Valery Saparov - 24 Jazz Preludes No. 15-24

The preface to this set by the composer: The cycle of 24 preludes I am calling your attention to was conceived long ago and is mainly intended to be used in educational practice for the students of colleges, lyceums and conservatories. I didn’t aim at the creation of the musical anthology of the history of jazz. First of all, I wanted young musicians to get acquainted with different directions of pop and jazz music regardless of their tastes and likes. Also I wished the music of preludes to be popular both among performers and listeners. In the preludes one can recognize intonations of both traditional classical jazz (blues, swing, boogie-woogie, ragtime) and modern jazz styles (cool, bebop), as well as the intonations of jazz-rock, bossa nova and other instrumental pop music. Preludes was written under the impression of music of the great jazz musician Bill Evans and is devoted to his memory. These compositions are not to be perceived as the