[Dixielandjazz] [Dixieland] fake books

[Robert S. Ringwald]

I may be wrong.  But I think you are confusing the fake Book that Louis did 
for the Firehouse Jazz Band, with the famous Firehouse 5 + 2 led by Ward 
Kimball.  Don't think they have a fake book.

--Bob Ringwald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew R. Cooper" <andy_cooper at chatter.com>
To: "Bob Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 1:32 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] [Dixieland] fake books


>I have seen signs online that there is a big 600+ page Dixieland book that 
>has been uploaded to a server for the "Firehouse Five Plus Two" Dixieland 
>fake book. It was saved in a .pdf format, which would be ideal for most 
>folks. I cannot locate this document.
>
> Does anyone have the low-down on this Firehouse Five Plus Two Dixieland 
> Fake book?
>
> I think that David Littlefield most likely took this Firehouse Five book 
> and, starting from there, made his VAST improvements on it for his 
> multi-volume set of trad, books  he markets. I am quite impressed with Mr. 
> Littlefield's excellent on vintage jazz. I agree that they are quite 
> legible, but must say that they do have a few bloopers (like all fake 
> books do.) Well worth an investment for any serious dixieland player, to 
> be sure. He also has researched and has made available the lyrics to 
> hundreds of these tunes as well as his legible lead sheets.
>
> Still, I'd like to see where he may have started with these Firehouse Five 
> books. At one time, I think they were available online, but I can't find 
> them now.
>
> ===== From the desk of Andrew R. Cooper =====
>
> On Nov 19, 2007, at 2:00 PM, dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com wrote:
>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:05:52 -0800
>> From: "Janie McCue Lynch" <janie39 at socal.rr.com>
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Brown Fake Book
>> To: "'Robert S. Ringwald'" <robert at ringwald.com>
>> Cc: 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List' <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Message-ID: <000501c82abd$adc12140$094363c0$@rr.com>
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>>
>>> From Bob:
>>
>> "The last I heard, his widow was not interested in handling the fake 
>> books.
>> The only way you could get them would be to purchase a used copy from
>> someone else.
>>
>> Dave Littlefield has some great fake books he has created. "
>>
>>
>> I believe the last time the Lou Brown Fake Book topic arose that someone
>> researched it and found that there were some copyright issues that were
>> murky, and that was the reason the family chose not to continue making 
>> them
>> available.  Just more hassle with clearing up those issues than they were
>> interested in dealing with.
>>
>> I have not heard that anyone else was interested in taking this over.
>>
>> And yes, Dave's books are great..I have two of them.  Very well done, 
>> great
>> inclusions with good attention to detail and so very easy to read.
>>
>> Jane Lynch
>>
>> Janie
>> janie39 at socal.rr.com
>
>
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