The Duke Ellington Real Book: C Instruments (Paperback)

This jazz fake book is created for intermediate to advanced students, educators, and performing musicians who want to study and play timeless jazz repertoire. It is ideal for adult learners, teachers, and ensemble players using C instruments for lessons, rehearsals, jam sessions, recitals, and structured home practice.

This collection contains over one hundred compositions presented in clear, accurate Real Book style lead sheets. Each selection features a carefully engraved melody with chord symbols that support harmonic understanding, sight reading, and flexible performance use. The notation is designed for practical application and works well for piano, guitar, bass, horns, and other C instrument players in both educational and professional settings.

Working through this material helps build confidence and technique while strengthening rhythmic accuracy and harmonic awareness. Regular use improves reading and performance skills, and motivates consistent practice through some of the most enduring works in jazz history. The breadth and depth of this volume make it a dependable music teacher resource and a thoughtful gift for pianists and jazz musicians seeking a reliable reference for study and performance.

Song List
Across The Track Blues * African Flower (Petite Fleur Africaine) * All Too Soon * Awful Sad * Azure * Birmingham Breakdown * Black And Tan Fantasy * Black Beauty * Black Butterfly * Blue Feeling * Blues In Blueprint * Blues Of The Vagabond * Bojangles * Boy Meets Horn * Brasilliance * Brown Penny * Brown Skin Gal In The Calico Gown * C-Jam Blues * Caravan * Come Sunday * Cotton Tail * The Creole Love Call * Dancers In Love * Day Dream * Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know) * Drop Me Off In Harlem * Dusk * East St. Louis Toodle-oo * Everything But You * Five O'Clock Drag * The Flaming Sword * Happy Anatomy * and more/