Whether you are a jazz musician  with decades of experience behind you or are just starting to delve into the world of jazz playing , you have no doubt heard of the original Jazz Real Book fake book series that has been around in paper form for decades.

The original Real Book came out of Boston at the Berklee College of music in the early to mid 70’s and contained many essential “must know” jazz standards as well as many other lesser known jazz gems by artists whose names who were a really who’s who in the jazz world.

Then other book editions came out for Bb, Eb and Bass Clef Instruments with pretty much the same lead sheets that were in the original Volume 1 5th Edition in C.

The series evolved into a Trilogy when Volumes 2 and 3 were published in the years that followed.

All of these became the essential “jazz bible” for any musician interested in learning or playing jazz.

A slew of “Me Too” fake books have come out from a variety of publishers riding on the recognizability and fame of the original.

Many of them continued to use the “Real Book” name in some form or fashion in the title.

They even mimic the layout, printing, and look and feel of the original.

The very stylized handwritten calligraphy font that was unique to the original book is used on the lead sheets and covers.

Most music notation programs include a font that attempts to recreate the original handwritten style.

So, the point is…

The Real Book has always been a very powerfully influential, potent and important resource for ANY jazz musician at any level.

No signs of it slowing down either. Quite the opposite.

The problem is that the world has gone digital. Paper books are simply one dimensional and obsolete.

They just aren’t as efficient, flexible, accessible and filled with features and functions like you find in the digital world.

There you have the ability to match them up with other media like the original recordings or videos by original artists.

Not to mention other digital media like MIDI files or other software like Band In A Box song files.

Why, the Real Book Software, of course!

The timeless jazz fake book has re-emerged into the digital age.

The Real Book Software merges the classic Real Book charts and recordings into an easy to use software database, loaded with features to make it an indispensable resource in any “practicing” musician’s arsenal.

This software was created for jazz musicians like you who wanted to have their jazz fake books available in a digital database, allowing you to instantly find or sort your collection of lead sheets / jazz charts by a variety of options.

So much better than PDF’s, paper books, or loose sheet music pages!

Not only is your jazz “sheet music” quickly available at the touch of a button, each song includes the original audios!

The Web Links Resource page turns this into a full blown Jazz Encyclopedia.

A truly amazing feature.

You’ll be able to access all kinds of critical information about the songs, the artists, composers, the original broadway shows or movies, etc.

The sky is the limit.