Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1391271

By Various. By Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. Arranged by Martyn Clive Johnson (aka Martycli Piano Guy). 20th Century,Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Score. 10 pages. Martyn Johnson #974799. Published by Martyn Johnson (A0.1391271).

This is my version of Jerome Kern's classic 'The Way You Look Tonight'. One of the most popular jazz standards ever written, Dorothy Fields providing the lyrics. First sung in the film 'Swing Time' by Fred Astaire to Ginger Rogers but covered by such legends as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet and more recently by Michael Buble and Phil Collins.
My version is a Stride Piano version but owes the tempo and the right hand just a little bit to Erroll Garner and I take it through the 2 keys of Eb major and F major.
I haven't included fingering, dynamics or pedal markings as I prefer to leave these to the discretion of the individual pianist as no two piano teachers would ever agree on such things. Please note this is a piano solo and doesn't include notation for the other instruments that feature on my YouTube video. It was written, however, like all my compositions and arrangements, as a piano solo and sounds perfect as such. The left hand, being stride has a very full sound. Any tenths in the left hand can easily be converted to single notes or octaves for those with smaller hands.
I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed arranging it.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1264943

Composed by Ian Petterson Hunter. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #857783. Published by John Fries (A0.1264943).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  The Way You Look To-night is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful..

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1506958

By 1985 Donmar Warehouse Cast. By Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #1082340. Published by John Fries (A0.1506958).

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. The song was written for the film Swing Time (1936), where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Nat King Cole's arrangement went to the top of the charts.