Licensing Songs for the Real Book<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe repertoire was carefully selected based on extensive surveys of Berklee faculty and department chairs, reflecting the songs most commonly taught and performed on campus. Feist describes the process as both intricate and rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe surveyed hundreds of faculty members, compiling a database of nearly 900 songs,\u201d he explains. \u201cThe final list prioritizes tunes that are widely used in high-enrollment classes and ensembles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the selections feature educational insights from Berklee faculty about what makes these songs so worthy of study. For instance, Sarah McLachlan\u2019s \u201cAdia\u201d features a note to learners that it\u2019s a good \u201cexample of an odd number of lines in varying sections.\u201d John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cThe Night Has a Thousand Eyes\u201d includes the following note: \u201cExtended form standard usually played with transitions between Latin jazz and swing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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selection process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe aimed to represent the songs that were heavily used for educational purposes within the community,\u201d says Skeete. \u201cThe selections reflect what students should know, what faculty are using, and a diverse range of styles you might not typically find in one volume. Going through these tunes will prepare them for their careers as musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project was realized through Berklee\u2019s long-standing music publishing partnership with Hal Leonard LLC, which legally licensed every song in the collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHal Leonard achieved what I can only describe as an administrative miracle of print music licensing,\u201d says Feist. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nbsp-the-history-of-the-real-book-at-berklee\"><strong> The History of the Real Book at Berklee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em> Berklee Real Book<\/em> also represents a full-circle moment in Berklee\u2019s history. The original Real Book itself began at Berklee in the 1970s as an underground project by students who compiled and sold unlicensed lead sheets of bebop and jazz standards. Dubbed \u201cThe Real Book\u201d as a nod to earlier \u201cfake books,\u201d its handwritten font and improved accuracy made it a must-have for musicians, even as it operated outside copyright laws. In 2004, Hal Leonard legitimized the series, securing copyrights and expanding the repertoire while preserving the iconic style of the original volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a student, in some ways, the Real Book was looked upon as the \u2018sacred text\u2019 for an up-and-coming jazz musician,\u201d remembers Berklee College of Music Executive Director <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ron Savage (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/college.berklee.edu\/academic-affairs\/people\/ron-savage\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Savage<\/a>, who graduated from Berklee in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-berklee-s-commitment-to-diversity-in-music-education\"><strong>Berklee\u2019s Commitment to Diversity in Music Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, this project follows the publication of <a href=\"https:\/\/college.berklee.edu\/people\/terri-lyne-carrington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Terri Lyne Carrington (opens in a new tab)\">Terri Lyne Carrington<\/a>\u2019s groundbreaking <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/berkleepress.com\/performance\/new-standards\/?pid=8023&utm_source=takenote&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-promotion\" target=\"_blank\">New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers<\/a><\/em>. Curated by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, the 101 songs Carrington selected address the historic underrepresentation of women composers in Real Books. Her songbook features compositions from legends like Mary Lou Williams, Alice Coltrane, and Lil Hardin Armstrong, as well as emerging voices from Berklee\u2019s own faculty and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrington\u2019s work exemplifies Berklee\u2019s ongoing commitment to shaping a more inclusive musical landscape\u2014a philosophy that also underpins the <em>Berklee Real Book<\/em>. While <em>New Standards<\/em> expands the canon with a focus on gender equity, the<em> Berklee Real Book<\/em> seeks to reflect the broad diversity of Berklee\u2019s contemporary curriculum. Together, these collections offer a richer and more representative view of the music that shapes Berklee\u2019s unique approach to education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This evolution is evident in the <em>Berklee Real Book<\/em>\u2019s eclectic repertoire. From Dolly Parton and Alicia Keys to John Coltrane and Antonio Carlos Jobim, the <em>Berklee Real Book <\/em>spans centuries and genres, offering students a robust and dynamic learning tool. As Feist puts it: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like dipping your toe into a Berklee river, and it\u2019s a subjective list, but what emerges are musical works that are evergreen and worthy of serious academic study.\u201d<br><br>Savage says the two recent books complement each other well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>New Standards<\/em> and the <em>Berklee Real Book <\/em>combine to usher in a new era of music education,\u201d he says, \u201can era that more fully represents the music of the current generation and those artists who made it great!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brand new <em>Berklee Real Book<\/em> is a collection of more than 300 songs that have shaped the college\u2019s curriculum, complete with insights from Berklee instructors. 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