Books – John Stein

Becoming a musician is an organic process, a matter of natural growth over one's lifetime. If you love the process, you keep doing it. If you keep doing it, you keep getting better at it. The fact is, I love the challenge of trying to play some little tune better, the challenge of hearing music and understanding what I hear better, the challenge of making little black dots on a piece of paper blossom into sound. I love to compose music that is both sophisticated and accessible, music that I put in front of a good player and that person can do great things with it almost without effort. The key for me, when it comes to what makes something musical and attractive, is interactivity and communication. I hope my music is able to demonstrate my moods and feelings, and I hope it inspires people to experience their own moods and feelings.

Books

Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Guitar

Learn ten jazz guitar standards arranged for solo guitar. These performance-ready arrangements demonstrate different ways to interpret jazz standards and render them for solo guitar performance.

Composing Blues Book

The book features 11 of John’s compositions and all the musical examples in the book are included on the accompanying CD.

New! Digital editions of these books are now available.

Composing Tunes Book

This book features 9 of John’s compositions and all the musical examples in the book are included on the accompanying CD.

New! Digital editions of these books are now available.

Alfie's Theme On Green Dolphin Street Well, You Needn't Labor of Love Insensatez (How Insensitive) Bing Bang Boom! Elvin! The Night Has A Thousand Eyes East of the Sun and West of the Moon Happy Hour Poor Butterfly Eleanor's Folly Lingering Hustle Up! Sarenna Hannita Bye Bye Blackbird Indian Summer Elizabeth Bootin' It Booga Lou Hotcakes Jack's Back Our Love Will See Us Through Sultry Green Street Greyhound Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me Culebra Digits Be Ooo Ba You Stepped Out Of A Dream Switch-A-Roo Ben J Man Rio Co Brio Sammy Madelyn Mister Dave Sarlat Be Ooo Ba Moonlight In Vermont Samba Nights Up and At 'em Serengeti Half Minor Oak Bluffs September Stepping Stones Sao Paulo BB Blues Lucy Lou The Willie Walk Eleanor's Folly Django Bluesette Goodbye Darn That Dream Poinciana Polka Dots and Moonbeams Estaté Weaver of Dreams Happy Hour Lonely Street The Night Has 1000 Eyes It's About Life Marta I'm a Fool to Want You Blues in Maude's Flat Sometime Ago Inutil Paisagem Jordu Line Drive The Roundabout Dindi Close Your Eyes Trois Half-Whole Blues So Danço Samba You Don't Know What Love Is Nica's Dream Moanin' A Child Is Born Elvin! Invitation Vivo Sonhando Beautiful Love Wild Woods Falling In Love With Love A Weaver of Dreams Be My All Detour Ahead My Flaming Heart Love Dance Our Love Will See Us Through If It's Magic/Too Shy To Say Something In Your Smile/I'll Be Easy To Find So This Is Love In A Sentimental Mood Gentle Rain My Foolish Heart When I Fall In Love Wonder Why Speak Low Skippin' Hi Fly Lazy Afternoon Laura Threesome Plum Stone Sea Smoke Love Letters Funkin' It Up Julieta Empanadas I Thought About You Recoleta Le Causse du Quercy Biei Have You Met Miss Jones Ira's Tango Stepping Stones Oblivion Sugar Menina Unraveled Plans Bing Bang Boom! Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love/Chelsea Bridge Belo Horizonte Lover Delilah Waiting For Woody You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To