The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition [Plastic Comb]

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Publication Date: March 1, 1998

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 of original material associated with major artists * Hard-to-find modern jazz repertoire * Songs which have never before appeared in print * 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? * Israel * 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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Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.

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• Plastic Comb: 384 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793562309
• ISBN-13: 978-0793562305
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #896,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the classic, January 21, 2000

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This review is from: The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition (Plastic Comb)

Although filled with lots of songs, many of the classics like "Misty" and "Autumn Leaves" are absent... replaced by songs like "Meet the Flintstones". Also, with two songs (in very small print) per single page, or songs that cross over non-facing pages, you can't read the songs on the bandstand. This book is only good if you've tired of the essential songs and are looking for the unique.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book...but, September 30, 2001

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R. LaRue (Crozet, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition (Plastic Comb)

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!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ok for practice, March 16, 2002

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clarence chapman - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition (Plastic Comb)

I got this book thinking I was gonna learn some real good jazz,but as I played out the tunes and then listened to the recording of the original song,I noticed The chord changes were not correct..what's the use of having a fakebook with the wrong chord changes? This book could be best used as a practice guide rather than a gig book.