Product Description

Now available: play-along CDs to some of the most popular songs featured in the world-famous Real Books. Each volume features selections sorted alphabetically from the 6th edition. Instrumentalists can play-along with a real rhythm section professionally recorded for these products. Volume 1 E-J includes 60 songs: Easy to Love (You'd Be So Easy to Love) * Epistrophy * Falling in Love with Love * A Fine Romance * Footprints * Four on Six * Freddie Freeloader * Giant Steps * God Bless' the Child * Hello, Young Lovers * How High the Moon * How Insensitive (Insensatez) * I'll Remember April * I'm Beginning to See the Light * Impressions * In a Sentimental Mood * In the Mood * Isn't It Romantic? * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53508 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-01
• Released on: 2008-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 4 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781423433583
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Real good playalong
The backing tracks are very good to play with and a useful tool to learn tunes

great deal for the price, but...
To get 60 tunes for under $20, that's a great price. You could easily spend 3 times that with other play-a-long brands. I wouldn't expect the lead sheet, and since I already own the Real Book, 6th edition, that would be a waste anyway. The CDs are a great companion to the book itself. That said, I wish there was some info provided -- like tempo or how many choruses are played. But more importantly, it should be accurate. For example, Equinox is played in the key of C minor, not C# minor as is written in the Real Book. Ironic, since the 6th Edition book is suppose to be the more accurate rendition of the tune as it was originally played. Worse, the band doesn't play the complete introduction -- you have to figure out where they actually begin. I only know this because I know the tune. If you're a beginner or aren't familiar with a tune, that's a big problem. Another mistake: "Falling in Love with Love" is played in 4, but in the book it's written in 3/4. This is just a quick scan through one of these volumes. Who knows what other problems there might be?

A Compliation of Jazz Play Along Recordings
These play alongs are from the various Hal Leonard Jazz Play Alongs series that have been published, so if you own some already with the same titles they will be duplicates. That being said, there is a lot of them and fun if you are a hobbyists and a great value based on quantity. The book portion is simply the index of song titles for the CD' so if you don't have the sheet music you will need to get the Real Book or have other sources to play along.