Hoagy Carmichael - Easy Piano Songbook Paperback – August 1, 2001

I'm so glad I ordered this songbook. I don't play piano well, so I ordered the easy play version. I sat down and played Star Dust with a minimum of mistakes. My husband said it sounded really good. (Not me but the arrangement for easy play.) It has some of my favorites in it like Lazy Bones, Georgia on my Mind, Heart and Soul, and many others. I've always loved the old songs, and it would be great for a new generation to learn some of the old classics. Buy this songbook. You won't regret it if you're a lady of a certain age or a youngster who has heard of these "mythical" songs from way back when.

I REALLY loved the Stevie Wonder song book that I bought from you, but the Hoagy Carmichael was too "easy." Maybe that means that I'm improving.

You, too, can play more than just "Chopsticks" when friends are gathered around the piano, maybe in a nostalgic mood. This playbook of Hoagy Carmichael tunes 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 of the 2nd World War: "There was little I could do but give 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.