Creative Jazz Piano Arranging for Real • “Fake Book” • Tunes

Creative Jazz Piano Arranging for Real Fake Book Tunes, a method by Michael Tarro, was selected upon release as a requirement by NYSSMA for all Jazz Piano students. This guide for arranging is a culmination of over forty years of experience in teaching piano which contains musical concepts and explains assorted techniques to assist any jazz pianist in the development of their own interpretive style. This instructional collection teaches how to create variations of simple melodies of many popular standards as seen in a “Real” Fake-Book. Containing an assortment of the most popular jazz standards ever written and original jazz arrangements clearly notated with precision. Improvised solos are transcribed in their entirety with strict adherence to detail and valuable techniques for developing interpretive skills. Read More A recording of every arrangement performed by the author, Michael Tarro is included as well as a bonus track of Tarro’s award-winning Berklee “Big Band” single, Traveling Theme. Creative Jazz Piano Arranging provides a logical approach towards creating arrangements of simple well-known melodies. This powerful tool in developing performance excellence is one of the first steps toward becoming an incredible jazz pianist.