form that has heretofore received only the most superficial interrogation. This book reveals the choreographic systems of some of Broadway's most influential dance-makers including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse, Savion Glover, Sergio Trujillo, Steven Hoggett and Camille Brown. Making Broadway Dance is essential reading for theatre and dance scholars, students, practitioners and Broadway fans"--




Comments on Jazz Dance


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Bob Boross is known internationally for his artistic excellence in jazz, tap, and musical theatre dance. With Comments on Jazz Dance, Bob has compiled his writings into one volume, covering luminaries like Jack Cole, Bob Fosse, Matt Mattox, Frank Hatchett, Michael Owens, Lynn Simonson, Donald McKayle, Eugene Loring, Danny Buraczeski, Billy Siegenfeld, Graciela Daniele, Paul Draper, and more. Bob also discusses jazz dance history, philosophy, and aesthetics, and personal choreographic choices in creating his 9/11 themed dance Empty Sky...The Rising. Comments on Jazz Dance is a must read for anyone who craves a deeper understanding of the jazz dance genre.




Broadway Beat


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(Music Express Books). Do you hear that beat? It's the sound of people entering the theater on the most famous street in the world. It's the sound of dancing feet and orchestras tuning up. It's the sound dreams are made of. It's the sound of Broadway! Celebrate musical theatre with hits from Hairspray , The Music Man , The King and I , Wicked , Rent and Grease , and a medley of favorites from George M. Cohan! This unique musical collection for upper elementary and middle school students features seven kid-friendly arrangements for unison voices, piano accompaniments, and fun facts about Broadway by John Jacobson. Extend learning further with a Broadway timeline, board game, and recorded history with music excerpts spanning over a century of song and dance. It's the beat of Broadway and nobody can stop it! Available separately: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 20-Pak (full color), Performance/Accompaniment CD, Classroom Kit (teacher, Singer 20-Pak, P/A CD). Duration: ca. 25 minutes. Suggested for grades 4-8.




The Real Broadway Book


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(Fake Book). The Real Books feature hundreds of time-tested songs in accurate arrangements in easy-to-read, hand-written notation. This volume of songs from the Great White Way includes 150 classics: As Long As He Needs Me * Bewitched * Blue Skies * Caravan * Day by Day * Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye * Falling in Love with Love * Give My Regards to Broadway * Hello, Dolly! * I Could Have Danced All Night * I've Never Been in Love Before * If I Were a Bell * It's De-Lovely * The Joint Is Jumpin' * The Lady Is a Tramp * Makin' Whoopee! * My Favorite Things * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' * Once upon a Time * People * Put on a Happy Face * Sit down You're Rockin' the Boat * Till There Was You * Try to Remember * Unexpected Song * What I Did for Love * Where Is Love? * Young and Foolish * and more.




The Jazz Standards


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An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and additions on almost every page. Since the first edition of The Jazz Standards was published in 2012, author Ted Gioia has received almost non-stop feedback and suggestions from the passionate global community of jazz enthusiasts and performers requesting crucial additions and corrections to the book. In this second edition, Gioia expands the scope of the book to include more songs, and features new recordings by rising contemporary artists. The Jazz Standards is an essential comprehensive guide to some of the most important jazz compositions, telling the story of more than 250 key jazz songs and providing a listening guide to more than 2,000 recordings. The fan who wants to know more about a tune heard at the club or on the radio will find this book indispensable. Musicians who play these songs night after night will find it to be a handy guide, as it outlines the standards' history and significance and tells how they have been performed by different generations of jazz artists. Students learning about jazz standards will find it to be a go-to reference work for these cornerstones of the repertoire. This book is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form.




Jelly's Last Jam


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Dramatizes the life of Jelly Roll Morton, pianist, composer, and self-proclaimed inventor of jazz.




Foundations for Performance Training


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Foundations for Performance Training: Skills for the Actor-Dancer explores the physical, emotional, theoretical, and practical components of performance training in order to equip readers with the tools needed to successfully advance in their development as artists and entertainers. Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on subjects that students of acting and dance courses encounter throughout their training as performing artists. Topics include: Equity, diversity, and inclusion in performance Mind/body conditioning for training, rehearsal, and performance Developing stage presence and spatial awareness Cultivating motivation and intention in performance Expanding repertoire and broadening skillset for performance Auditioning for film and stage Developing theatrical productions This book also offers experiential exercises, journal writing prompts, and assignments to engage readers, enrich their learning experience, and deepen their exploration of the material described in each chapter. Readers will grow as performing artists as they analyze the principles of both acting and dance and discover how deeply the two art forms are intertwined. An excellent resource for students of acting, musical theatre, and dance courses, Foundations for Performance Training encourages a strong foundation in creative analysis, technique, artistic expression, and self-care to cultivate excellence in performance.