which are the better Real Books?

[amado]

Hello again, all.

I've been trying to figure out which set of Real Books to invest in.

The old Berklee Real Books have been the standard for years, but are A) illegal and B) sometimes innacurate.

The New Real Books published by Sher are legal and accurate, but A) are they in wide enough use to be "standard," and B) have they got the "right" tunes in them?

I'm going to go get one set or the other. Which do you think, and why? I appreciate your feedback.

Yours,
Amado

[Pete B]

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but in central PA everybody uses the old real books, inaccuracies and all. If you're going to be an on call musician, you either need the tunes to be in your head (ideal - but I don't have that much brain) or you need to have the old illegal real books in your gig bag.

[amado]

Thanks for the feedback, Pete.

When I've heard from half a dozen people or so, I'll probably make a decision then. So, anyone else?

-A

[Seba]

The standards real book is really a must-have, so is the new realbook volume I. Especially the latter has some great tunes (many modal tunes by Shorter and Miles, a lot of Bill Evans, some great latin songs, good standards, some be-bop from Bird and Dizzy, ...)

[solarjazzband]

I have the old, illegal realbook (shhht, don't tell :D ), and I've the new realbooks volumes 1 and 2.
But I like the old realbook more, because in that are real standards, the most-played. and the other 2 (and vol. 3 too), are also more new music, and more difficult, and they're not played on jamsessions or something. So I prefer the old.

(btw what instrument do you play?)

[amado]

I've gotten my hands on the tables of contents of the New Real Books, all three volumes, and of the old Real Book, volume 1. More I will not admit. :D

(The old Real Book quality is not great - I wonder if the book is circulating in different qualities, depending on how many generations away the copy is.)

It's too bad for Sher Publishing, and for the industry, that their New Real Books don't have more of the same tunes as are in the old Real Book volume 1. If you want to stamp out the illegal books, you've got to replace them with superior alternatives. I find the New Real Books better, but unfortunately they don't work as replacements.

Would I just need volume 1 of the old Real Book, or are any other volumes important to have as well? And, how would I be able to tell if I'm looking at the latest "edition" of volume 1?

I'm a vocalist, keyboardist (I like Organ Jazz and my Rhodes Electric Piano sounds best), and composer/songwriter. My keyboard chops need the most work, but I'm coming along. When not at my local area Jazz jams (and there are few), I play and sing in a Blues band. I find it's helping, actually.

Yours,
Amado

[Pete B]

I carry all 3 of the old realbooks in my gigbag, but that's because the leader in my regular group uses all three. There are some great tunes in them, especially vol 2. However, vol 2 is also probably the most inaccurate - some very suspect changes on some tunes. I think vol 1 would get you through most jam sessions no problem.

Ironically, I suspect that through its prevelance the realbook tends to dictate repertoire.

[Rooster_Ties]

I've never seen a list of the tunes in the "old" Real Books, vols 2 or 3.

Don't suppose this list is available on line, by any chance??? I'd be curious to see what's in 'em.

(I've got vol 1 of the old Real Book. I don't play, but did toy with jazz piano years ago in college. Might pick it up again, someday. Getting a piano might help, I suppose. ;) )

[amado]

Not only repertoire, but also performance. What I've read is that a third and fourth generation of Jazz musicians are performing and recording some standards "wrong," i.e. according to the way they are in the old Real books, inaccuracies and all. "But I heard XYZ Jazz Band do that tune and, according to the way they play it, this Real book is exactly right!" That's 'cause they learned it wrong, out of that book.

That's part of the reason I like the new books... they're said to be carefully researched and edited. Plus they're printed nice and clean. Too bad about the song selection. Maybe I'll just be stubborn and bring copies of the charts I want used to gigs, give them as gifts to musicians I think I'll wind up working with. I like specifying some of my own substitutions, anyways.

I was lucky, when I was introduced to Jazz I had my repertoire jump-started by people who weren't just working out of the old Real Books. Maybe, in my tiny little scene here, I have a chance to sugest my own repertoire. If there was some great Jazz jam scene here and it were more critical that I get a really good reputation within it, it sounds like the old Real Books would be the way to go.

Hey, thanks for the feedback, all. Anyone else, please feel free to chime in. There's just 4 of us here so far, we could be wrong.

Yours,
Amado

[amado]

Originally posted by Rooster_Ties
Don't suppose this list is available on line, by any chance??? I'd be curious to see what's in 'em.

Hello Rooster,

Okay, 5 of us. We're posting at the same time. :cool:

Um, as far as on-line is concerned, initially I had a devil of a time finding anything.

Oh... I just read you more carefully. You're not asking about downloading books, just a list of songs. Yeah, I'd be interested in seeing the list, too. Anyone?

According to warnings posted on this site, I shouldn't discuss with you how it might be possible to obtain copies of these illegal books, or illegal copies of legal books. It's a good site, I wouldn't want to get its owners in trouble. Even if I did, I wouldn't have much to say. As I was searching, if I had given up on Google and switched my search methods, I might have found that these files are not nearly as readily available as even some of the more obscure *.mp3s you might find. As I say, devil of a time.

I can look thru the tables of contents that I have for 4 books so far and find more tunes than I know what to do with. If you combine the TOCs of the 3 New Real Books and compare that with the first old Real Book, there's plenty overlap. But there are still a decent number of songs that even I, with my limited experience, feel are missing. I'm sure that goes both ways, but I haven't looked.

If I could talk to Sher Publishing, I'd ask - why not copy the song selection in the old Real Books more closely? (Maybe because someone was lobbying for songs to be included/excluded from repertoire?) If there was 80% or 90% overlap, I'm sure the New books would quickly become the new standard. Oh well.

Yours,
Amado

[subcitizen]

I have Real Books 1-3, New Real Books 1-3, the Colorado Cookbook, and various other fakebooks on CD. Shhhh.

-andrew

[El Gaucho]

firstly, there is nothing to worry about. You can talk about the illegal books as much as you want and post sites no one cares....

I'd REALLY be interested to see the TOC if you have it man, just tell me or pm it to me.

At the same time, I have found errors myself in the old realbook, but i feel that they are pretty much irrelevant. With most tunes, i usually hear them, or try to hear them before i play them, and often times its pretty easy to spot the errors.

As with bop, i find that the old realbook is highly lacking in that regard, but if u complement it with a Omnibook, u should be set.

