Transcriptions by jazz pianists

"Pine Top" Smith

1904 - 1929

• Jump Steady Blues - 1929
• Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - 1928

Albert Ammons

1907 - 1949

• 12th Street Boogie - 1946
• Albert's Special Boogie - 1944
• Boogie Woogie Blues - 1939
• Boogie Woogie Stomp - 1939
• Bugle Boogie - 1944
• Chicago In Mind - 1939
• In A Little Spanish Town - 1949
• Mecca Flat Blues - 1939
• Reveille Boogie - 1944
• Roses Of Picardy - 1946
• Shout For Joy - 1939
• Suitcase Blues - 1939
• Swanee River Boogie - 1946

Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson

• Sixth Avenue Express (piano duet) - 1941

Alex Hill

1906 - 1937

• Stompin' 'Em Down - 1929

Art Tatum

1909 - 1956

• All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - 1938
• Begin The Beguine - 1939
• Between Midnight And Dawn - 1946
• Cocktail For Two - 1940
• Get Happy - 1939
• Gone With The Wind - 1937
• Hallelujah - 1939
• Humoresque - 1939
• I Can't Get Started - 1938
• I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan - 1937
• I'm Coming Virginia - 1939
• If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - 1943
• In A Sentimental Mood - 1938
• Indiana - 1940
• It's Only a Paper Moon - 1943
• Just A Gigolo - 1945
• Make Believe - 1939
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 1943
• Somebody Loves Me - 1943
• Song Of The Vagabonds - 1945
• The Shout - 1940
• Three Little Words - 1945
• You Took Advantage Of Me - 1943

Avery Parrish

1917 - 1959

• After Hours - 1940

Cecil Gant

1913 - 1951

• Cecil Boogie - 1940

Claude Bolling

1930 - 2020

• Tea For Two - 1970
• The Preacher - 1972

Cleo Brown

1909 - 1995

• Pelican Stomp - 1935

Cliff Jackson

1902 - 1970

• Crazy Rhythm - 1962
• Everybody Loves My Baby - 1968
• I Got Rhythm - 1969
• It Had To Be You - 1944
• Limehouse Blues - 1944
• Royal Garden Blues - 1944
• Stompin' At The Savoy - 1968
• Who? - 1944
• You Took Advantage Of Me - 1945

Count Basie

1904 - 1984

• Boogie-Woogie - 1938

Cow Cow Davenport

1894 - 1955

• Chimes Blues - 1929

Dave McKenna

1930 - 2008

• Riverboat Shuffle - 1983
• Splendid Splinter - 1979
• Thanks For The Memory - 1979

Dick Hyman

1927 -

• Bach Up To Me - 1988
• Barrel Of Keys
• Bei Mir Bist Du Schön - 1990
• Deck The Hall (Falalalala)
• I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You - 1985
• Jersey Lightning
• Jubilee Stomp - 1992
• Shout, Sister, Shout! - 1986
• The Sheik Of Araby - 1979
• Virtuoso Rag - 1983
• You Don't Understand - 1986

Dick Wellstood

1927 - 1987

• Snatches - 1975

Don Ewell

1916 - 1983

• Atlanta Blues - 1952
• Blues Improvisation - 1956
• Muskrat Ramble - 1947
• Parlor Social - 1946
• Rumpus Rag - 1947

Donald Lambert

1904 - 1962

• 15 Solos For Piano
• Anitra's Dance - 1941
• As Time Goes By - 1961
• Doin' What I Please
• Elegie - 1941
• I'm Just Wild About Harry - 1961
• Keep Your Temper - 1960
• People Will Say We Are In Love - 1959
• Pilgrim's Chorus - 1941
• Pork And Beans - 1961
• Russian Lullaby - 1949
• Russian Rag - 1961
• Save Your Sorrow - 1961
• Sextet (from 'Luci Di Lammermoor') - 1941
• Tea For Two - 1960
• Trolley Song - 1960

Duke Ellington

1899 - 1974

• Black Beauty - 1928
• Dancers In Love - 1953
• Dear Old Southland - 1941
• Just Good Fun - 1939
• Soda Fountain Rag (Swing Session) - 1937
• Solitude - 1941
• Swampy River - 1928
• Take The 'A' Train - 1965
• There Was Nobody Looking - 1946

Earl Hines

1903 - 1983

• A Monday Date - 1928
• Blues In Thirds - 1928
• Fifty-Seven Varieties - 1928
• Rosetta - 1939

