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The Christopher Norton Country Preludes Collection: 16 Pieces for Solo Piano Based on Country Styles.(Book review)
[??] The Christopher Norton Country Preludes Collection: 16 Pieces for Solo Piano Based on Country Styles, w/CD, by Christopher Norton, Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.,/Hal Leonard Corp. (www.halleonard.com), 2007; 46 pp.; $24.95
Don't let the title fool you. Country Preludes is a slick, fun, invention of jazz improvisation based on country concepts. To assume there's a prelude here is missing the point--and the fun.
I was having a pretty good time with "Country Rag," the first of 16 pieces, filling the house with a nod to the hoedown, and then I realized the included performance CD and backing track boasted well-voiced accompaniments. Inserted into my digital piano that plays audio CDs, I pulled up a fiddle tone and improvised a solo with Norton's piano and country band recording.
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"Homecoming" and "Roving River" shared a nice variety shift with easy-going syncopation and accessible melodies. Again, I found myself taking liberties with predictable accompaniments and spent more ...
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- Conference sessions.
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