Stretching the Standards Imaginative Arrangements for Piano by Dick Hyman Default:Default showcasi ng the wide variety

showcasi ng the wide variety of music styles that comprise the Contemporary Christian g enre

a Gershwin-esque ballad

ISBN 0769261825

Titles: Aquarius * Donna * Manchester England * I'm Black / Ain't Got No * Air * I Got Life * Hair * Easy to Be Hard * Frank Mills * Hare Krishna / Be-In * Where Do I Go

31 now published with two piano accompaniment audio CDs for the first time ever

Stretching the Standards Imaginative Arrangements for Piano by Dick Hyman Default:Default showcasi ng the wide varietyThese 12 arrangements are intended to depart a bit from the way that the songs were first set down by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rodgers. In terms of harmony, the use of modulations, and the recasting of melodies with unexpected accompaniment, I've tried, with all due respect, to move their classic songs into new territory. Sometimes I've embellished the melodies themselves in the way a jazz player might throw in variations, but these are