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The Real Book is a musicians' fake book – a compilation of lead sheets for jazz standards. Fake books had been around at least since the late 1920s, but their organization was haphazard, and their content did not always keep pace with contemporary musical styles.
Artists with most Smooth Jazz Airplay No. 1s [2] (as of January 25, 2025) 21 – Boney James 15 – Gerald Albright 14 – Richard Elliot 12 – Brian Culbertson 11 – Rick Braun 11 – Paul Brown 11 – Paul Hardcastle 11 – Dave Koz 10 – Cindy Bradley 10 – Nick Colionne 10 – Euge Groove
The Omnichord Real Book is a 2023 studio album by American musician Meshell Ndegeocello. It was met with acclaim from critics and became the first recipient of the newly created Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz Album , at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards .
The Oxford Companion to Jazz. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-518359-2. Knapp, Raymond (2005). The American Musical and the Formation of National Identity. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-11864-7. Koenig, Karl (2002). Jazz in Print (1856-1929): An Anthology of Selected Early Readings in Jazz History. Pendragon Press. ISBN 1-57647 ...
2021 Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 2 "Better Days Ahead" Gerald Albright [1]January 9 [2]January 16 [3]January 23 "Blue Moon" Skinny Hightower
"Jazz Party" 1 [93] 310 September 17 Paul Brown "Secret Sauce" 2 [94] 311 September 24 Ryan La Valette "Highway 10" 1 [95] 312 October 1 Boney James featuring Dontae Winslow "Bring It Back" 1 [96] 313 October 15 Le Sonic featuring Lauran Beluzo and Robert Lee "I'll Be the One" 1 [97] 314 October 22 Adam Hawley featuring Vincent Ingala
The first winner is Meshell Ndegeocello for her 2023 album The Omnichord Real Book [2] "Best Jazz Instrumental Album" is awarded to Billy Childs for his 2023 album The Winds of Change [ 3 ] "Best Latin Jazz Album" is awarded to Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo for their 2023 album El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 [ 3 ]
Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes tunes written in the 1940s that are considered standards by at least one major fake book publication or reference work.