Over 100 of the best-known tunes taken from 11 of the most acclaimed fake books out there, The Best Of Sher Music compiles a diverse range of the most essential songs for C instruments that you need to know. At long last, a compilation of tunes taken from the world-famous fake books from Sher Music. Every book in the Real Books series contains a dizzying number of jazz standards and contemporary records all arranged in an accurate and easy-to-read engraving. Now these books have been combed for the best songs which have been placed into this edition. So with The Best Of Sher Music , you know you're only getting the greatest songs. Featuring transcriptions of some of the best jazz songs ever recorded, this book is truly invaluable for any serious or casual jazz musician. The book is helpfully divided into sections so that you can easily find your favourite song, or just choose a style to learn. The jazz standards and bossa nova section contains songs like Perdido and The Midnight Sun . Within the bebop section there are those virtuosic compositions like Ornithology, Scrapple From The Apple and Yardbird Suite by the incomparable Charlie Parker. The contemporary jazz section holds the key to a number of more recent compositions and those from more exotic locations. So you need one of the Sher Music's renowned fake books, but don't know which one to get? Why not pick up The Best Of Sher Music Real Books and get the best of the best to advance your practising and your performing.
A Remark You Made [Zawinul, Joe]
Along Came Betty [Golson, Benny]
Angel Eyes [Bennett, Tony]
Anthropology [Gillespie, Dizzy] [Parker, Charlie]
Bags' Groove [Jackson, Milt]
Beautiful Love [Young, Victor]
Bebop Lives [Davis, Miles]
Bernie's Tune [Miller, Bernie]
Big P [Heath, Jimmy]
Birdland [Zawinul, Josef]
Blame It On My Youth [Levant, Oscar] [Heyman, Edward]
Blues For Alice [Parker, Charlie]
Bolivia [Walton, Cedar]
Born To Be Blue [Torme, Mel] [Wells, Robert]
Broken Wing [Beirach, Richie]
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Cold Duck Time [Harris, Eddie]
Day By Day [Cahn, Sammy] [Stordahl, Axel] [Weston, Paul]
Dear Old Stockholm [Varmeland]
Django [Lewis, John]
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me [Ellington, Duke]
Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington, Duke]
Eighty One [Davis, Miles] [Carter, Ronald]
Elsa [Zindars, Earl]
Falling Grace [Swallow, Steve]
Fantasy In D [Walton, Cedar]
Farmer's Market [Farmer, Art]
Favela [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Forest Flower [Lloyd, Charles]
Freedom Jazz Dance [Harris, Eddie]
Giant Steps [Coltrane, John]
Groove Merchant [Richardson, Jerome]
Half Moon Lane [Brecker, Michael]
Hi-Fly [Weston, Randy]
How My Heart Sings [Zindars, Earl]
I Mean You [Monk, Thelonious]
I Should Care [Cahn, Sammy] [Stordahl, Axel] [Weston, Paul]
I'll Catch You [Scofield, John]
I'll Take Les [Scofield, John]
Impressions [Coltrane, John]
In Your Own Sweet Way [Brubeck, Dave]
It's The Talk Of The Town [Livingston, Jerry] [Symes, Marty] [Neiburg, A. J.]
Jeannine [Pearson, Duke]
Joshua [Feldman, Victor]
Killer Joe [Golson, Benny]
La Samba [Obiedo, Ray]
Leaving
Little Sunflower [Hubbard, Freddie]
Look To The Sky [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy [Adderly, Nat]
Monk's Mood [Monk, Thelonious]
Moonlight In Vermont [Blackburn, John] [Suessdorf, Karl]
Mr. P.C. [Coltrane, John]
Naima (Niema) [Coltrane, John]
Nature Boy [King Cole, Nat]
No Me Esqueca [Henderson, Joe]
Nothing Personal [Grolnick, Don]
Once I Loved [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Ornithology [Parker, Charlie]
Peace [Silver, Horace]
Perdido [Ellington, Duke]
Pools [Grolnick, Don]
Pursuance [Coltrane, John]
Quiet Now [Zeitlin, Denny]
Road Song [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)]
Room 608 [Silver, Horace]
Ruby, My Dear [Monk, Thelonious]
Sail Away [Harrell, Tom]
Sambadouro [Mendes, Sergio]
Satin Doll [Ellington, Duke]
Scrapple From The Apple [Parker, Charlie]
Seven Steps To Heaven [Davis, Miles] [Feldman, Victor]
Shiny Stockings [Foster, Frank]
Someone To Light Up My Life [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [De Moraes, Vinicius]
Song For My Father [Silver, Horace]
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most [Wolf, Tommy] [Landesman, Fran]
Stablemates [Golson, Benny]
Strollin' [Silver, Horace]
Sugar [Turrentine, Stanley]
Teaneck
The Masquerade Is Over [Wrubel, Allie & Herb Magidson]
The Midnight Sun [Hampton, Lionel] [Burke, Sonny]
The Peacocks [Rowles, Jimmy]
There Is No Greater Love [Davis Jr, Sammy]
