The Real Book: Sixth Edition

Great Book. For whatever reason it's formatted so you can also read it on Kindle devices. You can also see two pages at once on the Kindle app on tablets. Hey Hal Leonard: format all the others this way!! !

For years, this underground fake book was THE book you had to have to survive on any professional straight Jazz bandstand... and it was tough to find, not to mention expensive. So underground you had to whisper for it at the counter of only the hippest music shops in town and if no one was looking for thirty bucks or so they'd get you a copy... (I'm not joking !) Then it began floating around the net, and for some reason each time the sites would get shut down... and now finally, a "legit" copy is available. Though perhaps we'll never know the full story of just who exactly wrote it and where he/she/they lived... the fact is that the book (atleast for the time being) is now available... ironically by HAL LEONARD, the publishing company that tended to publish all those other FAKE BOOKS for years that made the REAL BOOK so appreciated (LEONARD's books tend to have great tune selections, but some of the worst changes in the world... in contrast, the REAL BOOK's sheets, though not perfect are usually a safe call when you're called up to blow, also unlike Scher's commercially available THE NEW REAL BOOK they're a lot more practical (i.e. you take one glimpse at the sheet and the form is staring right back at'cha !) - - One more funny ironic point, even if the anonymous author/authors were involved in this project its funny because I guess they'll now be pursuing people who BOOTLEG their books... outlaws joining the system... that's progress for ya ! All in all, books 1 and 2 are essential purchases (I pray 3 will become available too.) I actually tend to play more tunes from Book 2 which includes JEANINE, INDIANA, BYE BYE BLACKBIRD, NEARNESS OF YOU, however REAL BOOK I set the standard of what tunes we should play at our sessions. If there's any fault its the overdependence of musicians on it, to the point that many musicians simply don't learn equally important tunes found outside it (even though it does not include EVERY essential standard, it definitely gives you more than enough to survive...) but the fact is, its must have material... if you don't have it, go out and get it... unless you have a perfect ear and most the tunes already learned and memorized, you can't really call yourself a pro without it and will find yourselves embaressed at most sessions everytime a tune (9 times out of 10 at some sessions) is called from this book !

I have wanted to buy a copy of this book ever since it was recommended by my jazz improvisation teacher, back in my university days, which was many years ago. It was called the “Real Book” as a tongue-in-cheek answer to all the Jazz “Fake Books” that had been circulating, basically in the same format, but with different songs. At that time, the huge price deterred me and most of the other students from buying it, so we just relied on some xeroxed copies given to us for study by the teacher. Even without having the benefit of being able to try out more of the pieces in the book, it did open up the possibilities for us to understand improvisation and encouraged us to really learn the advanced chords. As I remember, the book back then was close to $100, and I was surprised to see it now for less than half that price, a new and un-used book! It arrived in perfect shape this morning, and I am looking forward to trying out some of the tunes, re-learning some of the more advanced chords. This book is written in very easy-to-read hand-written musical notes, adding to its charm. Black Orpheus, by the way, is listed as “Black Orpheus”, instead of its alternate name of “Manha di Carnavale”, as it appears in some other books. The book is published now by Hal Leonard, which was probably why the book has lowered in price, as it is mass-produced now, but it has not been altered from its original content or form. They do state that the errors have been corrected. I don’t know what those errors are, or if there are any other errors in this edition, but it looks good to me! The plastic comb format makes it really easy to read from any music stand. It stays open, no matter what. I’m happy that Hal Leonard did not “re-work” the original format. I have seen that there are more volumes to this book, which I have never seen in person, but if you click the section on the page “Real Book Songfinder”, it cross-references any song and locates it within one or more of the volumes. So if you are looking for one or more particular songs, do use that link on this page, and you might decide to get one of the other volumes as well. At 462 pages of sheer music, I think this Real Book is a great value!

