Experience over 550 pages featuring the finest selections in contemporary and classic Salsa, Latin-Jazz, and Brazilian music. This collection includes 40 meticulously detailed arrangements, precisely as recorded, designed to assist your band in performing authentic Latin styles. Many arrangements feature bass lines for each section, piano montunos, a drum and percussion appendix, horn counter-lines, and lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or English. It is the only professional-level Latin fake book ever published! Additionally, don’t miss The Latin Real Book Sampler CD, which showcases some of the greatest tunes from the Latin Real Book as performed by the original artists.
Partial content highlights include:
Contemporary Salsa:
- Ray Barretto: "Amor Artificial," "Indiferencia," "Aguardiente de Caña," "Guararé," "Indestructible," "Arallué," "Pura Novela," "Vive Y Vacila"
- Eddie Palmieri: "Palo Pa’ Rumba," "La Malanga," "Bomba De Corazon," "1983," "Páginas De Mujer"
- Ruben Blades: "Pablo Pueblo," "Camaleón," "Siembra"
- Fania All-Stars: "Nací Moreno," "Juan Pachanga," "Sin Tu Cariño," "Encántigo"
- Manny Oquendo And Libre: "Elena," "Estoy Como Nunca"
- Puerto Rico All-Stars: "El Cantar Del Coquí," "Changüirí"
- Tito Puente: "Déjame Soñar," "Te Desafío," "Ran Kan Kan," "Picadillo"
- NG La Banda: "Un Tipo Como Yo," "Lo Que Siento Es Le Lo Lay"
- Irakere: "Bailando Así," "Lo Que Va a Pasar"
- Los Van Van: "Sandunguera," "Que Sorpresa," "Muévete"
- Issac Delgado: "Son De Cuba A Puerto Rico," "Dime Tú Que Lo Sabes"
- Louis Ramirez: "Amentes," "Déjala Que Baile Sola"
- Conjunto Cespedes: "Virgen De La Caridad"
Brazilian Music:
- Ivan Lins: "Lua Soberana," "Sambadouro," "Sonhos," "Leva E Traz," "Amor," "Aparecida"
- Tom Jobim: "Outra Vez," "Retrato Em Branco E Prato," "Look To The Sky," "So Danço Samba"
- Toninho Horta: "Mountain Flight," "Aqui Oh," "Meu Canario Vizinho Azul"
- Joao Bosco: "A Nivel De," "Coisa Feita," "O Bebado E A Equilibrista"
- Milton Nascimento: "Vera Cruz," "Don Quixote," "Novena"
- Airto: "Mixing," "Tombo in 7/4," "Anatelio (The Happy People)"
- Leny Andrade: "Rio," "Vai Amigo," "A Fonte Secou"
- Egberto Gismonti: "Lôro," "Frevo"
- Djavan: "Flor De Lis," "Jogral"
- Leila Pinheiro: "Um Samba," "Bésame"
- Gal Costa: "Luz Do Sol," "Tapete Mágico"
- Tania Maria: "Come With Me," "Yatra-Ta"
- ...AND MORE!
Complete Song List:
Includes titles such as "Muevete," "La Malanga," "A Fonte Secou," "Bomba De Corazon," "So Danço Samba," and many others, totaling a diverse array of Latin music classics.