[kingclockic]

I have Real Books 1-3, New Real Books 1-3, the Colorado Cookbook, and various other fakebooks on CD. Shhhh.

-andrew

Hey same here. I got mine from some students from Stanford. ITs so cool. My favorite is the Bill Evans Fake book. I think the CD is really cool except its a pain to have to print out each one...

[lorenzini]

I have that CD

We can :duel for it :tearhair:

[Giant Steps]

You guys might want to check this out:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0634060384/qid=1096826885/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-5081926-8271863?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Here's Mark Sabatella's review.

I just picked up a copy of "The Real Book (Sixth Edition)", published by
Hal Leonard, and have spent the last few hours going through it. For
those who don't know, this is a LEGAL fakebook that has just been
released (September 2004) and represents the first real attempt to
provide a true replacement for the old illegal "Real Book". Sure, there
have been other legal fakebooks published, including the fine "New Real
Book" series from Sher Music, but these made no attempt to duplicate the
song selection in the original "Real Book", and because of this, it
simply doesn't work to use one of those other books if everyone else you
are playing with is using the old "Real Book". You would end up with
only a very tunes in common, and in some cases, the changes and even
keys would be different enough that it still wouldn't work. It's fine
if everyone has one of the newer books, yet because so many people
already have the "Real Book" (fifth edition, mostly), there remains a
real demand for the "Real Book" among players wishing to play with the
musicians who use it. And yet, because the "Real Book" was produced
illegally and pays no royalties for the compositions in it, as well as
because of numerous errors in the book, many have felt the need for a
better replacement for the original. I feel this is a very important
issue, and hence I am devoting quite a bit of time to this review.

Before I go any further, I should say that, as some of you may know,
some years ago I had toyed with the idea of producing a legal
replacement for the "Real Book" myself. Just to clarify, I got nowhere
on that project, and have no involvement whatsoever with this new book
from Hal Leonard. So you can take my comments here as being reasonably
objective.

My first overall comment: this is one slick production, in a consciously
"retro" sort of way. They copied the original cover (replacing the
phrase "Fifth Edition" with "Sixth Edition"). They copied the original
foreward, merely adding a single paragraph to the end saying that this n
ew edition "contains tunes that are re-arranged, re-transcribed, and
most importantly, licensed". The transcriptions and even the song
titles appear to have been written by the same person who wrote the
original, or someone doing a pretty good imitation. And the text -
titles, chord symbols, and other markings - were definitely produced by
hand, as you can see by comparing different occurences of a single
letter. The notes themselves may have been done with something like the
"Jazz" font, though. The book is just as cryptic as the original
regarding its own origin - there are no "editor's notes" or credits of
any kind. And the advertisement for other Hal Leonard fakebooks in the
back is in keeping with overall low-tech feel.

Now, the first thing you are likely to notice as you look closer is that
the song list is *not* identical to the original. It's pretty close,
though, and for every tune I wish was there but isn't, there are several
new tunes that I'm really glad to see. The full table of contents can
be found on Hal Leonard's site if you are curious. I'd post a link but
their site seems to use forms or some other sort of technology that
makes the link awkward and not likely to work. Do a Google search
instead; that's how I found it.

For the most part, the tunes missing are ones that are hardly ever
played. Sorry, no "A Call For All Demons" or "General Mojo's Well Laid
Plan", or any of the "Hotel Hello" pieces. I can live with that for the
most part. Although there are a few tunes that arguably fall in that
category that I nonetheless am sorry to see gone - some tunes by
respected composers like Dave Holland (Four Winds, Conference of the
Birds), Chick Corea (La Fiesta, Open Your Eyes You Can Fly) and Keith
Jarrett (The Raven, Spiral Dance). I suppose everyone is going to have
their own list of otherwise obscure tunes they wish hadn't been cut.
Note they didn't cut *all* of these kinds of tunes, however. We still
get Doin' The Pig, Man In The Green Shirt, Some Skunk Funk, and others
that are hardly ever played, including some personal favorites of mine
like Falling Grace. Litha, and Memories Of Tomorrow.

There are a few *standards* that are conspicuously absent, though, and I
have to imagine this was because of licensing issues. Why else would
one choose to leave out A Foggy Day, Alone Together, As Time Goes By,
Green Dolphin Street, In Your Own Sweet Way, Just Friends, Night And
Day, The Shadow Of Your Smile, Some Other Time, Spring Is Here, They
Can't Take That Away From Me, Walkin', or What Is This Thing Called
Love? On the other hand, take a good look at that list. I can't say I
was painstakingly thorough about it, but in going through the table of
contents, those were the *only* songs I found missing that more that two
people reading this have probably played in the last year. A few others
that are a little less commonly played, but will presumably still be
more widely missed - Fables of Faubus, Goodbye Porkpie Hat, Hassan's
Dream, Jinrikisha, Little B's Poem, Little Niles, Pee Wee, Pensativa,
Played Twice, Serenade To A Cuckoo, and Wildflower. So OK, add your
personal handful of favorite obscure tunes that were left out, and we
probably still have less than thirty tunes missing. Versus *hundreds*
the books have in common. As far as potentially replacing the "Real
Book" goes, I think the missing tunes are going to end up being a
non-issue.

Consider also what you get in return. I said for every tune you miss,
there are several new ones will be glad to see. I am not kidding.
Perhaps the most surprising thing to me in this book is how many
additional tunes they were able to put in without losing the feel that
this is supposed to be a replacement for the "Real Book", and just how
welcome a lot of those new tunes will be.

The list of new tunes is actually longer than I care to type, but I'll
mention some high points. There are crowd-pleaser tunes with some
blues, jump swing, or even rock connections: Alright OK You Win, Black
Coffee, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby,
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Night Train, Unchain My
Heart. There are classic swing era tunes: In The Mood, A String Of
Pearls, Woodchopper's Ball. There are great standards we all love on
recordings but don't play so much for no good reason other than the fact
they weren't in the original "Real Book": Dreamsville, For All We Know,
I Love Paris, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, My Shining Hour,
When You Wish Upon A Star, Young At Heart. Quite a few others that
probably aren't are well known or loved, but could turn out to be:
Always, Call Me Irresponsible, Dedicated To You, Dream A Little Dream Of
Me, It's Easy To Remember, Lady Sings The Blues, Some Other Spring,
Sunday Kind Of Love, Thou Swell. There are some jazz classics like Agua
De Beber, Byrd-like, Chitlins Con Carne, Full House, I Wish I Knew How
It Would Feel To Be Free, Miss Ann, Nuages, Only Trust Your Heart,
Passion Flower, Ruby My Dear, The Old Country. And just a bit of
schmaltz - My Way, Thanks For The Memory, That's Amore, Wives & Lovers.

