The Joy of Boogie and Blues: Interesting Piano Solos in the Easy-to-Medium Grades

this was a great buy! and one from a range of "joy of..." music books. I can only play some of the pieces as the others are as yet beyond me but I really enjoy playing these and aspire to the others! I have only played classical music prior to this book so getting into the rhythym for the left hand while the right is doing something quite different was a challenge at first. I think some of the peices in this book are around grade 4 but all of the peices have a great melody and are really fun to play and listen to if your piano teacher plays them!!!!!!

Purchased to play a piece for my initial grade exam, boogie no. 1 was a funky piece to play and I still play it even after my exam.I haven’t had chance to learn any other pieces but it’s definitely a book I will return to again and again

These are all original tunes written for the book but some are pretty good and diverse in style with some being quite jazzy. Most are about intermediate level I think. Anyone who's around Grade 5 should be able to play them.

I have been leaning to play piano for two years and it's slow going. This book is too advanced for me but it's worth every penny just for the first piece Boogi No.1. Easy to learn and easy to add too using the blues c scale.

Had this book years ago as a kid and even as an adult it remains great fun.

The arrangements are excellent and not too difficult but very effective. This is the second time I have bought his book as another pianist wanted it.

Simple but played with good tempo gives the feel for the style and can form the basis of improvisation and further similar pieces.

Really fun to play and mess around with