A-NO-NE Music wrote:
I heard RealBook is now legal.
In Boston, there used to be only one music store who kept them under the
counter, and you have to ask for it, while there was another guy, who
sits by Berklee building, who looks like a bum or a street drunk, who
sells you RealBook only if you approach. Now all the music stores in
Boston put it on their show window including Berklee bookstore.
Around here, that RealBook is the only practical fake book. We had a
gig with a new pianist, who brought 8 fake books which didn't include
that RealBook. You can guess the rest of the story.
The original Real Book is still illegal since no royalties are paid.
There are several different "Real" books which various publishers have
out (Sher and Hal Leonard are most notable, although Warner Brothers has
some fake books which use "Real" in the title) but none reproduces the
original contents exactly -- Hal Leonard's "Real Book" is missing
something like 150 tunes from the original Real Book, for which they
substituted other jazz and standards tunes.
--
David H. Bailey
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