Further good news regarding these new tunes - they are for the most part
not the ones found in the original "Real Book" volumes 2 & 3. And
according to the blurb on the back page, Hal Leonard is putting out its
own version of these volumes as well.

Next, there is the matter of the charts themselves. In general, they
are produced at the same level of detail as the original "Real Book", in
terms of including intros, endings, interludes, background figures,
kicks, etc. Which is to say less than the Sher books but more than most
other fakebooks. There are a few places where they added a little more
of that kind of material (bass line to All Blues, intro and interlude to
Con Alma), and others where they for some reason removed what was there
in the original "Real Book" (background parts to Interplay, intro to
What Was). I haven't had time to really check out each chart one by
one, but in most cases, it seems if the chart wasn't seriously broken,
they left it alone. But they fixed most of the really egregious errors.
Blue Train is moved to the right key with the right changes, Desafinado
gets four bars added back to its bridge, Django gets its solo section,
Round Midnight gets a wholesale replacement of its changes, Waltz for
Debby gets the correct bass line and its missing bars back in the last
section, Well You Needn't Gets the right pickups and Monk's original
bridge. Some tunes are just moved back to their original keys - C#
minor for Equinox, Bb for Straight No Chaser, B minor for Windows. Some
tunes just get relatively minor fixes that satisfy a lot of pet peevs
with the original "Real Book" - the first chord of Blue In Green, the
turnaround to Footprints, a couple of chords in Four, the beginning of
the bridge of I Could Write A Book. Some tunes don't get the full
treatment I would have prefered to see - Israel still bears little
resemblance to the original Miles recording, Nica's Dream is still
missing the intro, interlude, and ending.

Of course, you have to be careful about any changes you make if you want
the charts to be compatible with the original "Real Book", and many of
the corrections I mentioned above will actually cause problems if you
have half the band using one chart and half the band using the other. I
think it would have been much better had Hal Leonard included footnotes
on the charts noting the tunes that really are not compatible at all,
like the tunes where the key or length of the form has changed, or where
basically every single chord is just wrong. They also could have
included the original Real Book changes in parentheses for tunes with
small but significant changes. As it is, you can take my list above as
a starting point in at least noting where the significant discrepancies
are, so you can make notes yourself by comparing to the original "Real
Book", should you be in a situation where you play with musicians using
the older book.

All in all, though, I would have to say that as a book to substitute for
the "Real Book", it's going to be more than adequate, and considering
how cheap it is, I am hopefuly this will happen pretty quickly. The
handful of tunes missing are hardly worth worrying about. The folks who
are msot likely to complain about their absence are the ones who know
the tunes already, anyhow. Original "Real Book" owners who are worried
that people who buy the new book won't be able to play those few tunes
with them can always photocopy the few relevant pages and carry them
around. The charts with significant corrections might lead to a train
wreck here and there the first time you encounter them, but just be
prepared to take notes on what errors the original "Real Book" had so
you can play along with them, and give the corrections to the people
using the wrong charts as well.

Furthermore, independently of how good a replacement for the original
"Real Book" this is, it looks to be a great book on its own. The tune
selection is probably better than any other single book out there -
almost certainly better than anything you'd find for $25. So even if
you couldn't care less about compatibility with the "Real Book" and were
just wondering what fakebook to buy as a first fakebook, this would be
the one I'd recommend. It's also a no-brainer, I think, for someone who
already has a decent selection of legal fakebooks, again, regardless of
whether compatibility with the "Real Book" is a concern or not. The
only question is whether people who already own the "Real Book" would
find this worthwhile. Some will decide it is just for ethical reasons -
finally rewarding the composers of the music they have been playing
already. Others may appreciate the fixes. Fakebook junkies may find it
worthwhile just for the few new tunes they don't already ahve elsewhere.
The price is definitely right for encouraging people to buy it who might
otherwise be hesitant.

By the way, I have no idea who actually did the work on this new
fakebook. Was there any involvement from the people who created the
original "Real Book"? How are they able to sell this book so cheap
($25), compared to other fakebooks of similar size? I get the sense
there must have been a cooperative effort to make this book happen. I
think the story behind it would be fascinating, and I hope to hear it
some day.

-Sam

[Vibeman]

I have a CD that has many Fake Books on it also. Not quite extensive as JazzAddict but nonetheless a lot of books. I have found that the book most used by jammin or periodic gigging musicians is the original Real Book or the sixth addition original Real Book. While all the other books arae great and serve a purpose, there always tends to be a mixup or confusion if the same book is not used by everyone. So now I have to get the $25 6th ed. Real Book. Yeah, there is a site to get it. Got to look it up again.

:cool:
Vibeman

[jazzbluescat]

I get Sher publications and avoid H. Leonard's stuff if at all possible.

[Blowhard]

I recommend the old real books. Here is a combined list of all the songs in real books 1 & 2.