I'm learning to play jazz piano and I play out of this series (I, II and III) every day. Here's the song list: African Flower (Petite Fleur Africaine) Afro Blue Afternoon In Paris Água De Beber (Water To Drink) Airegin Alfie Alice In Wonderland All Blues All By Myself All Of Me All Of You All The Things You Are Alright, Okay, You Win Always Ana Maria Angel Eyes Anthropology Apple Honey April In Paris April Joy Arise, Her Eyes Armageddon Au Privave Autumn In New York Autumn Leaves Beautiful Love Beauty And The Beast Bessie's Blues Bewitched Big Nick Black Coffee Black Diamond Black Narcissus Black Nile Black Orpheus Blue Bossa Blue In Green Blue Monk The Blue Room Blue Train (Blue Trane) Blues For Alice Bluesette Body And Soul Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) Bright Size Life Broad Way Blues Broadway But Beautiful Butterfly Byrd Like C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) Call Me Call Me Irresponsible Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Captain Marvel Central Park West Ceora Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) Chelsea Bells Chelsea Bridge Cherokee (Indian Love Song) Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White A Child Is Born Chippie Chitlins Con Carne Come Sunday Como En Vietnam Con Alma Conception Confirmation Contemplation Coral Cotton Tail Could It Be You Countdown Crescent Crystal Silence D Natural Blues Daahoud Dancing On The Ceiling Darn That Dream Day Waves Days And Nights Waiting Dear Old Stockholm Dearly Beloved Dedicated To You Deluge Desafinado Desert Air Detour Ahead Dexterity Dizzy Atmosphere Django Doin' The Pig Dolores Dolphin Dance Domino Biscuit Don't Blame Me Don't Get Around Much Anymore Donna Lee Dream A Little Dream Of Me Dreamsville Easter Parade Easy Living Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love) Ecclusiastics Eighty One El Gaucho Epistrophy Equinox Equipoise E.S.P. Fall Falling Grace Falling In Love With Love Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum A Fine Romance 500 Miles High 502 Blues Follow Your Heart Footprints For All We Know For Heaven's Sake (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Forest Flower Four Four On Six Freddie Freeloader Freedom Jazz Dance Full House Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You Gemini Giant Steps The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) Gloria's Step God Bless' The Child Golden Lady Good Evening Mr. And Mrs. America Grand Central The Green Mountains Groovin' High Grow Your Own Guilty Gypsy In My Soul Half Nelson Have You Met Miss Jones? Heaven Heebie Jeebies Hello, Young Lovers Here's That Rainy Day Hot Toddy House Of Jade How High The Moon How Insensitive (Insensatez) How My Heart Sings Hullo Bolinas I Can't Get Started With You I Can't Give You Anything But Love I Could Write A Book I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart I Love Paris I Love You I Mean You I Remember Clifford I Should Care I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free I'll Never Smile Again I'll Remember April I'm All Smiles I'm Beginning To See The Light I'm Your Pal Icarus If You Never Come To Me (Inutil paisagem) Impressions In A Mellow Tone In A Sentimental Mood In The Mood In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning In Your Quiet Place The Inch Worm Indian Lady Inner Urge Interplay The Intrepid Fox Invitation Iris Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Isn't It Romantic? Isotope Israel It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) It's Easy To Remember Jelly Roll Jordu Journey To Recife Joy Spring Juju Jump Monk June In January Just One More Chance Kelo Lady Bird Lady Sings The Blues Lament Las Vegas Tango Lazy Bird Lazy River Like Someone In Love Limehouse Blues Lines And Spaces Litha Little Boat Little Waltz Long Ago (And Far Away) Lonnie's Lament Look To The Sky Love Is The Sweetest Thing Lucky Southern Lullaby Of Birdland Lush Life The Magician In You Mahjong Maiden Voyage A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) Man In The Green Shirt Meditation (Meditacao) Memories Of Tomorrow Michelle Midnight Mood Midwestern Nights Dream Milano Minority Miss Ann Missouri Uncompromised Mr. P.C. Misty Miyako Moment's Notice Mood Indigo Moonchild The Most Beautiful Girl In The World My Buddy My Favorite Things My Foolish Heart My Funny Valentine My One And Only Love My Romance My Shining Hour My Ship My Way Mysterious Traveller Naima (Niema) Nardis Nefertiti Never Will I Marry Nica's Dream Night Dreamer The Night Has A Thousand Eyes A Night In Tunisia Night Train Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Nostalgia In Times Square Nuages (Old Man From) The Old Country Oleo Oliloqui Valley Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace) Once In Love With Amy One Finger Snap One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) Only Trust Your Heart Orbits Ornithology Out Of Nowhere Paper Doll Passion Dance Passion Flower Peace Peggy's Blue Skylight Pent Up House Penthouse Serenade Peri's Scope Pfrancing (No Blues) Pinocchio Pithecanthropus Erectus Portsmouth Figurations Prelude To A Kiss Prince Of Darkness P.S. I Love You Pussy Cat Dues Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) Quiet Now Recorda-Me Red Clay Reflections Reincarnation Of A Lovebird Ring Dem Bells Road Song 'Round Midnight Ruby, My Dear Poem For #15 (The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers) Satin Doll Scotch And Soda Scrapple From The Apple Sea Journey Seven Come Eleven Seven Steps To Heaven Sidewinder Silver Hollow Sirabhorn Skating In Central Park So Nice (Summer Samba) So What Solar Solitude Some Day My Prince Will Come Some Other Spring Some Skunk Funk Somebody Loves Me Sometime Ago Song For My Father The Song Is You Sophisticated Lady The Sorcerer Speak No Evil The Sphinx Standing On The Corner The Star-Crossed Lovers Stella By Starlight Steps Stolen Moments Stompin' At The Savoy Straight No Chaser A String Of Pearls Stuff Sugar A Sunday Kind Of Love The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Swedish Pastry Sweet Georgia Bright Sweet Henry Take Five Take The 'A' Train Tame Thy Pen Tell Me A Bedtime Story Thanks For The Memory That's Amoré (That's Love) There Is No Greater Love There Will Never Be Another You There'll Be Some Changes Made They Didn't Believe Me Think On Me Thou Swell Three Flowers Time Remembered Tones For Joan's Bones Topsy Tour De Force Triste Tune Up Turn Out The Stars Twisted Blues Unchain My Heart Uniquity Road Unity Village Up Jumped Spring Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG) Valse Hot Very Early Virgo Wait Till You See Her Waltz For Debby Wave We'll Be Together Again Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) West Coast Blues What Am I Here For? What Was When I Fall In Love When Sunny Gets Blue When You Wish Upon A Star Whispering Wild Flower Windows Witch Hunt Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl) Woodchopper's Ball Woodyn' You The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Yes And No Yesterday Yesterdays You Are The Sunshine Of My Life You Are Too Beautiful You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me You Don't Know What Love Is You Took Advantage Of Me You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You Young At Heart

