I Was Doing All Right: Piano/Vocal/Chords

These Gershwin standards arrive in Diana Krall's interpretations, which means the arrangements respect both the songs' jazz roots and their potential for intimate, sophisticated performance. The folio gives pianists and singers a pathway into the Great American Songbook through professionally crafted charts that handle the harmonic complexity without overwhelming players at the intermediate-advanced level. You get 11 beloved standards in one collection, making this ideal for building a jazz repertoire or programming a standards-focused recital.

Elegant, introspective, and swinging. Gershwin's melodies have a natural lyricism that these arrangements honor, while the jazz harmonies create sophisticated harmonic landscapes that reward close listening. There's an intimacy here, a sense of a pianist and singer in conversation, rather than spectacle.

Intermediate to advanced pianists and singer-pianists who want to develop their jazz standards vocabulary with professionally arranged charts. Voice and piano students preparing recitals, auditions, or performances in jazz and popular music contexts will find this collection especially useful.

• Balance the vocal line against your piano voicings by thinking of your comping hands as accompaniment, not equal partners. The melody always leads.
• Work out the chord changes separately from the melody so you can anticipate harmonic movement without getting lost in reading both staves simultaneously.
• Study Krall's recordings of these tracks to understand the rhythmic phrasing and swing feel she brings; notation alone won't capture the stylistic nuance.
• Pay attention to the dynamic shape of each song. These are not loud arrangements; they reward subtle control and space as much as expression.

Open a recital or concert with one of these standards to establish an elegant tone, or group several together for a second-half set that explores different moods within the same harmonic vocabulary. These work equally well as standalone recital pieces or as part of a broader evening of American song.

• Reading and performing jazz chord changes and comping patterns
• Balancing melody and accompaniment as a singer-pianist
• Understanding standards-era harmonic language and voice leading
• Interpreting written arrangements while adding personal stylistic interpretation
• Coordinating vocal phrasing with piano rhythm section feel