Title Bk Page
"C" Jam Blues R2 55
#728 R2 312
12-4 2-4/Duplicities R1 128
502 Blues R1 153
52nd Street Theme R2 93
A Child is Born R1 2
A Family Joy R1 4
A Fine Romance R1 3
Ablution R2 1
Affirmation R2 2
African Flower R1 8
Afro Blue R1 9
Afternoon In Paris R1 10
Aifegin R1 11
Airmail Special R2 3
Alfie R1 10001
Alfie's Theme R2 4
Alice In Wonderland R1 12
All Alone R2 5
All Blues R1 13
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm R2 6
All In Love Is Fair R1 14
All My Tomorrows R1 15
All Of Me R1 16
All Of You R1 17
All The Things You Are R1 18
Alone Together R1 19
Altoitis R2 7
Ana Maria R1 20
And Now, the Queen R1 22
And On the Third Day R1 23
Angel Eyes R1 24
Another Star R2 8
Anthropology R1 25
April R2 10
April In Paris R1 26
April Joy R1 27
April Skies R2 9
Arise Her Eyes R1 28
Armageddon R1 30
Around Again R1 ??
As Time Goes By R1 31
Ask Me Now R2 12
Au Privave R1 32
Autumn In New York R1 33
Autumn Leaves R1 36
Avalon R2 13
Ay, Arriba! R1 34
Backstage Sally R2 14
Bags and Trane R2 15
Bags' Groove R2 16
Ballet R1 37
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are R2 20
Barbados R2 17
Barbara R2 18
Basin Street Blues R2 19
Batterie R1 38
Be Bop R2 21
Beautiful Love R1 39
Beauty and the Blast R1 40
Beethoven's Blue 3rd R2 20
Beneath It All R1 41
Bessie's Blues R1 42
Better Git It In Your Soul R2 22
Bewitched R1 43
Beyond All Limits R2 23
Big Nick R1 44
Big P R2 404
Billie's Bounce R2 24
Bills' Hit Tune R2 405
Birdland R2 26
Birk's Works R2 37
Birth of the Blues R2 25
Bitter Suite In the Ozone R1 45
Black and Tan Fantasy R2 28
Black Diamond R1 46
Black Monday R1 10002
Black Narcissus R1 47
Black Nile R1 48
Black Orpheus R1 49
Blessed Relief R1 50
Bloomdido R2 29
Blue A La Mode R2 32
Blue And Sentimental R2 30
Blue Bossa R1 51
Blue Comedy R1 52
Blue In Green R1 53
Blue Monk R1 54
Blue Moon R2 31
Blue Room R1 55
Blue Seven R2 33
Blue Silver R2 35
Blue Train R1 58
Blues By Five R2 33
Blues Connotation R2 32
Blues For Alice R1 57
Blues For Philly Joe R2 34
Blues For Wood R2 34
Blues In the Closet R2 36
Bluesette R1 56
Body and Soul R1 59
Bohemia After Dark R2 406
Bood Bait R2 123
Boogie Stop Shuffle R2 38
Booker's Waltz R2 39
Boplicity R1 60
Boston Marathon R1 61
Bouncing With Bud R2 40
Brainville R1 62
Branilian Beat R2 41
Brian's Song R2 42
Bright Boy R2 43
Bright Moments R2 44
Bright Size Life R1 64
Brillian Corners R2 45
Broadway Blues R1 65
Brown Skin Girl R2 46
Brownout R1 66
Budo R2 47
Bud's Bubble R2 48
Bunko R2 49
Buster Rides Again R2 37
But Beautiful R1 67
But Not For Me R2 50
Butterfly R1 68
Bye Bye Blackbird R2 51
Byrdlike R2 407
Call For All Demons, A R1 1
Can't We Be Friends R2 52
Canyon Song R1 72
Captain Marvel R1 70
Caravan R2 53
Careful R2 54
Careless Love R2 55
Catch Me R2 56
Central Park West R1 156
Ceora R1 73
C'est What R2 57
Chameleon R2 58
Chase R2 59
Chasin' the Train R2 62
Cheese Cake R2 60
Chega De Saudade R1 74
Chelsea Bells R1 76
Chelsea Bridge R1 77
Cherokee R1 78
Chicken Feathers R1 79
Children's Song R1 80
Chippie R1 85
Circle R2 61
Colors of Chloe R1 82
Come Rain Or Come Shine R2 63
Come Sunday R1 88
Comin' Home Baby R2 64
Como En Vietnam R1 86
Con Alma R1 89
Conception R1 90
Conference of the Birds R1 91
Confessin (That I Love You) R2 65
Confirmation R1 92
Contemplation R1 10003
Cookin' R2 66
Cool Blues R2 64
Coral R1 93
Corcovado (Quite Night of Stars) R1 94
Core R2 66
Cork 'n Bib R2 70
Cottontail R1 95
Could It Be You R1 96
Countdown R1 97
Country Roads R1 98
Cousin Mary R2 62
Crazeology R2 67
Crescent R1 99
Criss Cross R2 68
Crystal Silence R1 100
Cute R2 69
Daahoud R1 101
Dancing On the Ceiling R1 102
Darn That Dream R1 103
Day In Vienna R2 71
Day Waves R1 106
Days and Nights Waiting R1 104
Days Of Wine And Roses R1 105
De Pois De Amor O'Vazio R1 110
Dear Old Stockholm R1 108
Dearly Beloved R1 107
Decision R2 408
Deep Purple R2 72
Delores R1 109
Deluge R1 116
Desafinado R1 112
Desert Air R1 113
Dewey Square R2 73
Dexterity R1 117
Diane R2 74
Dindi R2 75
Disguise, Sphinx R1 10004
Django R1 120
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me R2 77
Do You Know What It Means R2 80
Doin' the Pig R1 118
Dolphin R1 121
Dolphin Dance R1 122
Domingo R2 76
Domino Biscuit R1 123
Donna Lee R1 124
Don't Blame Me R1 125
Don't Get Around Much Anymore R1 126
Down for Double R2 78
Doxy R2 79
Drive R2 81
Duff R2 70
Duke R1 127
E.K.'s Blues R2 92
E.S.P. R1 141
Early Autumn R2 82
Easy Living R1 129
Easy To Love R1 130
Ecclusiastics R1 131
Eclypso R2 83
Eiderdown R1 132
Eighty One R1 134
Einbahnstrasse R2 92
El Gaucho R1 135
Elizete R1 136
Elora R2 84
Embraceable You R2 85
Empathy R1 137
Enchance R2 86
Epilogue R2 87
Epistrophy R1 138
Equinox R1 139
Equipoise R1 140
Evening In Concert R2 88
Everything I Have Is Yours R2 89
Exercise #3 R1 142
Exercise #6 R1 143
Eye Of the Hurricane R2 90
Ezz-thetic R2 91
Fables of Faubus R1 144
Fall R1 146
Falling Grace R1 147
Falling In Love With Love R1 148
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum R1 149
Feelings and Things R1 150
Feels So Good R2 94
Fields We Know R1 151
First Moves R2 96
First Trip R2 97
Five Brothers R2 98
Five Hundred Miles High R1 152
Five Spot After Dark R2 104
Flags R1 156
Flim Flam R2 99
Flintstone's Theme R2 100
Flower Is a Lonesome Thing R2 101
Fly By Night R2 102
Fly Me to the Moon R2 106
Flying Home R2 105
Foggy Day, A R1 6
Follow Your Heart R1 154
Fools Rush In R2 107
Footprints R1 157
For Heavens Sake R1 159
For Minors Only R2 108
Forest Flower R1 158
Fortune Smiles R1 160
Four R1 161
Four Brothers R2 109
Four On Six R1 162
Four Winds R1 163
Fox Hunt R2 110
Freddie Froo R2 111
Freddie the Freeloader R1 164
Free R2 116
Free Cell Block "F", Tis Nazi U.S.A. R2 112
Freedom Jazz Dance R1 165
Friday the 13th R2 113
Funk Dumplin R2 104
Funky R2 116
Games People Play R2 117
Gary's Waltz R1 166
Gemini R1 167
General Mojo's Well Laid Plan R1 168
Gentle Rain R1 169
Gentle Rain R2 122
Gentle Wind and Falling Tear R2 118
Georgia R2 119
Get Out Of Town R2 120
Gettin' It Togetha' R2 117
Ghost Of A Chance R2 121
Giant Steps R1 170
Girl From Ipanema R1 171
Girl Talk R2 122
Gloria's Step R1 172
God Bless the Child R1 173
Golden Lady R1 174
Golden Notebooks R2 124
Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America R1 176
Goodbye Porkpie Hat R1 175