I bought all three volumes of this series. I like the hefty comb binding that lies flat on the music stand. The printing is large enough and simple enough to be read easily, even in slightly dimmed light. There is plenty of room to add one's own notes. There are some streamlined performance notes. I appreciate the index in the front. It has a variety of songs from the most revered jazz classics to some popular numbers. Still, the series does not have ALL the songs ever written during the jazz and swing era. That doesn't seem humanly possible, so I didn't expect it. BUT somehow I got it in my head that it had the words. Guess I was wrong. No words. This is not a huge deal because the words are pretty easy to get on the Internet whereas the tunes are not. Still, I wish the words were included. There is enough room on most of the pages, as they stand, that the words could have been included. As I collect the words I will hand print them under the staffs. Lack of words is the only reason I did not give all 5 stars.

ME ENCANTO..

I've heard a lot of jazz players complain about the "legal" edition of the Real Book. It is missing a handful of tunes and some say the changes are "wrong" on a lot of tunes. Others say that the changes for those tunes are "wrong" in the old 5th Edition and the 6th Edition is a timely, welcome correction. Perhaps it would be more accurate on both ends to say that the changes in the two versions of the books are different; Any melody note works with any cord, just functioning as different upper extension. Some options are simply tastier than others. If you don't like the changes, pencil in something different. In any case, now that you don't have to deal with black market production to get the thing, it's only around twenty bucks. What you should really do is get your hands on at least a dozen different fake books, compare changes on all the different tunes and memorize them. When was the last time you went to hear one of your jazz heros in concert and saw them flop a Real Book down on the stand? It doesn't happen and I'll tell you why: Time spent with your nose in a music stand is time not spent zoning in on the bass player's right hand and the groove swinging on the ride; you can't really put it in the pocket unless your paying close attention, watching and listening to the band. This book is a good resource for initially learning tunes, but let's get on with it and learn the tunes so we can leave the books home. The magic happens when everyone hears it and feels it together. No fake book will help you with that, no matter what edition it is.

