On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:42 AM, James Gilbert wrote:
On a side note, I've heard complaints from customers about the Hal
Leonard
'legal' edition of "The Real Book" fakebook. They say it does not
contain
the same titles as the originals and do not have the correct chord
symbols on some songs.
The original Real Book was notorious for having flatly wrong chord
symbols, in addition to errors in melodies and misinterpretations of
chord symbols (like Cm instead of Am7(b5)). The legal Real Book (6th
edition, I think?) was supposed to have corrected some of the more
egregious errors, but it is still far from the thoroughly researched
quality of Sher's New Real Book. Publishing being what it is, it was
probably impossible to clear some of the titles from the original
illegal Real Book when they tried to go straight, thus the differences
in repertoire.
One feature that the Sher books have is original chords marked (as the
composer wrote them) and commonly-used substitutes either above or in
parentheses. In a few cases they actually have a new page with a
popular version by someone other than the composer (Bill Evans and
Miles Davis are the most popular re-interpreters of standards cited).
This way you can compare Brubeck's original version of "In Your Own
Sweet Way" with Miles Davis' version, and use the one you prefer (in my
case, Miles' version.)
If your clients want "tasty" chord changes, rather than the original
harmonisation, you should direct them to the late and lamented Frank
Mantooth's book The Best Chord Changes For The Best Standards Ever,
which has some interesting and playable chords that are not always like
the originals.
Christopher
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