REAL EASY BOOK, VOLUME 3 - C EDITION

A Short History of Jazz; C Edition

Various Composers

What is the job of all jazz educators?

--To expose their kids to the wide world of jazz
--To help them to enjoy learning how to improvise
--To help them discover the particular kind of jazz that will inspire them the most.

This fake book/history text will help you do that more than any other single publication available!

Easy, but classic, jazz tunes from all eras and styles of jazz!

--Trad Jazz
--The Swing Era
--Classic Bebop
--West Coast Jazz
--The Blue Note Era
--Contemporary Jazz
--Groove Jazz
--Afro-Cuban and Brazilian Jazz

History text in front of each section describes each era and its musical innovations. These short histories of each style of jazz really give the flavor of each era, as well as a discussion of the contributions of each one to the evolution of the music.

Educational material - Page 2 of each tune includes all the things a band director might need to write out for their students:
--Scales for Soloing
--Piano Voicings
--Complete chorus of a Sample Bass Line
--Guitar Diagrams, etc.

Educational material developed in conjunction with Stanford Jazz Workshop. It works!

Special Features:

--Each era includes both beginning and intermediate level tunes.
--Features 5-10 tunes from each historical era of jazz. The wide variety of styles included means that every jazz combo will be able to find exactly the material that fits their needs.
--Separate horn harmonies parts for some of the Trad Jazz tunes (to give that authentic Dixieland feeling)
--Many extras like sample drum grooves, sample comping patterns, Mark Levine essay on scales and chords, complete discography, great photos,etc.
--Tune selection includes a generous helping of non-swing tunes to help younger players gain a foothold into jazz.

The end result is a multi-dimensional teaching tool that will keep band directors and their students smiling all year long!

200 pages long, THE REAL EASY BOOK - VOL.3 retails for only $25 and is available in C, Bb, Eb and bass clef versions (catalog numbers REB3C, REB3BFLAT, REB3EFLAT, and REB3BASS.)

Contents

Section 1 - TRADITIONAL JAZZ
Alexanders Ragtime Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
Bill Bailey, Wont You Please Come Home? . . . . . . various artists
The Birth Of The Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
St. Louis Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
When Its Sleepy Time Down South . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Armstrong
Section 2 - SWING/BIG BAND ERA
Flying Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lionel Hampton
Night Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
Opus One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
Perdido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artisis
Poinciana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahmad Jamal
Robbins Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois Jacquet
So Rare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists
Things Aint What They Used To Be . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke Ellington
When Lights Are Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benny Carter
Section 3 - CLASSIC BEBOP
Au Privave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Parker
My Little Suede Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Parker
Nows The Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Parker
Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Parker
Rifftide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman Hawkins/Stan Getz
Social Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gigi Gryce/Jon Hendricks
Things Are Getting Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cannonball Adderley/Eddie Jefferson
Section 4 - WEST COAST JAZZ (1950s)
Bernies Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker
Line For Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker
Look For The Silver Lining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerome Kern/Chet Baker
Nights At The Turntable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker
Take Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Desmond/Dave Brubeck
Section 5 - THE BLUE NOTE ERA (1958-1968)
Blue Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coltrane
The Cape Verdean Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horace Silver
Foot Pattin Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lou Donaldson
Idle Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Green
Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coltrane
Lazy Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coltrane
Sayonara Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Horace Silver
Speedball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Morgan
Streamlined Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonny Stitt
Songs As written or played by
Complete List Of Songs
Section 6 - CONTEMPORARY JAZZ (1970s to now)
Highway 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Pasqua
In Your Own Sweet Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Brubeck
Little O In The Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvatore Bonafede
Simone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Foster
Stand For Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Heath
Sweet Georgia Bright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Lloyd/Cannonball Adderley
Three And One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thad Jones
Up Jumped Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freddie Hubbard
Section 8 - GROOVE JAZZ
Eighty One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Carter/Miles Davis
Ill Take Les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Scofield
Sister Cheryl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Williams
Spring Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mongo Santamaria
These Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Stern
This Masquerade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Benson
Unchain My Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Charles
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eddie Harris
Section 8 - BRAZILIAN JAZZ
Favela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Carlos Jobim
Fotografia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Carlos Jobim
Minha Saudade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cannonball Adderley
Não Me Diga Adeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oscar Castro-Neves
Saudade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cannonball Adderley
Si Señora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Bergonzi
Section 8 - AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ
Brisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poncho Sanchez
Chile Con Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poncho Sanchez
Linda Chicana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Levine
Nadie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Wallace
Quindembo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poncho Sanchez
Yellow Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . various artists