Grand Central R1 178
Green Dolphin Street R1 179
Green Mountains R1 180
Gregory Is Here R2 126
Groove Merchant R2 128
Groove Yard R2 129
Groovin' High R1 181
Groovy Samby R2 130
Grow Your Own R1 182
Hackensack R2 131
Half Nelson R1 184
Hallucinations R2 132
Happy Little Sunbeam R2 133
Harlequin R2 136
Hassan's Dream R1 185
Have You Met Miss Jones R1 186
Havona R2 134
Head and Shoulders R2 137
Heaven R1 187
Hello R2 140
Hello, You Lovers R1 188
Henninger Flats R1 190
Here's That Rainy Day R1 191
Here's That Sunny Day R2 138
Herzog R1 192
Hey There R1 194
Hi Beck R2 141
Hi Fly R2 407
Ho-Ba-La-La R2 142
Hocus Pocus R2 143
Hold Out Your Hand R1 195
Horacescope R2 146
Horizon R2 144
Hotel Hello R1 198
Hotel Overture R1 196
Hotel Vamp R1 197
House of Jade R1 201
How High the Moon R1 202
How Insensitive R1 203
How My Heart Sings R1 204
Hullo, Bolinas R1 205
Hummin' R2 147
Humpty Dumpty R2 148
I Believe In You R2 150
I Can't Get Started R1 208
I Could Write a Book R1 209
I Cover the Waterfront R2 152
I Get A Kick Out Of You R2 158
I Got It Bad R1 213
I Hear a Rhapsody R2 160
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart R1 214
I Love You R1 215
I Mean You R1 219
I Remember Clifford R1 235
I Remember You R2 169
I Should Care R1 237
I Thought About You R2 174
I Will Wait For You R2 179
Icarus R1 206
Ice Cream Konitz R2 149
Ictus R1 38
Ida Lupino R1 210
Idol Gossip R2 153
If I Loved You R2 154
If I Should Lose You R2 155
If I Were a Bell R2 156
If You Could See Me Now R2 157
If You Never Come to Me R1 212
I'll Remember April R1 218
I'm A Fool To Want You R2 161
I'm Afraid R1 10006
I'm All Smiles R1 216
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You R2 163
I'm Your Pal R1 221
Imagination R2 162
Impressions R1 220
In A Mellow Tone R1 222
In A Sentimental Mood R1 223
In Case You Haven't Heard R2 164
In Pursuit of the 27th Man R2 167
In Walked Bud R2 168
In Your Own Quiet Place R1 233
In Your Own Sweet Way R1 232
Incentive R2 165
Inchworm R1 224
Indian Lady R1 225
Indiana R2 166
Inner Urge R1 229
Inside In R1 226
Interplay R1 230
Intrepid Fox R1 231
Invitation R1 234
Iris R1 236
Is It Really True? R2 171
Island Birdie R2 170
Isn't It Romantic R1 238
Isotope R1 239
Israel R1 240
It Could Happen To You R2 172
It Don't Mean a Thing R1 241
It Had To Be You R2 173
It Might As Well Be Spring R2 175
It's a Raggy Waltz R1 242
It's Only a Paper Moon R2 175
I've Found a New Baby R2 178
Jackie R2 179
Jaco R2 180
Je Ne Sais Pas R2 182
Jeannine R2 181
Jelly Roll R1 243
Jinrikisha R1 244
Jitterbug Waltz R2 184
Jody Grind R2 183
Jordu R1 245
Jorgie's R2 186
Journey to Recife R1 246
Joy Spring R1 247
Joy To the World R2 188
Joyce's Samba R2 187
Ju-Ju R1 248
Jump For Me R2 189
Jump Monk R1 250
Jumping With Symphony Sid R2 188
June 15th, 1967 R1 252
Just a Few R2 190
Just A-sittin' and A-rockin' R2 191
Just Friends R1 249
Just In Time R2 192
Just the Way You Are R2 194
Just You, Just Me R2 193
Kary's France R2 196
Katrina Ballerina R2 197
KELO R1 10005
Kentucky Oysters R2 198
Kicker R2 198
Kids Are Pretty People R2 199
Killer Joe R2 200
La Fiesta R1 254
La Nevada Blues R2 206
Lady Bird R1 256
Lady's Blues R2 201
Lakes R2 202
Lament R1 257
Las Vegas Tango R1 258
Last Page R2 204
Laura R2 203
Lazy Bird R1 259
Leila R2 207
Lennie-Bird R2 227
Lennie's Pennies R2 208
Leroy the Magician R1 260
Lester Leaps In R2 209
Let's Cook One R2 210
Liberated Brother R2 211
Lie Awake R1 261
Lies R2 212
Light as a Feather R2 213
Like Someone in Love R1 262
Like Sonny R2 214
Limbo R2 206
Limehouse Blues R1 263
Litha R1 264
Little B's Poem R1 266
Little Chicago Fire R2 215
Little Niles R1 267
Little Rootie Tootie R2 409
Little Sunflower R2 216
Little Waltz R1 270
Liturgy R1 268
Locomotion R2 217
Lone Jack R2 218
Lonely Dreams R2 220
Long Ago and Far Away R1 272
Long As You Know You're Living Yours R1 271
Lonnie's Lament R1 273
Look To the Sky R1 274
Looking Back R1 275
Love For Sale R2 222
Love Vibrations R2 225
Lover R2 221
Lover Man R2 224
Lucky Southern R1 276
Lullaby of Birdland R1 277
Lunar Tune R2 408
Lush Life R1 278
Lydian April R2 226
Magician In You R1 280
Maiden Voyage R1 281
Make Someone Happy R2 228
Mallet Man R1 282
Man I Love R2 229
Man In the Green Shirt R1 284
Manteca R2 410
Masquerade R2 230
May Dance R1 287
May-Reh R2 231
Meditation R1 288
Mellow Mood R2 232
Memories of Tomorrow R1 289
Memories Of You R2 233
Memphis Underground R1 305
Menina Flor R2 234
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy R2 235
Mevlevia R1 290
Michelle R1 292
Midnight Modd R1 293
Milano R1 294
Miles Ahead R2 236
Minor Mishap R2 237
Minor Mood R2 238
Minority R1 295
Misty R1 296
Miyako R1 297
Moak's Shop R2 239
Moanin' R2 240
Modesty Blues R2 241
Mojoong R1 286
Molten Glass R1 298
Moment's Notice R1 299
Monk's Mood R2 234
Monk's Sphere R2 243
Montage R1 300
Mood Indigo R1 301
Moon Germs R1 302
Moon Glow R2 244
Moon Rays R2 245
Moonchild R1 93
Moontrane R2 246
Moose the Mooche R2 247
More I See You R1 303
Morning R2 248
Moten's Swing R2 249
Mother of the Dead Man R1 304
Move R2 250
Moving Out R2 251
Mr. Broadway, Theme From R2 252
Mr. Clean R2 227
Mr. Jin R1 10007
Mr. Jones R2 253
Mr. Magic R2 254
Mr. P.C. R1 305
Mr. Sims R2 255
Mrs. Miniver R2 256
Muezzin' R2 257
My Favorite Things R1 306
My Foolish Heart R1 307
My Funny Valentine R1 308
My Little Boat R1 309
My Little Suede Shoes R2 258
My Old Flame R2 259
My One and Only Love R1 310
My Romance R1 311
My Ship R1 314
Mysterious Traveler R1 312
Mystic Touch R2 243
Naima R1 315
Nancy Joe R2 265
Nardis R1 316
Nature Boy R2 260
Nearness Of You R2 261
Nefertiti R1 317
Never Will I Marry R1 318
New Thing R2 262
Nica's Dream R1 319
Night And Day R1 320
Night Dreamer R1 321
Night Has a Thousand Eyes R1 322
Night In Tunisia, A R1 7
Nimbus R1 323
No Me Esqueca R2 263
No Moe R2 264
No Splice R2 268
Nonsequence R1 324
North Atlantic Run R2 266
Nostalgia In Times Square R1 326
Now's the Time R2 265
Nutville R2 269
Off Minor R2 270
Oh, Lady Be Good! R2 271
Old Devil Moon R2 272
Oleo R1 327
Olhos De Gato R1 328
Olinoqui Valley R1 10008
On A Clear Day R2 273
On for Daddy-o R2 278
On the Stairs R2 277
On the Trail R2 270
Once I Loved R1 329
Once In A While R2 274
One By One R2 275
One Finger Snap R1 330
One Foot In the Gutter R2 276
One Note Samba R1 331
Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly R1 332
Opus De Funk R2 278
Orbits R1 334
Ornithology R1 335
Our Love Is Here To Stay R2 279
Out Back of the Barn R2 280
Out of Nowhere R1 336
Oye Como Va R2 403
Palo-Alto R2 282
Pannonica R2 281
Passion Dance R1 337
Patterns R2 284
Peace R1 340
Peaches En Regalia R1 338
Pearlie's Swine R1 341
Pee Wee R1 342
Peggy's Blue Skylight R1 343
Pennies From Heaven R2 286
Penny Arcade R2 287
Pensativa R1 344
Pent-Up House R1 346
People Will Say We're In Love R2 292
Perdido R2 288
Perdido Line R2 290
Perfect Love, Jamala R1 10010
Peri's Scope R1 347
Petite Fleure R2 293
Petits Machins R2 294
Pfrancing (No Blues) R1 348
Phase Dance R2 296
Pick Yourself Up R2 295
Pinocchio R1 349
Pithycanthropus Erectus R1 350
Plain Jane R1 10009
Played Twice R1 351
Polka Dots and Moonbeams R2 297
Portrait of Jennie R2 298
Portsmouth Figurations R1 352
Pragression R2 299
Preacher R2 300
Prelude To A Kiss R1 353
Prince of Darkness R1 354
Pursuance R2 300
Pussy Cat Dues R1 355
Quicksilver R2 301
Quiet Now R1 356
Ramblin' R2 307
Raven R1 357
Real Guitarist R1 358
Recado Bossa Nova R2 302
Recordame R1 359
Red Clay R1 362
Red Cross R2 303
Reflections R1 10011
Remark You Made R2 304
Resolution R1 363
Rhythm-a-Ning R2 309
Rincarnation of a Lovebird R1 360
Road Song R1 10012
Robbin's Nest R2 306
Round Midnight R1 364
Round Trip R2 307
Rubberneck R2 308
Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers R1 365
Saint James Infirmary R2 325
Salt Peanuts R2 310
Samba Du Bois R2 311
Same Shame R1 366
Sandu R2 312
Satin Doll R1 367
Scene Is Clean R2 411
Scotch 'n Soda R1 368
Scrapple From the Apple R1 369
Sea Journey R1 370
Self Portrait in Three Colors R1 372
Semblence R1 373
Senor Mouse R1 374
September In The Rain R2 313
September Song R2 314
Serenade to a Cuckoo R1 377
Serenade to a Soul Sister R2 316
Serene R2 315
Serenity R2 319
Seven Come Eleven R1 378
Seven Steps to Heaven R1 379
Seventeen West R2 317
Shades of Light R1 380
Shadow Of Your Smile R1 381
Shiny Stockings R2 318
Short Riff R2 356
Short Stop R2 322
Shutter Bug R2 322
Sidewinder R1 382
Simone R2 321
Sing Me Softly of the Blues R1 383
Sippin' at Bell's R2 325
Sister Sadie R2 324
Skating In Central Park R1 384
Sleeping Bee R2 412
Slipped Disc R2 326
Sliver's Serenade R2 320
Slow Hot Wind R2 328
Slowly Gone, Bygone R1 385
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes R2 329
So What R1 399
Softly as a Morning Sunrise R2 330
Solar R1 386
Solitude R1 387
Some Other Blues R2 319
Some Other Time R1 389
Some Skunk Funk R1 390
Someday My Prince Will Come R1 388
Someone To Watch Over Me R2 331
Sometime Ago R1 392
Son of Mr. Green Genes R1 396
Song R1 393
Song for Bilbad R2 332
Song For My Father R1 394
Song for My Lady R2 317
Song Is You R1 395
Sophisticated Lady R1 397
Sorcerer R1 398
Soul Eyes R2 333
Soultrane R2 334
Sound Lee R2 335
Space Circus Part 1 R1 400
Space Circus Part 2 R1 402
Speak Like A Child R2 336
Speak Low R2 337
Speak No Evil R1 404
Spiral R2 338
Sprial Dance R1 405
Spring can Really Hang You Up the Most R2 339
Spring Is Here R1 406
St. Louis Blues R2 342
St. Thomas R2 315
Star Eyes R2 341
Star-Crossed Lovers R1 407
Stardust R2 340
Stella By Starlight R1 408
Steps R1 409
Stolen Moments R1 410
Stompin' At The Savoy R1 411
Straight Life R2 343
Straight, No Chaser R1 412
Strayhorn 2 R2 344
Strode Rode R2 345
Strollin' R2 346
Struttin' With Some Bar-B-Q R2 347
Stuff R1 413
Sub-Conscious-Lee R2 348
Sugar R1 414
Summer In Central Park R2 349
Summer Knows R2 350
Summer Samba R1 415
Summer Time R2 323
Sunshine Express R2 351
Swedish Pastry R1 416
Sweeping Up R1 200
Sweet Georgia Bright R1 417
Sweet Georgia Brown R2 353
Sweet Henry R1 418
Sweet Rain R1 419
Sweetest Sounds R2 352
Swingin' Shepherd Blues R2 323
Syeeda's Song Flute R2 354
Tadd's Delight R2 357
Take Five R1 420
Take the "A" Train R1 421
Taking A Chance On Love R2 358
Tame Thy Pen R1 422
Tangerine R2 359
Tautology R2 360
Teenie' Blues R2 361
Tell Me a Bedtime Story R1 424
Tenderly R2 362
Tenor Madness R2 376
Theirs Tears R2 363
Theme From Mr. Broadway R2 252
There is No Greater Love R1 423
There Will Never Be Another You R1 426
These Foolish Things R2 364
They Can't Take That Away From Me R1 427
Things Ain't What They Used To Be R2 365
Things to Come R2 366
Think On Me R1 428
This I Dig of You R2 367
Three Base Hit R2 413
Three Flowers R1 429
Thriving On a Riff R2 368
Thumper R2 356
Tickle-Toe R2 369
Till There Was You R2 370
Time After Time R2 371
Time Remembered R1 432
Tippin' R2 372
Toad's Place R2 374
Tomorrow's Destiny R2 373
Tones for Joan's Bones R1 430
Tough Talk R1 433
Train Samba R1 434
Trance R1 435
Trane's Blues R2 376
Triste R1 436
Tune-up R1 437
Turn Around R2 377
Turn Out the Stars R1 438
Twisted R2 361
Two Not One R2 378
Unquity Road R1 439
Up Jumped Spring R1 440
Upper Manhattan Medical Group R1 441
Valse Hot R1 10013
Vashkar R1 442
Very Early R1 443
Virago R1 444
Vonetta R2 379
Wait Till You See Her R1 445
Walk Tall R2 382
Walkin' R1 446
Walkin' Shoes R2 380
Walk'in Thing R2 381
Walkin' Thing R2 381
Wall Street R2 383
Walter L. R1 447
Waltz R1 448
Waltz for a Lovely Wife R1 449
Waltz for Debby R1 450
Waltzin' R1 451
Watch What Happens R2 384
Water Colors R2 385
Watersign R2 386
Wave R1 452
Way You Look Tonight R2 388
Webb City R2 414
Weekend Blues R2 389
We'll Be Together Again R1 453
Well You Needn't R1 454
Wendy R2 390
West Coast Blues R1 455
What Am I Here For R1 456
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life R1 457
What Is This Thing Called Love R1 460
What Was R1 458
What's New R2 391
When I Fall In Love R1 461
When Lights Are Low R2 392
When Sunny Gets Blue R1 462
Where Are You R1 463
Whisper Not R2 393
Who Can I Turn To R2 394
Whopper R2 395
Wildflower R1 464
Willow Weep for Me R2 396
Windows R1 466
Wings of Karma R1 468
Witch Hunt R1 469
Woody 'n You R1 470
Work Song R2 399
Wow R2 397
Wrong Is Right R2 398
Yana Amina R2 400
Yardbird Suite R2 401
Yes or No R1 471
Yesterday R1 472
Yesterdays R1 473
You are the Sunshine of My Life R1 474
You Are Too Beautiful R1 475
You Better Leave It Alone R2 399
You Don't Know What Love Is R1 476
You Stepped Out Of A Dream R2 402
You Took Advantage Of Me R1 477
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To R2 403

