The Real Book of Jazz

· Wise Publications
3.8
6 reviews
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302
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Instant no-frills arrangements of over 190 great jazz standards. Each song consists of melody line, chord symbols and lyrics (where appropriate). That's all there is to it! Just open the book and start playing.

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3.8
6 reviews
Ted Wilson
November 6, 2019
Interesting and eclectic selection of tunes. Anthropology even includes a portion or maybe all of a recorded solo by Bird. However, the formatting is poor. The very first song, "A Foggy Day," is spread out over two pages, which causes an undue hardship on an iPad user. It's formatted at four measures per line, which is good, except the first line only contains a pickup and three measures, which throws the layout off. There are numerous inaccuracies in the few tunes I've looked at. Incorrect rhythms in "Afternoon in Paris," A Night in Tunisia is in a key I've never heard it in (Am), "All Right, Okay, You Win" has a number of dotted eighth-sixteenth rhythms that should be notated as eighths. All in all, not a bad jumping-off place to learn some tunes you might not see in any Real Book, Old or New. I feel it's a pretty good deal at roughly $10. I'm not sure I would trust it on a gig.
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Yehuda Manusama
July 22, 2023
The written melodies are different from other real books, making the feel of the songs strange. "Fly Me to the Moon," "It Had to Be You."
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carol lombard
July 5, 2019
how can i transfer this book to another google account. i inadvertantly used the wrong account.
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