The Chris Standring Songbook

After fourteen albums released and twenty years as a recording artist, I have finally got around to releasing a music book of tunes I recorded. Like all jazz musicians, I practiced jazz back in the day with 'real books'. A real book chart is all a jazz musician needs to have in order to interpret the music. Essentially a real book chart is a piece of music with only the melody and chords written. Any integral rhythms and bass lines are usually sketched in too, but for the most part, any instrumentalist is in their element with this format. And so jazz musicians collect real books by the dozen so they are never at a loss in a professional performing situation. So here is mine. Seventy six songs taken from eleven recorded albums. (Instrumental compositions only).

You can order the PDF version, the spiral bound print version, or both. (When you order the print version, you also get the PDF version, handy for printing copies). Many of these songs are available as mp3 backing tracks (not quite all), and there is an option to order those, along with the original album recordings. Both PDF and print version charts are super high rez. Take a look at one example here. I love it when I hear other musicians playing my compositions. So feel free to use these charts to make your own arrangements. Have fun!

So please enjoy these seventy six Chris Standring compositions all in jazz real book format. Spanning 11 solo albums. Including songs from the albums: Solar System Velvet Hip Sway Groovalicious Soul Express Love & Paragraphs Blue Bolero Electric Wonderland Don't Talk, Dance! Ten Sunlight * PDF version! High Rez! * Audio Mp3s & Backing Tracks!

Songs include:

As Luck Would Have It
At The End Of The Day
Big Pant People
Blue Bolero
Bolero Finale
Bossa Blue
Carousel
Castle In The Sky
Catwalk
Contemplation
Cool Shades
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Do What You Do
Fast Train To Everywhere
Georgina
Glamour Girls
Groovalicious
Have Your Cake & Eat It
Heart Of The Matter
Hip Sway
Hypnotize
I Can't Help Myself
Imagine That
Inside Outside
Kaleidoscope
Like Paradise
Like This, Like That
Liquid Soul
Love & Paragraphs
Love Street
Magic Carpet Ride
Miss Downtown Sugargirl
Mood Child
Never Too Late
Nightingale's Bridge
Nothing Lasts Forever
Nuff Siad
Oliver's Twist
Overture
Pandora's Box
Parisian Blue
Piece Of Cake
Pins & Needles
Please Mind The Gap
Qu'est Ce Que Tu Fais
Ray Of Sunlight
Ready Steady Flow
Reflection
Say What
Scatterfunk
Silhouette
Smalltalk
Snake Oil
Sneakin' Out The Front Door
Sneaky
Solitaire
Soul Express
Soul Vibration
Static In The Attic
Steven
Sunrise
That's What I Thought You Said
The Beautiful Woman Of Scant Virtue
The Principal Of Pleasure
The Revisit
Through The Looking Glass
Victoria Road
Wes 4 Prez
West Coast Changes
Wishful Thinking
Yesterday's Heaven