What Now My Love: E-Z Play Today

Wistful and sophisticated. The melody unfolds with romantic restraint, supported by harmonic movement that feels both accessible and jazz-informed. Two pages allows room for the tune to breathe without overstaying its welcome.

Piano students working at the intermediate level who want to explore jazz repertoire without transcribing from recordings. This is equally valuable for adult learners returning to piano and for young musicians building their jazz vocabulary alongside classical studies.

• Lean into the rubato in the vocal melody line; this standard thrives when the piano comps with flexibility rather than metronomic precision.
• Balance accompaniment texture by letting the left hand breathe during the A sections; resist filling every beat.
• Listen closely to classic vocal recordings of this tune to internalize the phrasing before you solidify your own interpretation.

Pair this with other standards in a jazz recital or casual performance hour to give intermediate pianists genuine performance material. It works well as a stepping stone between pop-influenced arrangements and more demanding jazz repertoire.

• Comping in a jazz idiom with left-hand flexibility
• Phrasing vocal melody lines with appropriate rubato
• Interpreting lead sheet conventions
• Balancing accompaniment texture in jazz arrangements