Erroll Garner

1921 - 1977

• Solos transcriptions : 1944-1949
• Blues Garni - 1947
• Boogie Woogie Boogie - 1944
• Bouncin' With Me - 1945
• Don't Worry 'Bout Me - 1947
• Erroll's Bounce - 1947
• Erroll's Peril - 1949
• Frankie And Johnny Fantasy - 1947
• High Octane - 1945
• Loose Nut - 1947
• Loot To Boot - 1945
• Love For Sale - 1947
• Play, Piano, Play - 1947
• Sloe Gin Fizz - 1947
• What Is This Thing Called Love - 1948

Eubie Blake

1887 - 1983

• Charleston Rag (Sounds Of Africa) - 1921
• Troublesome Ivories (A Ragtime Rag) - 1960

Fats Waller

1904 - 1943

• 20 Solos For Piano Volume 1
• 20 Solos For Piano Volume 2
• 20 Solos For Piano Volume 3
• African Ripples - 1934
• Ain't Misbehavin' - 1929
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Stormy Weather) - 1943
• All My Life - 1936
• Alligator Crawl (1934) - 1934
• Alligator Crawl (1935) - 1935
• Anita - 1939
• Baby Oh, Where Can You Be ? (Take 1) - 1929
• Baby Oh, Where Can You Be ? (Take 2) - 1929
• Bach Up To Me - 1936
• Basin Street Blues - 1937
• Because Of Once Upon a Time - 1935
• Birmingham Blues - 1922
• Blue Black Bottom - 1927
• Blue, Turning Grey Over You - 1935
• California Here I Come - 1935
• Carolina Shout (Take 1) - 1941
• Carolina Shout (Take 2) - 1941
• Clothesline Ballet - 1934
• Down Home Blues - 1935
• E-Flat Blues - 1935
• Georgia On My Mind - 1941
• Gladyse (Take 1) - 1929
• Gladyse (Take 2) - 1929
• Goin' About (Take 1) - 1929
• Goin' About (Take 2) - 1929
• Hallelujah - 1935
• Hallelujah (1943 acetate) - 1943
• Hallelujah (Yacht Club version) - 1938
• Handful Of Keys - 1929
• Honeysuckle Rose - 1941
• Honeysuckle Rose - 1935
• I Ain't Got Nobody - 1937
• I Understand - 1941
• I Used To Love You - 1939
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) - 1935
• I'm On A See-Saw - 1935
• I'm Sorry I Made You Cry - 1936
• I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Take 1) - 1929
• I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Take 2) - 1929
• I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Take 3) - 1929
• Intermezzo - 1939
• Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 1937
• London Suite - I. Piccadilly - 1939
• London Suite - II. Chelsea - 1939
• London Suite - III. Soho - 1939
• London Suite - IV. Bond Street - 1939
• London Suite - V. Limehouse - 1939
• London Suite - VI. Whitechapel - 1939
• Love Me Or Leave Me (Take 1) - 1929
• Love Me Or Leave Me (Take 2) - 1929
• Martinique - 1943
• Muscle Shoals Blues - 1922
• My Fate Is In Your Hands - 1929
• My Feelings Are Hurt - 1929
• My Very Good Friend, The Milkman - 1935
• Numb Fumblin' - 1929
• Oh! Frenchy - 1940
• Poor Butterfly - 1939
• Ring Dem Bells - 1941
• Rockin' Chair - 1941
• Russian Fantasy - 1935
• S'posin' - 1936
• Saint Louis Blues - 1939
• Smarty - 1937
• Smashing Thirds - 1929
• Stardust - 1937
• Stayin' At Home - 1940
• Sweet And Slow - 1935
• Sweet Savannah Sue - 1929
• Tea For Two - 1937
• The More I Know You - 1936
• The Panic Is On - 1936
• Then You'll Remember Me - 1939
• Turn On The Heat - 1929
• Valentine Stomp (Take 1) - 1929
• Valentine Stomp (Take 2) - 1929
• Viper's Drag - 1934
• Waiting At The End Of The Road (Take 1) - 1929
• Waiting At The End Of The Road (Take 2) - 1929
• Waltz from "Faust" (Gounod) - 1939
• We Need A Little Love - 1942
• When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful - 1935
• You're Gonna Be Sorry - 1941
• You're the top - 1935
• Zonky - 1935

