The Ultimate jazz fakebook

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M1366 .U48 1988 c. 2
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Summary

(Fake Book). This must-own collection includes 635 songs spanning all jazz styles from more than 9 decades from traditional to swing to modern jazz, carefully chosen chords with common practice chord substitutions, lyrics to accomodate vocalists, easy-to-read music, and composer and performer indexes. Songs include: Maple Leaf Rag * Basin Street Blues * A Night in Tunisia * Lullaby of Birdland * The Girl from Ipanema * Bag's Groove * I Can't Get Started * All the Things You Are * and many more! Editions also available in B-flat and E-flat.

Contents

A felicidade -- AC-DC current -- Across the alley from the Alamo -- After hours -- After you've gone -- Afternoon in Paris -- Ah-leu-cha (also known as "Ah lev cha") -- Ain't misbehavin' -- Air mail special -- Airegin -- All about Ronnie -- All blues -- All of me -- All of you -- All or nothing at all -- All the things you are -- Along came Betty -- Alright, okay, you win -- Amapola (Pretty little poppy) -- Amazing grace -- Among my souvenirs -- And all that jazz -- Angel eyes -- Another hairdo -- Apple core -- Apple honey -- Aren't you glad you're you -- As catch can -- Au privave -- Autumn leaves (Les feuilles mortes) -- Baby, won't you please come home -- Bags' groove -- Bags' new groove -- A ballad -- Ballin' the jack -- Barbados -- Basin Street blues -- A beautiful friendship -- Be-bop -- Bernie's tune --

Bess you is my woman -- The best is yet to come -- The best things in life are free -- Bewitched -- Big P -- Bill Bailey -- Billie's bounce (also known as Bill's bounce) -- Bird feathers -- Birdland -- Birds of a feather -- The blessing -- Bloomdido -- Blue 'n boogie -- Blue in green -- Blue and sentimental -- Blue champagne -- Blue haze -- Blueberry Hill -- Blues in the closet -- Blues in the night -- Bluesette -- Blues for Pablo -- Body and soul -- Boogie woogie (The original) -- Boblicity (Bebop lives) -- Born to be blue -- The breeze and I -- Bud's blues -- Budo -- But beautiful -- Button up your overcoat -- Buzzy -- Bye bye blackbird -- Bye bye blues -- C.C. Rider -- Caldonia (what makes your big head so hard?) -- Can't help lovin' dat man -- Candy -- The Cape Verdean blues -- Carioca -- Carolina moon -- The cat walk --

The champ -- Charmaine -- Chasing the bird -- Chega de saudade (No more blues) -- Chelsea Bridge -- Cherokee (Indian love song) -- Cheryl -- Choo choo ch'boogie -- The Christmas song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire) -- Close as pages in a book -- Come rain or come shine -- Come Sunday -- Comes love -- Confirmation -- A cottage for sale -- Count every star -- Crazy rhythm -- Cry me a river -- Cute -- D.C. farewell -- Daahoud -- Darn that dream -- A day in the life of a fool (Manha de carnaval) -- Dearly beloved -- 'Deed I do -- Desafinado (Slightly out of tune) -- Dewey Square -- Dinah -- Dizzy atmosphere -- Django -- Do nothin' till you hear from me -- Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? -- Don't explain -- Don't get around much anymore -- Don't let the sun catch you cryin' -- Don't take your love from me -- Donna Lee --

Doodlin' -- Down by the riverside -- Doxy -- The duke -- The earl -- Early autumn -- East of the sun (and west of the moon) -- Easy to love -- Ecaroh -- Elsa -- The end of a love affair -- Ev'ry time we say goodbye -- Everybody loves my baby (but my baby don't love nobody but me) -- Everything happens to me -- Everything's coming up roses -- Exactly like you -- Falling in love with love -- Festive minor -- Fever -- Fiesta in blue -- Fine and mellow -- A fine romance -- Flamingo -- Fly me to the moon (in other words) -- Flying home -- A foggy day -- Fool that I am -- Footprints -- For all we know -- For every man there's a woman -- For sentimental reasons -- For you, for me, for evermore -- Four -- Four brothers -- Four others (Lighthouse) -- Frankie and Johnny -- Fried bananas -- From this moment on -- Frosty the snow man --

Gee baby, ain't I good to you -- Get out of town -- Getting to know you -- (I don't stand) a ghost of a chance (with you) -- The girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) -- The glory of love -- The glow worm -- God bless' the child -- Goin' out of my head -- Gone with the wind -- Good bait -- The good life -- A good man is hard to find -- Goodbye pork pie hat -- Greensleeves -- Groovin' high -- Guess who I saw today -- The gypsy -- Half nelson -- Hallelujah I love him (her) so -- Happy talk -- Harlem nocturne -- Harold's house of jazz -- Haunted heart -- Have you met Miss Jones? -- Hello, Dolly! -- Hello, young lovers -- Here's that rainy day -- Hi-fly -- High society -- Honeysuckle Rose -- Hooray for love -- How high the moon -- How insensitive -- I can't get started --

