Product Description

The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than all the notorious errors being fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! Includes 400 songs: All Blues * Au Privave * Autumn Leaves * Black Orpheus * Bluesette * Body and Soul * Bright Size Life * Con Alma * Dolphin Dance * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Easy Living * Epistrophy * Falling in Love with Love * Footprints * Four on Six * Giant Steps * Have You Met Miss Jones? * How High the Moon * I'll Remember April * Impressions * Lullaby of Birdland * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Oleo * Red Clay * Satin Doll * Sidewinder * Stella by Starlight * Take Five * There Is No Greater Love * Wave * and hundreds more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26933 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• 462 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780634060762
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

A must have
If you want to play jazz, you must have this book. It's just that simple. If you only have money for one book, this should be it. To take advantage of this book, you must be able to read bass clef and you must be able to understand chord notation.

If you go to any jazz open jam, you'll see people these real books. The horn players will have the Eb or Bb ones, piano guys will have the C one, singers will have the one with the lyrics on it. Once on the bandstand, you will hear someone saying "Let's play the tune XYZ on page 123". You will open this book and glance through the changes. With some study, you will know what to do, even if you never saw the tune before.

But to do this you'll need this book. To improvise on any tunes you will need to know the melody from this book. It is also great for practise reading.

You can recognize the guys that practise a lot when you see their real books are falling apart.

I saw some people with the xerox copy of this. Call me naive, but if you consider how many authors spent their lifetime writing these songs, it is well worth the thirty bucks or so that Amazon charges for it. Also, I get paid to play these tunes. Why shouldn't the authors or their estates get paid as well? At least this is how I feel.

This is a must have.

Best of all, it's legal
While most people think that musicians "play" music, they often forget that they also "work" music. It's great to see the composers and arrangers of classic tunes getting their fees. Sure, a handful are missing because the publisher couldn't secure the rights, but I'm willing to trade that for a legal version. In terms of usefulness (I own vols 1 and 2)they cover a lot of ground. A good effort.

Bass Clef Real Book
Great book of jazz charts; if you're a multi-instrumentalist more comfortable reading in treble clef then you might be better off getting that edition as the bass clef edition has the same charts transposed into bass clef without any additional bass lines written.