Re: [Harp-L] fake book sale

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not exactly. The original "Real Books," which came out of the Berklee
College jazz school, were also illegal. The first legal "Real Book" was Hal
Leonard's *Real Book Sixth Edition.*


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:59 AM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> They were originally called Fake Books....years ago they circulated
> amongst the jazz community and they were slightly illegal, as they didn't
> pay any royalty rights to the powers that be....
>
>
> The Real Book is a legitimate fake book in which the lawyers dotted all
> the i's and crossed all the t's before publishing the music.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Kane <hawkeyekane@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: philharpn <philharpn@xxxxxxx>; harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 12:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] fake book sale
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>
>  LOL
>
> Are they actually titled "Fake Book"? If so, that's interesting because in
> the
> jazz realm, there's a big book of jazz standards called "The Real Book"
> that
> jazz troupes carry like a bible.
>
>
>                           Hawkeye Kane
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