Timeline for Why the real book and original recordings sound a lot different?
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| Jan 11, 2021 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/1348509960959905793 | ||
| Jan 7, 2021 at 12:52 | vote | accept | Nabla | ||
| Jan 7, 2021 at 6:29 | comment | added | Kaz | The Real Book was a joke title; some Berkelee students in the 1970's thought they could do better than the existing fake books, or focus on newer or more esoteric material. What they produced is another fake book called The Real Book. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 19:30 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 6, 2021 at 16:55 | answer | added | Michael Curtis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 13:31 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @JeffLearman makes a great point: many Real Book transcriptions were not even made from the original recordings! | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 13:23 | comment | added | Jeff Learman | Paul Desmond is not the original artist for either of these tunes. Black Orpheus (actually, Manhã de Carnaval) is by Luis Bonfa (composer and performer) for the movie Black Orpheus. Autumn Leaves (originally Les Feuilles Mortes) was composed by Joseph Kosma with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French, and later by Johnny Mercer in English. It was first recorded by Yves Montand in French, and by Jo Stafford in English. The history is actually a bit more complicated. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 13:15 | answer | added | Jeff Learman | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 12:35 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:51 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:37 | comment | added | user50691 | A true score, with all parts, should be a more faithful representation, unless for example it's a Big Band chart version of a small group tune. In that case voices are distributed and filler added. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:36 | comment | added | user50691 | I think you are giving too much credit to the Real Book, or expecting too much. See my answer for more. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:35 | answer | added | user50691 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:33 | comment | added | Nabla | When I play the score on guitar something feels missing. Maybe it is because I only play notes not the chords and I am not doing any improvistation neither | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:31 | comment | added | user50691 | The real book doesn't sound like anything. It's barely a score. They are like cliff notes or cheat sheets for full scores. Are you saying that the notes or chords are different and can you give an example? Or is it that there isn't enough info in the book to replicate the recording? | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:30 | history | edited | Nabla | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 6, 2021 at 11:25 | history | asked | Nabla | CC BY-SA 4.0 |