Fletcher Henderson

1897 - 1952

• Unknown Blues - 1923

François Rilhac

1960 - 1992

• F Minor Stride - 1986

George Shearing

1919 - 2011

• Greensleeves - 1974
• Guilty - 1956
• The Entertainer - 1974

Herman Chittison

1908 - 1967

• Blues Magenta - 1962

Hersal Thomas

1906 - 1926

• Hersal's Blues - 1925

James P. Johnson

1894 - 1955

• 17 Solos For Piano Volume 1
• 17 Solos For Piano Volume 2
• The Piano Rolls - 17 Piano Solos
• A Flat Dream - 1939
• Ain't Cha Got Music - 1947
• Arkansas Blues - 1921
• Arkansas Blues - 1945
• Black Man - 1923
• Bleeding-Hearted Blues - 1923
• Blueberry Rhyme - 1939
• Caprice Rag - 1917
• Carolina Balmoral - 1945
• Carolina Shout - 1921
• Carolina Shout (Piano roll) - 1921
• Charleston - 1924
• Concerto Jazz-A-Mine - 1945
• Crying For The Carolines - 1930
• Daintiness Rag - 1943
• Dr Jazzes Raz-Ma-Taz - 1921
• Eccentricity - 1921
• Fascination - 1939
• Feeling Blue - 1929
• Gut Stomp - 1944
• Harlem Choc'late Babies On Parade - 1926
• Harlem Strut - 1921
• Harlem Strut (Piano roll) - 1922
• Honeysuckle Rose - 1944
• I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - 1944
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) - 1944
• If Dreams Come True - 1939
• It Takes Love To Cure The Heart's Disease - 1921
• Jersey Sweet - 1945
• Jingles - 1930
• Joe Turner Blues - 1922
• Keep Movin' - 1945
• Keep Off The Grass - 1944
• Liza - 1945
• Mama's Blues - 1917
• Modernistic - 1930
• Mule Walk Stomp - 1939
• Old Fashioned Love - 1944
• Railroad Man - 1923
• Riffs - 1929
• Roumania - 1921
• Scouting Around - 1923
• Snowy Morning Blues - 1927
• Squeeze Me - 1944
• Steeplechase Rag - 1917
• Stop It - 1917
• Sugar - 1926
• Toddlin' - 1923
• Twilight Rag - 1945
• What Is This Thing Called Love ? - 1930
• Yamekraw - 1944
• You Can't Do What My Last Man Did - 1923
• You Never Miss A Good Thing Till It's Gone - 1921

Jay McShann

1916 - 2006

• Hold 'Em Hootie - 1941
• Jimtown Boogie - 1946

Jelly Roll Morton

1890 - 1941

• The Solos Transcriptions Volume 1
• The Solos Transcriptions Volume 2
• Bert Williams - 1938
• Big Foot Ham - 1924
• Bucktown Blues - 1924
• Creepy Feeling - 1938
• Fat Meat And Greens - 1926
• Finger Buster - 1938
• Frances - 1929
• Freakish - 1929
• Frog-I-More - 1924
• Grandpa's Spells - 1923
• Jelly Roll Blues - 1924
• Jungle Blues - 1938
• Kansas City Stomp - 1923
• King Porter Stomp - 1939
• London Blues - 1924
• Mamamita - 1924
• Mamanita - 1924
• Maple Leaf Rag - 1938
• Miserere - 1938
• Mister Joe - 1939
• New Orleans Joys - 1923
• Original Rags - 1939
• Pep - 1929
• Perfect Rag - 1924
• Seattle Hunch - 1929
• Shreveport Stomp - 1924
• Stratford Hunch - 1924
• Sweet Man - 1925
• Sweetheart O'Mine - 1926
• The Crave - 1938
• The Naked Dance #1 - 1939
• The Naked Dance #2 - 1939
• The Pearls - 1923
• The Pearls (Congress Library) - 1938
• Thirty-Fifth Street Blues - 1924
• Tia Juana - 1924
• Tiger Rag - 1938
• Tom Cat Blues - 1924
• Wolverine Blues - 1927
• Wolverine Blues (Congress Library) - 1938

Jess Stacy

1904 - 1995

• Blue Fives - 1944

Jimmy Blythe

1901 - 1931

• Alley Rat - 1928
• Chicago Stomp - 1924

Jimmy Yancey

1898 - 1951

• 21 Piano Solos Transcription
• At The Window - 1943
• Barber Shop Rage - 1943
• Bear Trap Blues - 1940
• Beezum Blues - 1939
• Eternal Blues - 1943
• Everlasting Blues - 1943
• Five O'clock Blues - 1939
• How Long Blues #1 - 1939
• How Long Blues #2 - 1943
• I Received A Letter - 1943
• Jimmy's Rock - 1943
• Old Quaker Blues - 1940
• Rolling The Stone - 1939
• Shave'Em Dry - 1943
• Slow And Easy Blues - 1939
• The Mellow Blues - 1939
• The Rocks - 1943
• White Sox Stomp - 1943
• Yancey Bugle Call - 1940
• Yancey Special - 1943
• Yancey Stomp - 1939

Joe Sullivan

1906 - 1971

• Gin Mill Blues - 1933
• Little Rock Getaway - 1933
• Little Rock Getaway - 1935
• Minor Mood - 1935
• My Little Pride And Joy - 1935
• Summertime - 1941