I can't give you anything but love -- I concentrate on you -- I could have danced all night -- I could write a book -- I cover the waterfront -- I cried for you -- I didn't know what time it was -- I don't know why (I just do) -- I don't want to set the world on fire -- I got plenty o' nuttin' -- I left my heart in San Francisco -- I love Lucy -- I love Paris -- I love you -- I loves you Porgy -- I remember Clifford -- I remember Duke -- I remember when (Si tu vois me mere) -- I see your face before me -- I should care -- I will wait for you-- I wish you love -- I won't dance -- I'll always be in love with you -- I'll be around -- I'll be seeing you -- I'll get by (as long as I have you) -- I'll never smile again -- I'll remember April -- I'll take romance -- I'll walk alone -- I'm beginning to see the light -- I'm confessin' that I love you --

I'm glad there is you -- I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter -- I'm old fashioned -- I'm sitting on top of the world -- I've got you under my skin -- I've grown accustomed to her face -- I've heard that song before -- If ever I would leave you-- If I were a bell -- Ill wind -- Imagination -- In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) -- In a shanty in old Shanty Town -- In a silent way -- In the blue of evening -- In the mood -- In the still of the night -- Indiana (Back home again in Indiana) -- Infant eyes -- Inner space -- Intermission riff -- Is you is, or is you ain't -- It ain't necessarily so -- It might as well be spring -- It never entered my mind -- It's a blue world -- It's all right with me -- It's magic -- It's not for me to say -- It's only a paper moon -- It's sand, man -- It's the talk of the town --

The jazz-me blues -- Jeannine -- Jelly roll blues -- Jersey bounce -- Jeru -- Jim -- Jingle-bell rock -- Jive at five -- Johnny one note -- Johnny's theme -- Johnson rag -- The joint is jumpin' -- Jor du -- Juke box Saturday night -- Jumpin' with symphony Sid -- June is bustin' out all over -- June night -- Just in time -- Killer Joe -- King Porter stomp -- Ko ko -- The lady is a tramp -- Lands end -- The last time I saw Paris -- Laugh! Clown! Laugh! -- Lazy afternoon -- Lennie's pennies -- Lester left town -- Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! -- Let the good times roll -- Let there be love -- Let there be you -- Let's call the whole thing off -- Let's dance -- Let's fall in love -- Let's get away from it all -- Life is just a bowl of cherries -- Like someone in love -- L'il darlin' -- Limelight -- Line for Lyons -- Linger awhile --

Little boat (O barquinho) -- Little brown jug -- Little girl -- Little girl blue -- Little Niles -- Little Willie leaps -- Lonely woman -- Long ago (and far away) -- Look for the silver lining -- Lost in the stars -- A lot of livin' to do -- Louisiana -- Love for sale -- Love is a simple thing -- Love is here to stay -- Love walked in -- Lover man (oh, where can you be?) -- Lullaby of Birdland -- Lullaby of the leaves -- Lush life -- Mad about him, sad without him, how can I be glad without him blues -- Mad about the boy -- Make someone happy -- Malagueña -- The man that got away -- Manhattan -- Maple leaf rag -- Margie -- Marmaduke -- Mean to me -- Meditation -- Memories of you -- Memphis in June -- Mercy, mercy, mercy -- Merry Christmas, baby -- Merry-go-round -- Midnight blue -- Midnight sun -- Milenberg joys -- Miles ahead --

Milestones -- Minor swing -- Misty -- Mohawk -- Moon love -- Moon rays -- Moonglow -- Moonlight and roses (bring mem'ries of you) -- Moonlight Bay -- Moonlight cocktail -- Moonlight in Vermont -- Moonlight on the Ganges -- Moose the mooche -- More -- More than you know -- Moten swing -- My favorite things -- My foolish heart -- My funny valentine -- My heart belongs to Daddy -- My little suede shoes -- My man's gone now -- My melancholy baby -- My Monday date -- My one and only love -- My prayer -- My romance -- My shining hour -- My ship -- Nardis -- Nefertiti -- Nevertheless (I'm in love with you) -- The new "Frankie and Johnnie" song -- New York afternoon -- Nica's dream -- Nice work if you can get it -- A night in Tunisia -- A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square -- 9:20 special -- Nippon soul -- No moon at all -- None but the lonely heart --

Now he sings, now he sobs -- Now's the time -- Oh! Look at me now -- Oh! What it seemed to be -- Oh! You beautiful doll -- Oh, what a beautiful mornin' -- Ol' man river -- Old devil moon -- Oleo -- On a clear day (you can see forever) -- On a little street in Singapore -- On a slow boat to China -- On the street where you live -- On the sunny side of the street -- Once upon a summertime -- One by one -- One mint julep -- One note samba -- Open country -- Opus one -- Orchids in the moonlight -- The organ grinder -- Ornithology -- Out to lunch -- Paper doll -- Parker's moon -- The party's over -- Paul's pal -- The peacock -- The peanut vendor (El manisero) -- Peel me a grape -- Pennies from heaven -- People -- People will say we're in love -- Perdido -- Perhaps -- Pick yourself up -- Poinciana (Song of the tree) --

