The Greatest Books of All Time on Jazz Standards
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"Jazz standards" as a book category covers works devoted to the core repertoire of widely performed and recorded jazz songs—everything from Tin Pan Alley classics and Broadway tunes to bebop, modal, and modern jazz compositions that have become part of the shared language of jazz. Titles in this category include fake books and sheet-music anthologies with lead sheets, chords and lyrics for performers; annotated song-by-song histories and analyses explaining origins, harmonic structure and notable recordings; musician-focused arrangers' guides and transcriptions; and broader reference or cultural-history books that trace how particular standards entered the repertoire and influenced jazz practice. These books are aimed at players, educators, students, historians and enthusiasts who want to learn, perform, teach, or understand the repertoire, performance practice and evolution of songs that define the jazz canon.
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