The Swing Era - 1936-1947 (Jazz Bible Fake Book Series) (Paperback)

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Product Description

A great fake book with 200 songs, including: April in Paris * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * Bewitched * Candy * Caravan * Cherokee * Darn That Dream * A Fine Romance * Heart and Soul * I'll Be Seeing You * I'll Walk Alone * I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm * It's Only a Paper Moon * Marie * Moonlight in Vermont * My Funny Valentine * The Nearness of You * Pennies from Heaven * Prelude to a Kiss * Sentimental Journey * Stompin' at the Savoy * Stormy Weather * A String of Pearls * Take the "A" Train * Tuxedo Junction * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To * more!

Product Details

Sample Music Notation [29kb PDF]

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793556589
• ISBN-13: 978-0793556588
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #323,141 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book you'll play from., July 9, 1999

By A Customer

Here's the secret: Anywhere you would have played the dominant major first, third and fifth back when you were square before you played from this book, you will now play the major seventh. And I do mean anywhere. I'm not sure this approach is always correct, but it is interesting and dead right on in the case of a whole group of standards that never sounded right the way I had always seen them written. This harmonic devise spawns an interesting, different set of chord progessions. Now, when I play from other fake books (and I have played from a bunch) the music sounds bland.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for the music student., April 20, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

I was impressed with the content and selections. As a student beginning to study the Swing genre of Jazz, I found the format easy to use and to follow. Many of the songs have the introductions and turn-arounds spelled out, which really add to the pleasure of learning these classics.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good, if somewhat limited, swing book, November 20, 1998

By A Customer

I lead a dance band and was looking for a good, complete swing book for some charts. While this book doesn't have all the tunes I was looking for, it has an impressive selection of numbers that were recorded between 1936 and 1947. It has standards like In The Mood, All The Things You Are, Caravan, God Bless The Child, Heart and Soul, My Funny Valentine, Sentimental Journey, String Of Pearls, Take The 'A' Train, and Tuxedo Junction. It's not a complete book for a dance job but it's a vaulable reference for a working musician.