[Brett]

i have the 3 old real books along with Jazz LTD

Jazz LTD (also illegal) contains "over 500 tunes the real books missed".

This would cover all of the extras in the hal leanord sixth edition plus heaps more

ive got these all in pdf.... if you google it they are not to hard to find.... just use 'pdf' in your search.

[jazz_man]

The orginal Real Book vol. 1 is by far the most heavily used book for gigs and jam sessions, although it really helps to have most of those tunes in vol 1. memorized. Vol. 2 is used to a lesser degree, but many of the chord changes, melodies, and rhythms are just completely wrong...not even close. You kind of get the impression that these were transcription exercises completed by Berklee summer session students that were never graded or corrected! I think they tried to make up for many of their past sins with Vol 3. which uses notation software and is not hand-written.

I really am a great fan of the Sher publications and own Volumes 1-3, The World's Greatest, plus the Standards only Volumes. They are meticulous and well thought out. I'm hoping these will someday replace the orginal Real Books, although I'm getting a copy of the Leonard version of the Real Volume Vol. 1 our of curiousity.

[jazzbluescat]

........ I'm getting a copy of the Leonard version of the Real Volume Vol. 1 our of curiousity.

Let me/us know how it is. I have a couple of H. Leonard publications: The Real Jazz Book and The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook and they're sloppy, no thought, just reprinted from old compilation, lousy alphabetical order.

