"Just Jazz" a REALLY real book

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	• Just Jazz Real Book, C Edition (Real Books) Warner Bros. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Exactly the Right Book

Of all the fake books I have worked with, this is the one I find most easy to use. There are lots of reasons (good spiral binding, nice selection, nice font, etc.) but the most important is that THE CHANGES ARE GOOD! Exactly as the authors claim, they have given the right chord changes for the tunes (both original and recommended variations). The JUST STANDARDS companion volume is good to have as well, for the same reason. When I first started buying fake books (which are expensive!) I wish someone had told me to get this one. It makes learning and playing the tunes much easier. I recommend this very highly.

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Nice distillation!

This book is a distillation of jazz pieces from the full "Real Book" (which is a legit copy of the true Real Book) This means you don't have to buy so many volumes of the Real Book to get the jazz piece you want. Since the pieces are literally copied from the larger collection, you get the same errors that occur in that one. My only major gripe is that it's comb bound instead of spiral bound and it tends to be sort of awkward to flip around in. If it's anything like my Real Book I imagine pages will start coming out fairly quickly (which is of course great for Alfred!)

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Harmonic turnarounds

The other reviews published here are well earned. My one reservation: whoever arranged the harmonic turnarounds at the end of sections of most of these tunes or at the finish of a tune, used the simple VIm7-IIm7-V7-IMaj7 progression. It seems like the arranger merely "plugged in" these turnaround harmonies. Although these harmonies "work," I would have liked more variety in the harmonies at the turnaround points.

"Just Jazz" a REALLY real book

I played from this book at a friend's party and told my wife "THAT'S what I want for Christmas!!" It took two years, but she found it on Amazon this Christmas.
I'm a former professional musican (12 years) and a lifetime amateur. I love playing jazz on both my piano and alto sax. I have a small collection of musician fake books in both pop and jazz tunes, and "Just Jazz Real Book" is undoubtedly one of the finest! Aside from the easy reading manuscript style, very reminiscent of the better hand-written jazz scores, the tunes are more diverse than the usual book of OLD standards. I like the fact that some songs offer alternate, hipper, chords. On piano, I frequently move in and out of the alternate chords to dress up my solos.
I recommend this book for the professional gigger as well as the player with their own piano bar in the rec room. Excellent!

Bob Dickson

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250 Songs · Just Classic Jazz Standards · Just The "Right" Changes · Suggested Chord Substitutions · Lyrics Included · Extensively Cross-Referenced · Discography

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