I am old enough to remember the old, illegal Real Book, before Hal Leonard started publishing it.

It seems the philosophy of the day was, “If a chord is good enough to play, it's good enough to substitute,”

The Hal Leonard version fixed a lot of the wrong chords and improper substitutions.

They also left out a few songs that they couldn't get the rights to reprint, but at least it's legal, and when you buy it, the songwriters are compensated.

Now there are six volumes of the Real Book, and there are plenty of great songs.


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