[edrowland]

I had my first trainwreck on the new Hal Leonard Real Book a couple of weeks ago. The 5th and 6th edition bridge changes for Well You Needn't are different. Half the band was playing off 5th edition changes, and half off 6th edition changes. :-/ The 6th edition changes are better. But different. Well. It was a relatively controlled trainwreck. Let's just say that the bridges were extra extra Monk.

I really like the Real Book 6th edition, but I still haven't managed to find Bb or Eb versions of the same. I've had a standing order in for them for a while now, but my local music store can't order them through their distributer. Has anyone seen the mythical Eb and Bb 6th edition books yet?

[jazz_man]

Let me/us know how it is. I have a couple of H. Leonard publications: The Real Jazz Book and The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook and they're sloppy, no thought, just reprinted from old compilation, lousy alphabetical order.

The Lenoard edition showed up in the mail today, and I spent maybe an hour or so puttering around and thumbing through it. All and all its a much improved version over the orginal. I spot checked some of the tunes for corrections, notable the "C" section in A Night in Tunisa, Oleo, Blue Train, and they've repaired problems.

There are a few omissions from the orginal, On Green Dolphin Street, The Days of Wine and Roses, Just Friends, and a few others I'm sure, but these are tunes which can be memorized without too mush grief. There are also a few additions which were nice: The Most Beautiful Girl, All By Myself, When You Wish Upon A Star...

I own (unfortunately) and have seen some of the other H Leonard fakebooks and for the most part they are crap, and you would be better off transcribing the tunes from recordings.

It was only $16.50 + S&H thru Amazon, which is very reasonable, so I would recommend it.

I had my first trainwreck on the new Hal Leonard Real Book a couple of weeks ago. The 5th and 6th edition bridge changes for Well You Needn't are different. Half the band was playing off 5th edition changes, and half off 6th edition changes. :-/ The 6th edition changes are better. But different. Well. It was a relatively controlled trainwreck. Let's just say that the bridges were extra extra Monk.

That's an amusing story and I'm glad to hear that's happened to others also! :elephant: I tried playing the two versions at the same time and its actually kind of a cool sort of bitonality. The 6th addition is true to Monk.

[falconfighter]

I've been thinking of working up a companion sorta thing to the 6th edition realbook, with all the missing tunes. Does anyone have a list of tunes that are in 5th, but not 6th??

[Hazza]

Off the top of my head;

The Dave Holland Charts (Four Winds, Conference Of The Birds)
Salt Peanuts?
Green Dolphan Street
Agitation?
Some of the Coltrane charts? Spiral?

I have the 6th with me now if anyone wants to compare I can type up the list...

[senorblues]

I have the real vocal book. It's great and about 95% of the chords are right

[sclarky]

Check fake book index


http://www.seventhstring.co.uk/fbindex.html

New Real Book Vol 1 - Chuck Sher
New Real Book Vol 2 - Chuck Sher
New Real Book Vol 3 - Chuck Sher
Standards Real Book - Chuck Sher
The Real Easy Book - Chuck Sher
The Real Easy Book Volume 2 - Chuck Sher
The Latin Real Book - Chuck Sher
The All Jazz Real Book - Chuck Sher
The World's Greatest Fake Book - Chuck Sher
Aebersold Play-A-Long Series
The Definitive Jazz Collection - Hal Leonard
The Real Little Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - Hal Leonard
Thelonious Monk Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Ultimate Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Best Fake Book Ever 1st edition - Hal Leonard
The Best Fake Book Ever 2nd edition - Hal Leonard
The Best Fake Book Ever 3rd edition - Hal Leonard
The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book - Hal Leonard - Herb Wong
The Real Jazz Standards Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Real Jazz Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Real Jazz Classics Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Best Chord Changes For The World's Greatest Standards - Frank Mantooth
The Best Chord Changes For The Most Requested Standards - Frank Mantooth
The Best Chord Changes for the Most Popular Songs - Frank Mantooth
The Best Chord Changes for the Best Known Songs - Frank Mantooth
The Best Chord Changes for the Best Standards Ever - Frank Mantooth
Champ Champagne 'Real Chord Changes' series - Hal Leonard
A Jazz Chord Book - Lionel Grigson
Latin Fakebook - Warner Bros
Just Standards Real Book - Warner Bros
Just Jazz Real Book - Warner Bros
Real Jazz Book - Warner Bros
The BbEbop Book - Music Sales
100 Jazz & Blues Greats - Wise Publications
The Jazz Sourcebook 2 - Wise Publications
Professional Pianist's Fakebook - Lee Evans
Professional Chord Changes And Substitutions - Dick Hyman
All The Right Changes - Dick Hyman
101 Latin Hits For Buskers - Wise Publications
The Pat Metheny Songbook - Hal Leonard
The Music Of John Coltrane - Hal Leonard
Charles Mingus - More Than A Fake Book - Hal Leonard
The Kenny Barron Collection - Hal Leonard
Abbey Lincoln Songbook - Hal Leonard
Bill Evans Fake Book - Hal Leonard
Charlie Parker Omnibook - Atlantic Music
Straight Ahead Jazz Fakebook - Gerard and Sarzin
Bebop Pianists - Gerard and Sarzin
Ragtime & Early Jazz - 1900-1935 - Jazz Bible Series - Hal Leonard
The Swing Era - 1936-1947 - Jazz Bible Series - Hal Leonard
Jazz of the '50s - Jazz Bible Series - Hal Leonard
The AB Real Book - Associated Board
Pocket Changes Volume 1
Pocket Changes Volume 2
[Hal Leonard] Real Book Vol 1
[Hal Leonard] Real Book Vol 2
[Old] Real Book Vol 1 *
[Old] Real Book Vol 2 *
[Old] Real Book Vol 3 *
[Old] Vocal Real Book *
Satanic Changes *

[TheSeanKelly]

I really like the Real Book 6th edition, but I still haven't managed to find Bb or Eb versions of the same. I've had a standing order in for them for a while now, but my local music store can't order them through their distributer. Has anyone seen the mythical Eb and Bb 6th edition books yet?

I've seen bass clef, for what its worth

[ridgeback]

I have one of the Sher books and it looks pretty good, but I can't vouch for how many folks use it. It was recommended by my teacher.

[lorenzini]

The Real Books Sixth Edition (vol. 1 & vol. 2) are the best books to come out in a long time...

I just got vol. 2 and it has some great tunes that aren't in any other real books.