The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition (Fake Book) Review

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(More customer reviews)Don't be put off by the other, tepid reviews on this page: this is a great collection.Or I should say, this is half of a great collection.The thing is, you need volume one--the Hal Leonard "Ultimate Jazz Fakebook"--to go with it.
If you have them both, you have probably every jazz standard--and then some--that I've ever heard on a record--plus many tunes I have yet to hear anyone play.
The way I see it, "Ultimate" has more of the most commonly played songs, while "Real" has the great ones that got left out of the earlier collection, plus a lot of newer stuff.
A look at the compser index for "Real" shows a general trend: Lots of Desmond, Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock tunes are in the later book, while most of the Cole Porter and Gershwin stuff in in the earlier book.(Ellington's best known stuff is here, too, about half in the "Ultimate" book and half in the "Real" book.) There is NO duplication between the books.
I do my Band-In-A-Box work outs with the chords, and they are just fine, for the most part. I've caught a few errors--no big deal in a collection this vast.I find half of what I play tends to be from the grery volmem, and half from the black.
Get em both!

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A unique, comprehensive collection of jazz material in a wide range of styles, with no song duplication from The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book. Includes: * Over 500 songs in all jazz styles, including standards, bebop, Latin, fusion, etc. * A great deal original material associated with major artists * Hard-to-find modern jazz repertoire * A significant number of songs which have never * Lyrics for all selections * Easy-to-read music typography * A songwriter index for reference Selections represent a diverse list of major jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Dave Brubeck, Billy Childs, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, AL DiMeola, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Peter Erskine, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Green, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Coleman Stern, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller, Weather Report, and many more jazz greats. Over 500 songs, including: Agua de Beber * Aisha * Aja * Alfie * Alice in Wonderland * Anthropology * April in Paris * Autumn in New York * Bark for Barksdale * Besame Mucho * Black Coffee * Blues for Alice * Brazil * Cannonball * Caravan * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Change of Season * Don't Worry 'Bout Me * Epistrophy * Feels So Good * Filthy McNasty * 500 Miles High * (Meet) The Flintstones * Georgia on My Mind * Giant Steps * Girl Talk * How Deep the Ocean * I Mean You * I've Got the World on a String * In a Sentimental Mood * Isn't It Romantic? * Isreal * Kogun * Lady Bird * Lament * Maiden Voyage * Makin' Whoopee! * Manteca * Morning Dance * My Attorney Bernie * My Old Flame * Norwegian Wood * The Rainbow Connection * The Shadow of Your Smile * Sippin' at Bells * Some Skunk Funk * Sophisticated Lady * Star Dust * Stella by Starlight * This Masquerade * The Very Thought of You * Wave * When Sunny Gets Blue * Windows * Woodyn' You * and many more!

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