Louis Mazetier

1960 -

• Jazz Piano Compositions
• A Delicate Brute - 2011
• A Quiet Waltz - 2011
• Big Filthy - 2011
• Blues For Ray Bryant - 2011
• Echoes Of Carolina - 1989
• Edward In The Lions Den - 2011
• For Dick - 2011
• François - 2008
• Hello Jelly - 2011
• In August At St-Germain-Des-Prés - 2008
• In The Depth Of Rouffignac - 2011
• Instinct Of Conservation - 2008
• Just A Drop
• La Ligne Claire
• Look Out Lion, I've Got You - 2011
• Luxembourg Garden Rag - 2011
• Marianne - 2011
• Mother Stroll
• Nicolas - 2011
• No Sweat Rag - 1985
• Nostalgic Walk - 2008
• Portrait Of A Portraitist - 2008
• Queen Mary Lou - 2011
• Russian Greek - 2008
• Simply The Blues - 2008
• Sophie - 1995
• Surprises - 2008
• Sweet Smile - 2008
• Tango Seville - 2008
• That Good Old Stuff - 2011
• The Ferocious Lamb - 2011
• The Phantom Of Abba Labba
• The Tricky Pionners - 2011
• Valse Manouche
• Wilsonizing - 2011

Luckey Roberts

1887 - 1968

• Complainin' - 1958
• Nothin' - 1958
• Shy & Sly - 1946

Mary Lou Williams

1910 - 1981

• Blue Skies - 1944
• Mary's Boogie - 1944
• Night Life - 1930

Meade Lux Lewis

1905 - 1964

• Chicago Flyer - 1944
• Denapas Parade - 1944
• Glendale Glide - 1944
• Honky Tonk Train Blues - 1937
• Mr. Freddie Blues - 1936
• Yancey Special - 1936

Pat Flowers

1917 - 2000

• Eight Mile Boogie - 1945

Pete Johnson

1904 - 1967

• Answer To The Boogie - 1944
• B & O Blues - 1939
• Bottomland Boogie - 1944
• Buss Robinson - 1939
• Climbin' And Screamin' - 1939
• Death Ray Boogie - 1941
• Dive Bomber - 1944
• Just For You - 1941
• Kaycee On My Mind - 1940
• Mr. Freddie Blues - 1944
• Pete's Blues - 1939
• Rock It Boogie - 1944
• Roll 'Em Pete - 1938
• Shuffle Boogie - 1939

Ralph Sutton

1922 - 2001

• Fussin' - 1953
• I Got Rhythm - 1953
• I'll Dance At Your Wedding - 1953
• Jeepers Creepers - 1953
• Keep Your Temper - 1950
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh - 1983
• Love Lies - 1988

Ray Bryant

1931 - 2011

• C.C. Rider - 1995
• Django - 1994
• Gotta Travel On - 1994
• In The Backroom - 1995
• Me And The Blues - 1958

Ray Charles

1930 - 2004

• Low Society - 1953
• Sweet Sixteen Bar - 1956

Sammy Price

1908 - 1992

• 133rd Street Boogie - 1945
• Back Beat Boogie - 1969
• Boogin' With "Mezz" - 1945
• Cow Cow Blues - 1945
• Gully Low Blues - 1945
• Hot Club Boogie - 1956
• U. S. I. S. Blues - 1956

Teddy Wilson

1912 - 1986

• 19 Selected piano solos
• All Of Me - 1946
• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 1937
• Body And Soul - 1941
• Cheek To Cheek - 1946
• Don't Blame Me - 1937
• Every Now And Then - 1935
• I Can't Get Started - 1941
• I'll See You In My Dreams - 1938
• Loch Lomond - 1938
• More Than You Know - 1940
• My Blue Heaven - 1938
• Out Of Nowhere - 1940
• Rosetta - 1934
• Sunday - 1940
• Sunny Morning - 1946
• That Old Feeling - 1938
• Tiger Rag - 1938
• When You And I Were Young, Maggie - 1939
• You're My Favorite Memory - 1946

Willie "the Lion" Smith

1897 - 1973

• 16 Solos For Piano
• Concentratin' - 1939
• Contrary Motion - 1949
• Cuttin' Out - 1949
• Echoes Of Spring - 1957
• Fading Star - 1939
• Finger Buster - 1939
• Here Come The Band - 1949
• I'll Follow You - 1939
• Morning Air - 1938
• Passionette - 1938
• Portrait Of The Duke - 1949
• Rippling Waters - 1939
• Sneakaway - 1939
• Stormy Weather - 1939
• What Is There To Say? - 1939
• Zig Zag - 1949