There Will Never Be Another You [Warren, Harry]
This Is New [Weill, Kurt] [Gershwin, Ira]
This Masquerade [Benson, George]
Three Little Words [Kalmar, Bert] [Ruby, Harry]
To Wisdom The Prize [Hargrove, Roy]
Triste [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Unit Seven [Jones, Sam]
Up Jumped Spring [Hubbard, Freddie]
Very Early [Evans, Bill]
Wabash III [Scofield, John]
Walkin' [Carpenter, Richard]
Waltz For Debby [Evans, Bill]
Wave [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
We'll Be Together Again [Fischer, Carl] [Lane, Frankie]
Whisper Not [Golson, Benny]
Yardbird Suite [Parker, Charlie]
You Know I Care [Pearson, Duke]
Along Came Betty [Golson, Benny]
Angel Eyes [Bennett, Tony]
Anthropology [Gillespie, Dizzy] [Parker, Charlie]
Bags' Groove [Jackson, Milt]
Beautiful Love [Young, Victor]
Bebop Lives [Davis, Miles]
Bernie's Tune [Miller, Bernie]
Big P [Heath, Jimmy]
Birdland [Zawinul, Josef]
Blame It On My Youth [Levant, Oscar] [Heyman, Edward]
Blues For Alice [Parker, Charlie]
Bolivia [Walton, Cedar]
Born To Be Blue [Torme, Mel] [Wells, Robert]
Broken Wing [Beirach, Richie]
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Cold Duck Time [Harris, Eddie]
Day By Day [Cahn, Sammy] [Stordahl, Axel] [Weston, Paul]
Dear Old Stockholm [Varmeland]
Django [Lewis, John]
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me [Ellington, Duke]
Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington, Duke]
Eighty One [Davis, Miles] [Carter, Ronald]
Elsa [Zindars, Earl]
Falling Grace [Swallow, Steve]
Fantasy In D [Walton, Cedar]
Farmer's Market [Farmer, Art]
Favela [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Forest Flower [Lloyd, Charles]
Freedom Jazz Dance [Harris, Eddie]
Giant Steps [Coltrane, John]
Groove Merchant [Richardson, Jerome]
Half Moon Lane [Brecker, Michael]
Hi-Fly [Weston, Randy]
How My Heart Sings [Zindars, Earl]
I Mean You [Monk, Thelonious]
I Should Care [Cahn, Sammy] [Stordahl, Axel] [Weston, Paul]
I'll Catch You [Scofield, John]
I'll Take Les [Scofield, John]
Impressions [Coltrane, John]
In Your Own Sweet Way [Brubeck, Dave]
It's The Talk Of The Town [Livingston, Jerry] [Symes, Marty] [Neiburg, A. J.]
Jeannine [Pearson, Duke]
Joshua [Feldman, Victor]
Killer Joe [Golson, Benny]
La Samba [Obiedo, Ray]
Leaving
Little Sunflower [Hubbard, Freddie]
Look To The Sky [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy [Adderly, Nat]
Monk's Mood [Monk, Thelonious]
Moonlight In Vermont [Blackburn, John] [Suessdorf, Karl]
Mr. P.C. [Coltrane, John]
Naima (Niema) [Coltrane, John]
Nature Boy [King Cole, Nat]
No Me Esqueca [Henderson, Joe]
Nothing Personal [Grolnick, Don]
Once I Loved [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Ornithology [Parker, Charlie]
Peace [Silver, Horace]
Perdido [Ellington, Duke]
Pools [Grolnick, Don]
Pursuance [Coltrane, John]
Quiet Now [Zeitlin, Denny]
Road Song [Montgomery, John L. (Wes)]
Room 608 [Silver, Horace]
Ruby, My Dear [Monk, Thelonious]
Sail Away [Harrell, Tom]
Sambadouro [Mendes, Sergio]
Satin Doll [Ellington, Duke]
Scrapple From The Apple [Parker, Charlie]
Seven Steps To Heaven [Davis, Miles] [Feldman, Victor]
Shiny Stockings [Foster, Frank]
Someone To Light Up My Life [Jobim, Antonio Carlos] [De Moraes, Vinicius]
Song For My Father [Silver, Horace]
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most [Wolf, Tommy] [Landesman, Fran]
Stablemates [Golson, Benny]
Strollin' [Silver, Horace]
Sugar [Turrentine, Stanley]
Teaneck
The Masquerade Is Over [Wrubel, Allie & Herb Magidson]
The Midnight Sun [Hampton, Lionel] [Burke, Sonny]
The Peacocks [Rowles, Jimmy]
There Is No Greater Love [Davis Jr, Sammy]
There Will Never Be Another You [Warren, Harry]
This Is New [Weill, Kurt] [Gershwin, Ira]
This Masquerade [Benson, George]
Three Little Words [Kalmar, Bert] [Ruby, Harry]
To Wisdom The Prize [Hargrove, Roy]
Triste [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
Unit Seven [Jones, Sam]
Up Jumped Spring [Hubbard, Freddie]
Very Early [Evans, Bill]
Wabash III [Scofield, John]
Walkin' [Carpenter, Richard]
Waltz For Debby [Evans, Bill]
Wave [Jobim, Antonio Carlos]
We'll Be Together Again [Fischer, Carl] [Lane, Frankie]
Whisper Not [Golson, Benny]
Yardbird Suite [Parker, Charlie]
You Know I Care [Pearson, Duke]
| Arrangement | C Instruments |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Format | Instrumental Album |
| Media | Book(softcover, stapled), Sheet Music |
| Series | Real Books |
| Publisher | Sher Music |
| Contributors | Various Artists (Artist) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781883217570 |