Customer Review: It's got a good smattering from New Orleans through bop, though like any fakebook you don't expect any super detailed on the melodies, it has the changes for plenty of standards.
Customer Review: This is a great fake book. It contains many cool tunes, and has rich chord patterns that allow one to really capture the spirit of the song. It's not just an overly simply, watered down easy book.
Customer Review: Man this thing has a lot of songs. It includes Christmas songs and some folk songs. The only thing I don't like about it is the print is a little small. But that is one reason the price was so good.
Customer Review: This is a classic fake book--just chords and the melody line. It's got most of the old jazz standards, and is not for those looking for 80's or 90's tunes! I'm returning to jazz piano after a 20-year absence, and this book is perfect for me.
Customer Review: but I'm convinced that they don't ALL end on a major seventh chord. Of course, since this is jazz and what is on the page is more suggestion than law, I can live with it.
Customer Review: This book and its companion, the Swing Era, remind me of the label on the Kirin beer bottle. The Kirin label is supposed to be a picture of a lion. But there were no lions in Japan and the picture shows an animal with hooves and legs like a horse. It's clearly a picture of a lion drawn by someone... more info