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The Real Book – Volume II – Second Edition
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C Edition. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Jazz, Songbooks ¯ Jazz. 440 pages. Hal Leonard #240222. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.240222).ISBN 9780634060212. UPC: 073999895940. 8.5x11.0x0.84 inches.
Unlock an expansive repertoire of essential jazz standards with *The Real Book – Volume II, Second Edition (C Edition)* from Hal Leonard. This iconic fake book, featuring contributions from a host of legendary composers, is an indispensable resource for any C instrument player – whether you're a pianist, guitarist, vocalist, flutist, or violinist.
As a fake book, this volume provides the core melody lines, clear chord symbols, and relevant lyrics, allowing musicians the freedom to improvise, create their own accompaniments, and master the fundamental structure of each piece. It's perfectly suited for gigging musicians needing quick access to a vast catalog, jazz students developing their improvisation skills, or teachers seeking a comprehensive library for their C instrument students.
This particular edition holds significant value as one of the first legitimately and ethically produced "Real Books." Hal Leonard has meticulously recreated the familiar, trusted engravings while ensuring that royalties are paid to the original songwriters – a crucial detail for conscientious musicians. You'll find the same look, feel, and near-identical song list as the classic unauthorized versions, but with the added peace of mind that you are supporting the creators of this rich musical heritage.
Dive into hundreds of timeless jazz compositions, featuring celebrated tunes like "Birdland," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Caravan," "Fly Me to the Moon," "Georgia on My Mind," and "St. Thomas." With 440 pages packed with over 400 invaluable charts, this physical songbook is built to be a durable companion for countless rehearsals, performances, and hours of musical exploration.
- I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
- If I Should Lose You
- Gravy Waltz
- Work Song
- Strode Rode
- Lotus Blossom
- Circle
- Memories Of You
- Air Mail Special
- You Are Beautiful
- Blues By Five
- Blue Serge
- Feels So Good
- One By One
- Azure
- First Trip
- I Remember Bird
- Wendy
- Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
- Birk's Works
- A Ballad
- Sippin' At Bells
- Crazeology
- Manteca
- Warm Valley
- Jingles
- Adam's Apple
- Let's Get Lost
- Avalon
- Idol Gossip
- Cantelope Island
- Jump, Jive An' Wail
- Sack Of Woe
- Nature Boy
- Question & Answer
- The Red One
- Caravan
- Tenderly
- More Than You Know
- The Frim Fram Sauce
- Petits Machins
- Dexter Rides Again
- Blow Mr. Dexter
- Wow
- Monk's Shop
- Blue Seven
- Head And Shoulders
- Hocus-Pocus
- Bags' Groove
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barbados
- Basin Street Blues
- Big P
- Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce)
- Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)
- Birdland
- The Birth Of The Blues
- Black And Tan Fantasy
- Bloomdido
- Blue Skies
- Blues In The Closet
- Blues March
- Brian's Song
- Budo
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Cast Your Fate To The Wind
- Chameleon
- Chasin' The Trane
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Cousin Mary
- Dat Dere
- Dewey Square
- Dinah
- Dindi
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
- Early Autumn
- Emancipation Blues
- Everything I Have Is Yours
- Fever
- Five Brothers
- Flying Home
- Four Brothers
- Get Out Of Town
- The Hucklebuck
- I Thought About You
- I Will Wait For You
- I Wish I Didn't Love You So
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
- In The Still Of The Night
- Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
- It Could Happen To You
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- It's A Blue World
- It's All Right With Me
- Jeannine
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- June Is Bustin' Out All Over
- Just The Way You Are
- Killer Joe
- Lennie's Pennies
- Let's Fall In Love
- Like Sonny (Simple Like)
- Little Sunflower
- Love Is Just Around The Corner
- Make Someone Happy
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- Miles Ahead
- Moonglow
- Moon Rays
- Moon River
- Moose The Mooche
- Moten Swing
- My Attorney Bernie
- My Little Suede Shoes
- My Old Flame
- The Nearness Of You
- Now's The Time
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Our Language Of Love
- Oye Como Va
- Peel Me A Grape
- People Will Say We're In Love
- Pick Yourself Up
- The Gift! (Recado Bossa Nova)
- Red Cross
- Rosetta
- Route 66
- Sentimental Journey
- Skyliner
- Smoke Rings
- Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- Songbird (Thank You For Your Lovely Song)
- Soul Eyes
- Speak Low
- St. Thomas
- Stardust
- Suddenly It's Spring
- Sweet Sue-Just You
- The Sweetest Sounds
- The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
- 'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
- Tanga
- Tangerine
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- The Things We Did Last Summer
- Too Young
- Twisted
- Two Cigarettes In The Dark
- Walkin' Shoes
- Watch What Happens
- What'll I Do?
