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100 Must Know Jazz Tunes Consensus List

May 9, 2017 by Steve 12 Comments

I was going through my computer deleting random “bad” photos I have been collecting for years when I found this gem among the photos.  I must have downloaded it while on my phone from Facebook or some other source because I have no recollection of downloading it at all.  I was about to delete it when I […]

Filed Under: Jazz Education Tagged With: 100 best, Jazz Education, jazz standards, jazz tunes, must know list, Real Book

The Real Latin Book Review

June 23, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Anyone who has been following my blog for awhile knows that I can be a bit of a nut when it comes to Real Books.  I love getting new tunes that I have never played and trying them out on gigs.  Sometimes when I do a duo gig for a cocktail hour the piano player […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Hal Leonard, Jazz Improvisation, jazz tunes, Real Latin Book, sheet music

Steve’s Ultimate Real Book

September 7, 2012 by Steve 13 Comments

Back in the 1980’s when I left high school for college I learned of a book called the Real Book that had hundreds of great jazz tunes in it. Up until that point in my life I had never heard of it.   The only tunes I knew were a bunch of Charlie Parker heads and […]

Filed Under: Jazz Education Tagged With: jazz songs, jazz standards, jazz tunes, Real Book

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