Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.596635 Composed by Spencer Williams. Arranged by Juan María Solare. Contemporary. Score. 3 pages. Juan Maria Solare #6706875. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596635). Basin Street Blues is a jazz standard often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong.The Basin Street of the title refers to the main street of Storyville, the red-light district of early 20th-century New Orleans, north of the French Quarter. It became a red light district in 1897.The current version for piano solo, arranged by Juan María Solare, will be recorded and released ... some day.The difficulty level is slow, thus allowing less trained pianist to perform this piece. However, this arrangement is NOT for absolute beginners.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697479 Composed by Spencer Williams. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. 20th Century,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Jazz,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Sandy McIntire #3452209. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697479). Basin Street Blues was written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong.  It has the distinction of being a Dixieland standard as well as a Jazz standard, because it comes from the era when Dixieland was turning into Jazz. This arrangement is one of McIntire's Vintage Piano Bar Series that also includes Summertime, Ain't Misbehavin', Skylark, Lullabye of Birdland, Misty, and It's Only a Paper Moon -- all available here at SMP.