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| A new book about the European jazz Sher Music Co. published The European Real Book, featuring tunes by all of Europe's greatest jazz composers, including Michel Petrucciani, Florian Ross, Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, Nguyen Le, Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Bruford, Tommy Smith, Enrico Rava, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Barbara Dennerlein, Claus Ogerman, Django Reinhardt, Enrico Pieranunzi, Tim Garland and almost 100 others. Publisher Chuck Sher says, “For sheer beauty, this is the single greatest fake book I have ever published. And the people you have never heard of are the most amazing ones in the book!” The European Real Book has all the features musicians have come to expect from Sher Music's world-class books---100% accurate composer-approved charts, easy-to-read manuscript, great tune selection, and many extra features like sample bass lines, chord voicings, rhythm section hits, harmony parts, an extensive drum appendix, etc. Jazz educator Mark Levine says, “At last! The New Real Book goes global with the hippest jazz tunes from Paris, London, Barcelona, Rome, Warsaw, Amsterdam...” write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |