Speaking of the Real Book

An excellent CD, one of my absolute favorites, riff's on the Real Book. Steve Swallow, with Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell. I've had it for about ten years and it still gets heavy rotation on my hi-fi.

The album art is clever too, not only with the obvious cover, done to look like a 'Real Book' that's seen some use, but the liner notes are in the form of lead sheets for the tunes, penned in the style of the lead sheets in 'The Real Book.' The photo on the back has Steve winking at you.

In fact, the more you know of the legend of 'The Real Book,' the more clever (and possibly incriminating) the cover art becomes...