Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise,' 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's 'They Didn't Believe Me,'and 'Bethena' by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include 'Frankie and Johnny,' 'Hello! Ma Baby,' 'Ja-Da,' 'Indiana,' ''Taint Nobody's Business If I Do,' and other jazz standards.

Suitable for the true beginner, thesearrangements are simpler and more melodic than...

• Frankie And Johnny [Traditional]
• Hello! Ma Baby [Howard, Joseph E.] [Emerson, Ida]
• They Didn't Believe Me [Kern, Jerome]
• Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Oleman, Abe]
• 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do [Grainger, Porter]
• Rose Room [Hickman, Art] [Williams, Harry]
• Bethena [Joplin, Scott]
• Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Warfield, Charles] [Williams, Clarence]
• After You've Gone [Layton, Turner]
• When My Baby Smiles At Me [Munro, Bill]
• Ja-Da [Carleton, Bob]
• Darktown Strutters' Ball [...