If you were going to start playing blues/jazz piano; which piece would you start with?

"All the Things You Are " Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein 2nd "Here's That Rainy Day " James Van Heusen & John Burke "The Way We Were " Marvin Hamlisch & Marilyn Bergman " I Get Along Without You Very Well " Hoagy Carmichael "Laura" Raksin & Mercer "Moon Dreams " McGregor & Mercer

I wouldn't recommend trying to tackle jazz like you would classical. Step one for any jazz pianist is learning chords. Start with a nice generic blues progression: C7 F7 C7 C7 F7 F7 C7 C7 G7 F7 C7 G7 Learn blues scales (the C blues that would fit with the progression above is C Eb F Gb G Bb C), try to improvise solos. Then look up some recordings and chords and try to play along, by ear as much as you can.

St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy

There are so many choices to choose from. It is so hard to figure out what IS blues/jazz, rock, classical, so I made a list for you. I saw that you like Classical and just wandered if you know this piece: CLASSICAL: * "Clair de Lune", by Claude Debussy These other songs are great to play. Or so I hear. I just wish I knew on how to play the piano. I have always wanted to, but I don't have a piano. JAZZ/RAGTIME: * "Body and Soul", by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton,& Johnny Green, this famous jazz standard was written in 1930 * "Maple Leaf Rag", by Scott Joplin * "The Entertainer", by Scott Joplin , featured in the movie The Sting. POPULAR: * "Good Man" Josh Ritter * "I Don't Like Mondays Boom Town Rats ROCK: * "Baba O'Rily by The Who * "Piano Man", by Billy Joel * "What'd I Say?", by Ray Charles Do you have any kind of suggestion for me to learn? Have fun with these.