This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff.  Some of them were originally written for the piano; most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version.

Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, and that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's 'Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever?  The 'Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour ('Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's 'Habanera', Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' and Paganini's 'Caprice No. 24' have in common?  Why have they been turned into salsa music ('Habanera con Cigarro', 'Hungarian Salsa No. 5', 'Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find.

It is difficult to convey a jazz interpretation through musical notation alone, so audio files for download are included - not to demonstrate the only possible interpretation, but to offer ideas and suggestions.

 

Contents

Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla  (Thema aus der Ouvertüre)

Korn: The Barber’s Swing

J. S. Bach: Badinerie aus der Suite Nr.2

Korn: Goodinery

J. S. Bach: Toccata d-Moll BWV 565

Korn: Jazz Toccata

Lully: Gavotte

Korn: Blue Gavotte

Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 94 Paukenschlag (Thema aus dem 2. Satz)

Korn: Surprise Samba

Paganini / Liszt: Caprice Nr.24

Korn: Jazz Caprice

Händel: Sarabande aus der Suite in d-Moll HWV 437

Korn: Sarabanda Rock

Ivanovici: Donauwellen

Korn: Blue Danube Waves

Bizet: Habanera aus “Carmen”

Korn: Habanera con Cigarro

W. A. Mozart: Sonate A-Dur KV 331 Thema aus dem 1. Satz

Korn: Mozart Goes Blues

Smetana: Die Moldau

Korn: Moldau at Night

Verdi: Triumph-Marsch aus Aida

Korn: Aida Groove

Beethoven: Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen

Korn: Lost Penny Rag

R. Schumann: Träumerei

Korn: Dreamery

Monti: Czardas

Korn: Jazz Czardas

Grieg: Lied der Solvejg

Korn: Solvejg’s Bossa

Grieg: In der Halle des Bergkönigs aus Peer Gynt

Korn: The Mountain Kings Mood

Monteverdi: Lamento d’Arianna

Korn: Ariana’s Dream

Brahms: Ungarischer Tanz Nr.5

Korn: Hungarian Salsa No.5

Orff: O Fortuna aus “Carmina Burana”

Korn: A Fortune For A Tune

 

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