Hoagy Carmichael - Easy Piano Songbook (Easy Piano (Hal Leonard)) [Paperback] Review

You, too, can play more than just"Chopsticks"when friends are gathered around the piano, maybe in a nostalgic mood.This playbook ofHoagy Carmichaeltunes will coach you to play 25 old favorites.Most kids were familiar with "Heart & Soul" in the early 50's & could team up with a friend playing "Chopsticks" ~ what a hoot!Harmony & beat equaled homegrown talent then, and a bit of knowledge about ragtime & jazz today is sure to impress folks.

Hoagy said about the days ofthe 2nd World War: "There was little I could do butgive the world something to hum!"With this 'songbook' you can hum your heart away, & you'll have the wonderful lyrics, too. You really can't miss; Hoagy's son "Hoagy Bix" (named for Bix Beiderbecke, called "the first great white jazzman" &influential in Hoagy's early development as a composer) wrote a special foreword for this publication in 2001. For Reviewer mcHAIKU it is truly exciting to share this discovery.

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Product Description:
Howard Hoagland Carmichael's first profession was lawyer, but lucky for us, he gave it up to focus on music. This wonderful collection features easy piano arrangements of his best songs for children, plus some of his most beloved standards, including: Clouds * Cooking * Georgia on My Mind * Heart and Soul * I Get Along Without Very Well (Except Sometimes) * In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening * Lazy River * Lazybones * Merry Go Round * Ole Buttermilk Sky * Star Dust * Swing High * and more. Includes 25 songs in all, plus a foreword from his son, Hoagy Bix Carmichael.

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