Listening to Alan Pasqua play at the JEN convention this last January (that seems like a lifetime ago!), the idea came to me, "Alan's music is so beautiful. I should put out a book of his best tunes." Then, bingo!, ten months later we are releasing not only 20 of Alan's best songs but similar books for Tom Harrell, Carla Bley, Kenny Barron, Ralph Towner, Steve Swallow, Kenny Werner, Horace Silver, Oscar Hernandez (Ruben Blades musical director for many years) and Wayne Wallace (also a superb Latin Jazz composer and arranger).
Unlike our earlier fake books, these charts are all direct from the composers' own lead sheets (except for Horace Silver, no longer living). This gives the books some real historical interest, in addition to just being able to play these great pieces of jazz writing. In some cases, the charts had to be re-copied for legibility reasons, but the content is the same.
Of course, a project of this magnitude required many hands to bring it to fruition. My deep thanks to Sueann Bettison Sher, Annalisa Sher and Linda Larsen for the beautiful cover art work; Bob Afifi, my webmaster, for putting all the pieces together; Larry Dunlap for his great editing and music engraving skills; Attila Nagy and Chris Goodmiller for the additional graphics work; and, last but not least, all the composers for allowing me the privilege of presenting their beautiful compositions to musicians world-wide. Thanks to one and all---and also to you, Sher Music supporters, for being the essential last link in the chain. Be well, stay safe and enjoy these labors of love! - Chuck Sher
https://www.shermusic.com/jazz-songbook-series.php
