The Trane Book: The John Coltrane Real Book

This jazz fake book is created for intermediate to advanced students, educators, and dedicated musicians who want to study and perform one of the most influential bodies of work in modern jazz history. It is well suited for adult learners, teachers, and ensemble players using C instruments for lessons, jam sessions, rehearsals, or focused home study.

This collection includes over one hundred twenty five compositions presented as clear, accurate, and musician friendly lead sheets. Each piece features a notated melody with chord symbols arranged in a practical Real Book style format. The layouts support quick reading, harmonic analysis, and real world performance use for piano, guitar, bass, and other C instrument players in classroom and performance settings.

Regular study with this book helps build confidence and technique while strengthening harmonic awareness and improvisational fluency. Working through familiar jazz standards improves rhythm, reading, and performance skills, and motivates consistent practice through historically important repertoire. The depth and scope of the material make this collection a dependable music teacher resource and a meaningful gift for pianists and jazz musicians at an advanced level.

Song List
Acknowledgement * Africa * Afro Blue * After The Crescent * After The Rain * Airegin * Alabama * All Blues * All Or Nothing At All * Amen * Ascension * Ascent * Attaining * Bessie's Blues * Big Nick * Black Pearls * Blue Train (Blue Trane) * Blues Minor * Blues To Bechet * Blues To Elvin * Blues To You * Body And Soul * Brazilia * But Not For Me * By The Numbers * Bye Bye Blackbird * Cattin' * Central Park West * Chasin' The Trane * Compassion * Consequences * Cosmos * Countdown * Cousin Mary * Crescent * Dahomey Dance * Dear Lord * Dearly Beloved * The Drum Thing * Dusk-Dawn * Eclypso * Equinox * and more.