Danny Wright Complete Music Collection is a spiral-bound songbook that includes thirty-three transcriptions of pieces from pianist Danny Wright’s vast library of piano recordings. The majority of pieces are Wright’s original compositions, but there are some arrangements included as well. The transcriptions were done by several different people and date from 1988-2014. This would be a beautiful collection with some solid editing and proof-reading. I played the book from cover to cover and found much of it unreadable because Danny plays all over the piano keyboard and there is very little use of 8va and 8vb, causing the pianist to frequently have to stop and count ledger lines. When there is a progression up or down to the high or low ledgers, reading them is possible, but starting seven ledgers up is not. One piece has the top note on the piano indicated with ledgers only. No one can read that on the fly. Many pieces are virtually unplayable because some of the chords span three octaves and are indicated to be played with one hand. I would have expected some tenths and possibly some twelfths, but not some of the multi-octave stretches. Also, there no page numbers other that those for each individual piece. The songs are arranged in alphabetical order, but page numbers would have been helpful in a book this size. I’ve been editing and proof-reading sheet music for a lot of years, and this book needs a lot of work. Many of the older songs have notes overlapping rests, notes overlapping notes in the opposite clef, etc. I really enjoy a lot of Danny’s music and was looking forward to having a collection of his sheet music, but I cannot recommend this one. The book is available from www.dannywrightpiano.com.

The song titles, the keys they are in, and the number of pages is as follows.

A Rose Garden - Key of C (0 sharps or flats) - 5 1/2 page
Angel Voices - Key of C - 2 1/2 pages
A Song For Carol - Key of Eb (3 flats)/C - 4 1/2 pages
Anne’s Triumph - Key of A minor (0 sharps or flats) - 7 1/2 pages
Awakening - Key of A minor - 7 pages
Canon in D - Key of D (2 sharps) - 3 pages
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - Key of C - 4+ pages
Have Faith - Key of C - 4 pages
Hayden’s Spirit - Key of F (1 flat) - 4+ pages
I Dreamed a Dream - Key of Eb - 3 1/2 pages
In Flight - Key of C - 4 1/2 pages
Keys to the Heart - Key of C - 3 1/2 page
Larry’s Theme - Key of C - 4 pages
Lenita’s Happiness - Key of C - 4 pages
Madonna Lullaby - Key of Ab (4 flats) - 5 pages
Marla’s Meaning - Key of C - 5 pages
Memory - Key of C/ Ab (4 flats) - 6 pages
Moon River - Key of C - 3 pages
My Miracle - Key of C - 4 pages
New Beginnings - Key of C - 3 1/2 pages
October - Key of A (3 sharps) - 4+ pages
Out of Africa - Key of E minor (1 sharp)/ F (1 flat) - 6+pages
Phantasy - Key of C - 5 pages
Reflections - Key of C/ D (2 sharps) - 4+ pages
Samantha’s Theme - Key of Eb (3 flats)- 5 pages
Somewhere in Time - Key of C - 4 pages
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Key of C - 3 pages
Spring - Key of G (1 sharp) - 8 1/2 pages
Tender Moments - Key of C - 6 pages
The Water Is Wide - Key of C - 5 pages
Time Windows - Key of F - 2 1/2 pages
Victoria’s Hope - Key of C - 6 pages
Wings of Hope - Key of C - 4 pages