Polka dots and moonbeams -- Pompton Turnpike -- Pools -- The preacher -- Put on a happy face -- Put your little foot right out -- Quasimodo -- Quiet nights of quiet stars (Corcovado) -- Quiet now -- Rain -- The rain in Spain -- Raincheck -- Random thoughts -- Red Cross -- The red door -- Red sails in the sunset -- Red top -- Revelation -- River, stay 'way from my door -- Robbin's nest -- Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody -- Rockin' chair -- Room 608 -- Rosetta -- 'Round midnight -- Route 66 -- Royal garden blues -- Ruby, my dear -- S.O.S. -- Sack of woe -- St. Thomas -- Salt peanuts -- Samba de orfeu -- Satin doll -- Saturday night fish fry -- Scrapple from the apple -- Second hand rose -- Señor blues -- Sentimental journey -- September song -- Serenade to a bus beat -- Sermonette -- Seven come eleven -- Shake, rattle and roll --

Shawnuff -- She's funny that way (I got a woman, crazy for me) -- The sheik of Araby -- S-H-I-N-E -- Shiny stockings -- Shivers -- Shoo fly pie and apple pan dowdy -- Side by side -- Sister Sadie -- Skylark -- Skyliner -- Small world -- Smoke gets in your eyes -- Smoke rings -- A smooth one -- Snowfall -- So nice (Summer samba) -- So what -- Soft winds -- Solar -- Solitude -- Solo flight -- Some day my prince will come -- Some enchanted evening -- Some of these days -- Something everywhere -- Sometimes I'm happy -- Song for my father -- The song is you -- Song of the islands -- Songbird (Thank you for your lovely song) -- Sonny boy -- Soul eyes -- South of the border -- Southern comfort -- Spain -- Speak low -- S'posin' -- Spring can really hang you up the most --

Spring will be a little late this year -- Squeeze me -- Stay as sweet as you are -- Steeplechase -- Stockholm sweetnin' -- Stompin' at the Savoy -- Stormy weather (keeps rainin' all the time) -- Strange fruit -- Strangers in the night -- A string of pearls -- Struttin' with some barbeque -- Stuffy -- Sugar -- Sugar foot stomp -- Summertime -- A Sunday kind of love -- Sunny side up -- Sunrise serenade -- The surrey with the fringe on top -- Sweet and lovely -- Sweet Eloise -- Sweet Sue-just you -- Swing house -- Swinging shepherd blues -- Swingin' the blues -- Swingin' until the girls come home -- The tailgate ramble -- T'aint nobody's biz-ness if I do -- T'aint what you do (it's the way that cha do it) -- Take the 'A' train -- A taste of honey -- Tenderly -- That's all -- That's entertainment -- That's life -- There are such things --

There is no greater love -- There will never be another you -- There'll be some changes made -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- There's a small hotel -- Thermo -- These foolish things -- They all laughed -- They can't take that away from me -- They didn't believe me -- The things we did last summer -- This can't be love -- This love of mine -- The thrill is gone -- Thriving from a riff -- Tickle toe -- Time remembered -- Tin roof blues -- 'Tis autumn -- Tishomingo blues -- Together -- Tones for Joan's bones -- Too darn hot -- The touch of your lips -- Trav'lin light -- Tune-up -- Tuxedo Junction -- 12th Street rag -- Twisted -- Un poco loco -- Undecided -- Under a blanket of blue -- Unforgettable -- Until the real thing comes along -- Utter chaos -- Valse hot -- Van lingle mungo -- Very early --

Violets for your furs -- Wagon wheels -- Wait till you see her -- Walkin' -- Walkin' my baby back home -- Walkin' shoes -- Waltz for Debby -- Watch what happens -- 'Way down yonder in New Orleans -- The way you look tonight -- We kiss in a shadow -- Weary blues -- Wee dot -- Well you needn't (It's over now) -- West End blues -- Western reunion -- Westwood walk -- What a diff'rence a day made -- What a wonderful world -- What kind of fool am I? -- What's new -- When I fall in love -- When my sugar walks down the street -- When your lover has gone -- Where flamingos fly -- Where is love? -- Where or when -- While we're young -- Whisper not -- Who? -- Who can I turn to? (when nobody needs me) -- Who's got rhythm -- Why do I love you? -- Will you still be mine -- Willow weep for me -- Witchcraft -- With a liitle bit of luck -- Woodchopper's ball --

Work song -- The world is waiting for the sunrise -- Wouldn't it be loverly -- Wrap your troubles in dreams (and dream your troubles away) -- Yardbird suite -- Yes indeed -- Yesterdays -- You better go now -- You call it madness (but I call it love) -- You came a long way from St. Louis -- You made me love you (I didn't want to do it) -- You turned the tables on me -- You'd be so nice to come home to -- You'll never walk alone -- You're my everything -- You're the cream in my coffee -- Young and foolish -- Young at heart -- Young love -- Younger than springtime.

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