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Calypso Facto by James L. King III

This is one of the most hip arrangements of We Three Kings of Orient Are you will hear!

inspirational and uplifting piece for intermediate level students

The Arkansas Traveler by James L. King III

13-Bar Blues by James L. King III

Michié Bainjo by James L. King III

Short'nin' Bread by James L. King III

New Year Sunrise by James L. King III

In the Bleak Midwinters by James L. King III

Ding Dong, Merrily On High by James L. King III

Jerry Lee Lewis style 50s rock piece.

Touchdown! by James L. King III

Keyboard ensemble for elementary students

A happy song for a happy occasion: Alijam Music's first anniversary!!

Hava Nagila by James L. King III

An arrangement of the ORIGINAL Jingle Bells!

The 1958 Classic Rock hit is now a fun intermediate piano arrangement!

An arrangement of the first waltz from Juventino Rosas' most popular piece.

A smooth and sophisticated jazz reharmonization of the classic New Year's Eve song.

This duet won an award for Outstanding Composition in the 1985 South Carolina State Superintendent's Celebration of the Arts Festival.

Elementary level students get to play a mournful five-finger blues scale with their teacher in this sequel to James King's beloved "First Blues."

Intermediate level arrangement of the slow march from Gustav Holst's "Jupiter: the Bringer of Jollity" from his orchestral suite "The Planets."

An easy ragtime piece that uses octave jumps to hop around the keyboard! 24-carrot fun!

Flowing lyrical duet. The Secondo part is 1-2 levels more advanced than the Primo part, so this piece is ideal for siblings who are at different skill levels.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Theme and seven progressive arrangements on the famous French-Canadian folk song.

Primer level arrangement of a classic French-Canadian folk song about a spinning top that wants to be a monk.

Baroque two part invention in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach

Shoemaker's Dance, a traditional Danish piece arranged by James L. King III is full of wonderful lively melodies and delightful staccato articulations.

This clever piece switches back and forth between C major and C minor. Fun for performers and audiences alike.

Classical-style sonatina for early intermediate performers. The first movement is lively and full of major and minor scales, the second movement is a lyrical trio.

A traditional country-western style duet for elementary pianists.

Leon Jessel's classic holiday work arranged for piano trio.

Arena-rock style minor key piano showcase.

A stately primer-level piece with teacher duet.

Completely fun piano duet for intermediate players.

A lyrical late-intermediate piece dedicated to the composer's father who passed away October 4, 2016.

Limbo So Low Solo (Ha! Another pun!)is a short but incredibly fun miniature that explores the depths of the lower end of the piano. The melody and latin rhythms keep going down, down, down until the student is playing the lowest A on the piano!

You'll imagine a dark night, a hard-boiled detective, a police investigator, a femme fatale, and the undercover informant in this ultra-cool jazz noir piece with finger-snaps!

Category 5 fast, Cyclone! gives early intermediate students a fast finger frenzy workout.

Rush Hour is a minimalist piece that early intermediate students will work up quickly. An excellent "emergency" recital piece!

This piece can go on forever if the performer wants! The melody moves back and forth between the hands and repeats as often as desired, but there are many places in the piece where the performer can jump to the end, making the piece different every time it is played!

Flagler's Folly Rag by James L. King III is a charming late-elementary ragtime piece with crisp staccatos and showy syncopations sprinkled throughout! "Flagler's Folly" was his Florida East Coast Railroad extension to Key West that operated from 1912 through 1935. After the great Labor Day hurricane of 1935, the railroad extension ceased operations. The bridges that survived became part of the Overseas Highway, US Highway 1.