- What's New?
- Whisper Not
- Willow Weep For Me
- A Wonderful Day Like Today
- Yardbird Suite
- Things To Come
- Phase Dance
- Tenor Madness
- Bouncing With Bud
- In Walked Bud
- Off Minor
- Filthy McNasty
- Strollin'
- Webb City
- Girl Talk
- C-Jam Blues
- Slipped Disc
- Crepuscule
- I Hear A Rhapsody
- All Alone (Left Alone)
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
- North Atlantic Run
- Out Back Of The Barn
- The Kicker
- Speak Like A Child
- Syeeda's Song Flute
- Quicksilver
- Einbahnstrasse
- Pannonica
- A Walkin' Thing
- Down For Double
- Take The Coltrane
- Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues)
- Brilliant Corners
- Criss Cross
- Hackensack
- Little Rootie Tootie
- Rhythm-a-ning
- The Cooker
- Serene
- Farmer's Trust
- Lone Jack
- The Whopper
- Moanin'
- Epilogue
- Mr. Magic
- Move
- Just A Settin' And A Rockin'
- Another Star
- Bohemia After Dark
- Cheesecake
- Island Birdie
- Katrina Ballerina
- Like Young
- Locomotion
- Nutville
- Some Other Blues
- Spiral
- Tomorrow's Destiny
- 52nd Street Theme
- Theme From Mr. Broadway
- Hallucinations
- Havona
- Sandu
- Silver's Serenade
- Summer In Central Park
- Alfie's Theme
- Lover
- St. Louis Blues
- (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
- I've Found A New Baby (I Found A New Baby)
- Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
- Salt Peanuts
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue
- Menina Flor
- Bill's Hit Tune
- Let's Cool One
- I'm A Fool To Want You
- Blame It On My Youth
- Don't Explain
- Last Night When We Were Young
- A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
- Estate
- Joyce's Samba
- Straight Life
- Humpty Dumpty
- Lakes
- Song For Bilbao
- Watercolors
- Buster Rides Again
- Barbara
- Leila
- April Skies
- No Moe
- Bags And Trane
- Ezz-thetic
- Little Chicago Fire
- Kids Are Pretty People
- Limbo
- Lonely Dreams
- Duff
- Alto Itis
- Blues For Wood
- Round Trip
- Strayhorn 2
- Eye Of The Hurricane
- Five Spot After Dark
- In Case You Haven't Heard
- Tempus Fugit
- Gregory Is Here
- I Believe In You
- Parisian Thoroughfare
- Dance Of The Infidels
- Shine
- You're My Everything
- Ran Kan Kan
- Picadillo (a la Puente)
- Lady Day
- Comin' Home Baby
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Bali Ha'i
- I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
- Be-Bop
- Bird Feathers
- Blue 'N Boogie
- Doxy
- I'm Just A Lucky So And So
- I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
- Infant Eyes
- Jitterbug Waltz
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- At The Mambo Inn
- Rockin' In Rhythm
- S'posin'
- Say It (Over And Over Again)
- This Year's Kisses
- It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Until The Real Thing Comes Along)
- Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
- Why Do I Love You?
