Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora Volume 1 Early Intermediate (OUP)

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.

Table of Contents:

Kwela No. 1, Isak Roux

Tender Thought, Ulysses Kay

My Scarf is Yellow, Hale Smith

Dusk, Nkeiru Okoye

Piano Piece No. 2, Call and Response, Robert Mawuena Kwami

Soufiane, Halik El-Dabh

Off-Beat Shorty, Hale Smith

Ticklin’ Toes, Florence B. Price

Sweet Mister Jelly Roll, Valerie Capers

Dancing Barefoot in the Rain, Nkeiru Okoye

Lullaby, Isak Roux

The Monk, Valerie Capers

Lullaby, Bangambula Vindu

Builsa Work Song, J. H. Kwabena Nketia

Ufie III, Christian Onyeji