Fina Jack: BUMBLE BOOGIE

“Jazz Bumblebee” For Two

Jack Fina came up with the idea of his “Bumble Boogie” – based on Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous “Flight of the Bumblebee” – in the 1930s. The finely coordinated mixture of genre piece and jazz standard is still an indispensable piece in the repertoire of every pianist today.

The experienced jazz piano teacher Manfred Schmitz considers Fina’s virtuoso paraphrase as an original work. His arrangement, which he prepared at the suggestion of the publisher, distributes the technical challenges of the “Jazz Bumblebee” among two players who, even in this form, still get enough attractive playing material for their fingers and will enjoy buzzing over the keyboard with a fellow piano player.