quality of the book was first rate; eminently usable for the working musician

Album Contents: - 'Round Midnight - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - (Old Man From) The Old Country - 500 Miles High - 502 Blues - A Child Is Born - A Fine Romance - A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) - A Night In Tunisia - A String Of Pearls - A Sunday Kind Of Love - African Flower (Petite Fleur Africaine) - Afro Blue - Afternoon In Paris - Airegin - Alfie - Alice In Wonderland - All Blues - All By Myself - All Of Me - All Of You - All The Things You Are - Alright, Okay, You Win - Always - Ana Maria - Angel Eyes - Anthropology - Apple Honey - April In Paris - April Joy - Arise, Her Eyes - Armageddon - Au Privave - Autumn In New York - Autumn Leaves - Beautiful Love - Beauty And The Beast - Bessie's Blues - Bewitched - Big Nick - Black Coffee - Black Diamond - Black Narcissus - Black Nile - Black Orpheus - Blue Bossa - Blue In Green - Blue Monk - Blue Train (Blue Trane) - Blues For Alice - Bluesette - Body And Soul - Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) - Bright Size Life - Broad Way Blues - Broadway - But Beautiful - Butterfly - Byrd Like - C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) - Call Me - Call Me Irresponsible - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Captain Marvel - Central Park West - Ceora - Chega De Saudade (No More Blues) - Chelsea Bells - Chelsea Bridge - Cherokee (Indian Love Song) - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Chippie - Chitlins Con Carne - Come Sunday - Como En Vietnam - Con Alma - Conception - Confirmation - Contemplation - Coral - Cotton Tail - Could It Be You - Countdown - Crescent - Crystal Silence - D Natural Blues - Daahoud - Dancing On The Ceiling - Darn That Dream - Day Waves - Days And Nights Waiting - Dear Old Stockholm - Dearly Beloved - Dedicated To You - Deluge - Desafinado - Desert Air - Detour Ahead - Dexterity - Dizzy Atmosphere - Django - Doin' The Pig - Dolores - Dolphin Dance - Domino Biscuit - Don't Blame Me - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Donna Lee - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Dreamsville - E.S.P. - Easter Parade - Easy Living - Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love) - Ecclusiastics - Eighty One - El Gaucho - Epistrophy - Equinox - Equipoise - Fall - Falling Grace - Falling In Love With Love - Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum - Follow Your Heart - Footprints - For All We Know - For Heaven's Sake - Forest Flower - Four - Four On Six - Freddie Freeloader - Freedom Jazz Dance - Full House - Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - Gemini - Giant Steps - Gloria's Step - God Bless' The Child - Golden Lady - Good Evening Mr. And Mrs. America - Grand Central - Groovin' High - Grow Your Own - Guilty - Gypsy In My Soul - Half Nelson - Have You Met Miss Jones? - Heaven - Heebie Jeebies - Hello, Young Lovers - Here's That Rainy Day - Hot Toddy - House Of Jade - How High The Moon - How Insensitive (Insensatez) - How My Heart Sings - Hullo Bolinas - I Can't Get Started With You - I Can't Give You Anything But Love - I Could Write A Book - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - I Love Paris - I Love You - I Mean You - I Remember Clifford - I Should Care - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - I'll Never Smile Again - I'll Remember April - I'm All Smiles - I'm Beginning To See The Light - I'm Your Pal - Icarus - If You Never Come To Me (Inutil paisagem) - Impressions - In A Mellow Tone - In A Sentimental Mood - In The Mood - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - In Your Quiet Place - Indian Lady - Inner Urge - Interplay - Invitation - Iris - Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) - Isn't It Romantic? - Isotope - Israel - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - It's Easy To Remember - Jelly Roll - Jordu - Journey To Recife - Joy Spring - Juju - Jump Monk - June In January - Just One More Chance - Kelo - Lady Bird - Lady Sings The Blues - Lament - Las Vegas Tango - Lazy Bird - Lazy River - Like