Arise and Shine

Description

The Arise and Shine piano collection presents a luminous tapestry of piano works by Black composers, designed to awaken the imagination of the performer while honoring a legacy too often overlooked. Compiled by Leah Claiborne and Ben Raznick, all the pieces are also featured in a similarly-titled album. Composers include Florence Price, Valerie Capers, Francis Johnson, Oswald Russell, Ulysses Kay, Irene Britton Smith, Nora Douglas Holt, Zenobia Perry, Kevin Day, Hale Smith, Innocent Okechukwu, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Arrangements range from intermediate to early advanced levels.

Songs Include:
• At The Cotton Gin
• Dave's Blues
• Dinosaur
• Ella Scats The Little Lamb
• Fort Erie
• The Gnat And The Bee
• Jamaican Dance No. 1
• Jamaican Dance No. 2
• The King's Magic Drum
• Make Believe
• Meditation
• Negro Dance
• Nocturne
• The Old Boatman
• Popcorn
• Prelude No. 4
• Prelude No. 3
• Rabbit Foot
• Rabbit Foot
• Rocking Chair
• A Sachem's Pipe
• The Sun Will Shine Again
• That's Mike
• Three-Fours Suite (Op. 71 No. 1)
• The Turtle
• The Unsung
• Waltz For Miles
• What A Beautiful City
• Woodpecker