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The Jason Robert Brown Collection: 24 Selections from Shows and Albums

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A Summer In Ohio
All The Wasted Time
And I Will Follow
Coming Together
Dreaming, Wide Awake
Getting Out
Grow Old With Me
Hear My Song
I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You
If I Told You Now
I'm Not Afraid Of Anything
It Don't Get Better Than This
It's Hard To Speak My Heart
Just One Step
Letting You Go
Moving Too Fast
Nothing In Common
See I'm Smiling
Someone To Fall Back On
Stars And The Moon
The Next Ten Minutes
The Old Red Hills Of Home
The Picture Show

Jason Robert Brown sprung onto the Broadway scene 10 years and this collection is some of the best of his compositions from "The Last Five Years", "Songs For A New World", "Parade", "Urban Cowboy" and various songs that he has written for various projects. It's sophisticated, yet an absolute joy to play, perform or simply listen to.

Everyone song is a special little gem in itself. It also includes many songs that have never been available in print, like "See I'm Smiling", "The Picture Show" and the fun loving "Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak".

What excites me about this anthology is the inclusion of "Letting You Go", "Dreaming Wide Awake" and "If I Told You Now" from Lauren Kennedy's JRB album and also "Coming Together", "Getting Out" and "Someone To Fall Back On" (probably my favourite JRB song of all time - makes my heart skip a beat everytime I hear that song - musically and lyrically stunning).

All in all - a challenge and pleasure for all who play or perform this music.

I saw this book in my local music store and was so shocked to see such an amazing collection of songs by Jason Robert Brown! I barely looked at the songs included because I was so excited.

However, on getting home I realized that all of the songs in the book are amazing! It is a really wide variety of his work, with songs from all of his shows and CDs! It is an extremely nice book as well, and the selections are very good. They are wonderful for the singer and for the accompanist. The piano parts are almost identical to the recordings and are sometimes very challenging but always enjoyable.

This book is especially amazing because of some very rare selections. "Just One Step" is one of the amazing selections included from Songs For A New World that I don't think is published anywhere else. "See I'm Smiling" is one of my favourite songs from Last Five Years and I think is only published in this collection. Also, the AMAZING selections from Lauren Kennedys solo album are not published anywhere and are among the songwriters best work. The songs from his own solo album "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" are also very, very good.

This book is essential to anyone who wants to fully experience Jason Robert Brown's songs! And everyone should want to!

A great collection for any fan of this young broadway songwriter, this book contains most of his well known compositions, presented in full, just as they should be. Featuring songs from Songs for a New World, Parade, Urban cowby, Last Five Years, Lauren Kennedy and Wearing someone elses clothes, you get a strong folio of notable charts. The music is arranged well, and easy accessible to the interested musician.

I finally received my copy of this book last week and I couldn't be happier with it. If you are new to the music of Jason Robert Brown this folio serves as great introduction to the works of the man who has been hailed as "one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim". -Philadelphia Inquirer

The 24 selections span his first ten years as a professional songwriter, including his first four musicals and works from two albums. While it is nice having his earlier works published in one folio, what really makes this book a bargain is the 15 previously unpublished songs that make their premiere here. JRB fans will rejoice at the inclusion of "See I'm Smiling" from The Last Five Years, "Just One Step" from Songs For A New World and two selections from Urban Cowboy.

What sold me on the book was the inclusion of songs from his solo album "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes" and Lauren Kennedy's "Songs of Jason Robert Brown" album. If you really want to impress them at your next audition or cabaret try pulling out "If I Told You Now", "Letting You Go", "Dreaming , Wide Awake" or "Someone To Fall Back On". If you haven't heard these albums I strongly suggest adding them to your music collection. (Order them with this book and save on the shipping!) It's a fantastic price for this many wonderful songs. This book should be REQUIRED for any performer to have in their repertoire!

I'll admit that I was suspicious of a collections of JRB songs. I already had the vocal selections for his shows, "Parade", "Songs for a New World" and "The Last Five Years". I just thought it was another way for the publisher to make a few more dollars. That was until I looked at the contents. This collection had things in it that are not available anywhere else...Particularly songs from JRB's album "Wearing Someone Else's Clothes", among others.

The music is very challenging and is arranged to be very close to what Jason actually plays. This authenticity is something I enjoy about all of the vocal selections from his composition.

Buy this collection and enjoy an emerging Broadway super star composer.

I am an avid JRB fan and this book of song selections was well worth the cost when it came to both the variety of songs and the number of them. I would have had to buy several scores to compile the numbers in this book and the Lauren Kennedy selections were especially valuable as they are not from shows and I would have had to purchase them individually otherwise. I am very satisfied with this purchase.

A great comprehensive study of Jason Robert Browns genius. The only downside to this book is that if you are all ready an enthusiast you will end up with duplicates of JRB songs as many of his musical hits are contained within. However JRB the musical genius that he is for my money is worth the the duplications for those few Golden nuggets tucked away. It also makes for easy travel of a wide selection of originals. The biggest plus to me is having some of his lesser knowns at my fingertips!

I particularly enjoyed the selections from "Parade", it's an amazing show. Jason Robert Brown is an amazing composer, and everyone should have this book for some of the brilliant songs in it.

Jason Robert Brown's music is eclectic and impressive. I bought this book after learning "Christmas Lullaby" and have already found several other songs I want to use in this collection. In case you have never heard of Jason Robert Brown, he wrote the music and lyrics for "Songs for a New World" among other musicals. Brown's music is intriguing and not your usual Broadway stuff. The collection contains twenty-four selections from his musicals (Songs From a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years, and Urban Cowboy), as well as other songs from CDs of his music (Songs of Jason Robert Brown, Wearing Someone Else's Clothes.) The piano accompaniments are full and not watered down - an important benefit for serious performers and pianists. One caution: the songs and piano accompaniments are challenging and require careful preparation to be performed successfully. The necessary effort will yield rich rewards in terms of increased musical knowledge and enjoyment.

If you are looking for unusual but eminently worthwhile audition or performance material, this book is a great place to go.