- Without A Song
- Didn't We
- I Remember You
- Shutterbug
- The Core
- Ask Me Now
- Close Your Eyes
- Crosscurrent
- Night Song
- Blue Silver
- In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
- Love Vibrations
- Serenade To A Soul Sister
- The Jody Grind
- Tippin'
- Hummin'
- Three Base Hit
- Better Leave It Alone
- Bright Boy
- Bunko
- Elora
- Fox Hunt
- Funky
- Gettin' It Togetha
- Jackie
- Minor Mishap
- Minor Mood
- One Foot In The Gutter
- Trane's Blues
- Turnaround
- Soultrane
- The Thumper
- Simone
- Hi Beck
- Ice Cream Konitz
- Kary's Trance
- No Splice
- Subconscious Lee
- Now See How You Are
- It's So Peaceful In The Country
- Holy Land
- Rubberneck
- Happy Little Sunbeam
- The Drive
- Teenie's Blues
- Ablution
- Just A Few
- This I Dig Of You
- Booker's Waltz
- Grooveyard
- Eclypso
- Freight Trane
- A Weaver Of Dreams
- Cold Duck Time
- Horace Scope
- When Lights Are Low
- Imagination
- The Champ
- Prisoner Of Love
- Love, Look Away
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
- Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
- Old Devil Moon
- I Have Dreamed
- I'll Know
- If I Loved You
- There's A Small Hotel
- Till There Was You
- Russian Lullaby
- Saint James Infirmary
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Cool Blues
- You Can Depend On Me
- Candy
- Morning Dance
- This Masquerade
- Monk's Mood
- Perdido
- Affirmation
- One Morning In May
- Right As Rain
- September Song
- I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
- Pursuance
- Hi-Fly
- Robbins Nest
- Portrait of Jennie
- Are You Havin' Any Fun?
- Beyond the Sea
- Day by Day
- Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill
- Frenesi
- Georgia on My Mind
- Get Me to the Church on Time
- Ho-ba-la-la
- If I Were a Bell
- It's only a Paper Moon
- Just in Time
- Look for the Silver Lining
- Pennies from Heaven
- Petite fleur
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Until I Met You (corner Pocket)
- With a Song in My Heart
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
- You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
Ratings + Reviews
Based on 7 Reviews
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Emily R.
December 17, 2025
Excellent Accompaniment and Vocal Support
As a vocal coach, The Real Book – Volume II (C Edition) is incredibly useful. It provides the core melody and clear chord symbols, allowing me to create a supportive, flexible piano accompaniment for singers. This adaptable texture is perfect for working on vocal interpretation without being tied to a strict arrangement. A comprehensive collection that beautifully supports vocalists across a vast jazz repertoire.
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Anonymous
December 16, 2025
Gig Essential - Reliable & Comprehensive
This Real Book is a must-have for any working C instrument musician. Volume II delivers hundreds of essential jazz standards with clear chord symbols and melody lines, perfect for quick reference on any gig. The arrangements are standard and reliable, ensuring you can play requests accurately. While a thick book, its sheer breadth of over 400 charts makes it invaluable for professional settings.
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Anonymous
December 14, 2025
Indispensable for Jazz Education
The Real Book – Volume II is an outstanding resource for teaching jazz improvisation and theory. The familiar engraving is clear for students to read, and the fake book format with core melodies and chord symbols encourages harmonic understanding and creativity. It's excellent for developing rhythm and understanding lead sheet conventions, making it a cornerstone for any serious C instrument jazz student's library.
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Anonymous
December 14, 2025
Great Fun for Weekend Jazz!
I'm loving The Real Book – Volume II! It's so much fun to explore classics like 'Georgia on My Mind' and 'Caravan' at my own pace. The clear melodies and chord symbols make it really achievable for an adult learner to start playing and feel like they're really making jazz music. It's a fantastic, relaxing way to enjoy and learn new tunes on the piano.
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Kim T.
October 02, 2023
Love it!
This volume of the Real book had many songs I wanted to learn so it really worked for me. Although I still struggle to improvise, the Real books give you some freedom since you can adjust the chord voicing to suit your style which is fun rather than just playing what is on the page.
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Noah G.
March 16, 2023
Good arrangements. Song selection just
Good arrangements. Song selection just ok. Missing alot of ones that i'd love to have and that weren't in the 1st Real Book.
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Scott C.
March 13, 2023
The Real Book Rocks!
What can you say? It's the bible of jazz gigs.
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