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Now finally there is a collection of over 100 of the best-known songs from the world leader in jazz fake books - Sher Music Co.! Selected from The New Real Books, The Standards Real Book, The Real Easy Books, The World's Greatest Fake Book, and other Sher Music publications, this volume is indispensable for gigs, rehearsals and jam sessions - wherever jazz music is played. Features songs by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonious Monk, Michael Brecker, and many others. The song list includes standards like Angel Eyes, Beautiful Love, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me, The Masquerade Is Over, There Will Never Be Another You and We'll Be Together Again. Classic jazz tunes include Bags' Groove, Bessie's Blues, Blues For Alice, Eighty One, Freedom Jazz Dance, Giant Steps, Monk's Mood, and Song For My Father. Bossa Nova classics are represented by Wave, Triste, Look To The Sky, Chega De Saudade and other Jobim hits. The contemporary jazz selection features tunes like Birdland, Cold Duck Time, Falling Grace, Little Sunflower, Mercy Mercy Mercy, and Weather Report's, A Remark You Made. Over 200 pages of great music - from Sher Music Co., the finest in jazz publications.