The Story of Fake Books: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians by Barry Kernfeld

By Barry Kernfeld

pretend books—anthologies of songs notated in a musical shorthand—have been utilized by numerous pop and jazz musicians in either expert and beginner settings for greater than part a century. The tale of faux Books: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians strains the exciting and formerly unknown account of the origins of dad track faux books, which developed during the bootlegging of a now vague musical subscription carrier, the Tune-Dex. The publication follows the background of pretend books via their elevated reputation between musicians to their prosecution via the govt. and the song undefined, leading to America's first full-blown federal trial for felony copyright infringement. via debts given through jazz musicians Steve Swallow and Pat Metheny, The tale of faux Books additionally finds the definitive historical past of the most well-liked pretend ebook, one who has got a mythical prestige between jazz musicians: an anthology of jazz tunes referred to as The actual Book. Drawing from details in FBI records, leisure exchange papers, and federal courtroom documents, writer Barry Kernfeld offers pioneering learn, which brings jointly elements of father track heritage and copyright legislations to reveal this predecessor of current-day battles over pop tune piracy.

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