The Real Book: Sixth Edition |  | Author: Hal Leonard Corporation
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Media: Plastic Comb
Edition: 6th
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Pages: 462
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9 x 1
MPN: 240221
Model: 240221
ISBN: 0634060384
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
UPC: 073999683059
EAN: 9780634060380
ASIN: 0634060384
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Product Description
The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces.Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for this edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time!
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 More Legal and More Useful November 15, 2004
Mr. Biscuit (MA USA)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
This "sixth edition" is a welcome sight. At this price it's more affordable to musicians, and you don't need to feel like you're buying some pot from the music store by asking for it in hushed tones.
The differences between this and the bootleg fifth edition Real Book are substantial - many tunes are incompatable between the two, so you cannot mix the books as you could with older editions of the Real Book. But as this new one contains the correct changes and forms (including those notorious missing 4 bars in Desafinado, the correct changes for Dolphin Dance, and the omission of the mystery "turnaround" we've long ignored in the 4th bar of the bridge of Satin Doll) it's really a better book for new players, and will be enlightening to say the least for veteran players who've been playing these songs wrong all these years.
Not all the songs are here: some, like the Zappa and Sun Ra tunes, obviously were not cleared by the copyright owners; others which never are really played are omitted as well, like "Perfect Love". What replaces them are tunes which are far more useful to the gigging player, classic standards and others which were never in the Real Book but should have been. An internet search will easily turn up the tune list - if you absolutely need the tunes not in there anymore, you're out of luck unless you keep your old copy too.
I don't think the transposed versions are available at this writing. Of course, if you can transpose that's no bother at all. Hopefully they will be out soon. Once they are, this can truly replace the illegal book at about half the cost and with more useful tunes for the player.
No honor among thieves... still ! ! ! ! May 24, 2005
Eddie Landsberg (Tokyo, Japan)
38 out of 41 found this review helpful
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 !
Song list December 16, 2007
G. Venolia (Seattle, WA USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
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
Excellent legal revision of a classic! February 4, 2006
Trevis Rothwell (United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The old illegal Real Book was fantastic, except, of course, for the fact that it was illegal. Many young jazz musicians (and probably some not-so-young) learned how to play the jazz classics from this book. . . and the book itself probably played a role in which tunes became classics in the first place.
I have generally not been a fan of Hal Leonard's fake books, but I must say I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened up their revision of the Real Book. The notation appears to be computer-printed, but using a nice handwritten-style font, but much of the text and the chord symbols seem to be truly handwritten (perhaps by the same person who wrote them in the illegal book).
This revision is missing some of the tunes from the old Real Book, such as anything written by Dave Holland or Dave Brubeck, and Pat Metheny's exercises from the end of the book. It is also missing pointers to albums where you can hear the tunes, which I always thought was a nice touch in the old Real Book.
Nevertheless, Hal Leonard has done a very good job here, and I fully expect that their new legal Real Book series will largely supplant the old Real Book in many venues, especially jazz education.
Contents available at Hal Leonard web site December 31, 2006
liberal music fan (Austin, TX United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Some reviewers of this and other books in ths "Real Book" series have commented that the contents of the books are not provided. However, if you check the Hal Leonard website, you will find the list of songs included in each volume. (You'll have to do an internet search because the website address can not be posted here.) I found this particularly helpful and I suspect others will, too. These are great volumes and they are LEGAL versions, so the songwriters actually receive royalties on their work, as they should.
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