Someone In Love - Limehouse Blues - Lines And Spaces - Litha - Little Boat - Little Waltz - Long Ago (And Far Away) - Lonnie's Lament - Look To The Sky - Love Is The Sweetest Thing - Lucky Southern - Lullaby Of Birdland - Lush Life - Mahjong - Maiden Voyage - Man In The Green Shirt - Meditation (Meditacao) - Memories Of Tomorrow - Michelle - Midnight Mood - Midwestern Nights Dream - Milano - Minority - Miss Ann - Missouri Uncompromised - Misty - Miyako - Moment's Notice - Mood Indigo - Moonchild - Mr. P.C. - My Buddy - My Favorite Things - My Foolish Heart - My Funny Valentine - My One And Only Love - My Romance - My Shining Hour - My Ship - My Way - Mysterious Traveller - Naima (Niema) - Nardis - Nefertiti - Never Will I Marry - Nica's Dream - Night Dreamer - Night Train - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Nostalgia In Times Square - Nuages - Oleo - Oliloqui Valley - Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace) - Once In Love With Amy - One Finger Snap - One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So) - Only Trust Your Heart - Orbits - Ornithology - Out Of Nowhere - P.S. I Love You - Paper Doll - Passion Dance - Passion Flower - Peace - Peggy's Blue Skylight - Pent Up House - Penthouse Serenade - Peri's Scope - Pfrancing (No Blues) - Pinocchio - Pithecanthropus Erectus - Portsmouth Figurations - Prelude To A Kiss - Prince Of Darkness - Pussy Cat Dues - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Quiet Now - Recorda-Me - Red Clay - Reflections - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird - Ring Dem Bells - Road Song - Ruby, My Dear - Satin Doll - Scotch And Soda - Scrapple From The Apple - Sea Journey - Seven Come Eleven - Seven Steps To Heaven - Sidewinder - Silver Hollow - Sirabhorn - Skating In Central Park - So Nice (Summer Samba) - So What - Solar - Solitude - Some Day My Prince Will Come - Some Other Spring - Some Skunk Funk - Somebody Loves Me - Sometime Ago - Song For My Father - Sophisticated Lady - Speak No Evil - Standing On The Corner - Stella By Starlight - Steps - Stolen Moments - Stompin' At The Savoy - Straight No Chaser - Stuff - Sugar - Swedish Pastry - Sweet Georgia Bright - Sweet Henry - Take Five - Take The 'A' Train - Tame Thy Pen - Tell Me A Bedtime Story - Thanks For The Memory - That's Amor''' (That's Love) - The Blue Room - The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) - The Green Mountains - The Inch Worm - The Intrepid Fox - The Magician In You - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers (Poem For #15) - The Song Is You - The Sorcerer - The Sphinx - The Star-Crossed Lovers - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - There Is No Greater Love - There Will Never Be Another You - There'll Be Some Changes Made - They Didn't Believe Me - Think On Me - Thou Swell - Three Flowers - Time Remembered - Tones For Joan's Bones - Topsy - Tour De Force - Triste - Tune Up - Turn Out The Stars - Twisted Blues - Unchain My Heart - Uniquity Road - Unity Village - Up Jumped Spring - Upper Manhattan Medical Group (UMMG) - Valse Hot - Very Early - Virgo - Wait Till You See Her - Waltz For Debby - Wave - We'll Be Together Again - Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) - West Coast Blues - What Am I Here For? - What Was - When I Fall In Love - When Sunny Gets Blue - When You Wish Upon A Star - Whispering - Wild Flower - Windows - Witch Hunt - Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl) - Woodchopper's Ball - Woodyn' You - Yes And No - Yesterday - Yesterdays - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - You Are Too Beautiful - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - You Don't Know What Love Is - You Took Advantage Of Me - You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You - Young At Heart

Good quality

I bought it to make me learn more chord variations. You need to like jazz or standards but it’s very useful in that context.

Sehr gute Ergänzung zu Real Book

Pequeno, portátil e de fácil manuseio. Um dos muitos registros que mostra como o americano faz muito bem as convenções das cifras. É um grande atalho. Recomendo.