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Introduction

✅ Legal & Official Options

  1. The South African Jazz Real Book – A physical edition exists, compiled by Mike Rossi (University of the Witwatersrand). Check Wits University Press or Book Depository (if shipping to you). No legal free PDF is publicly available.
  2. Individual composer collections – e.g., Abdullah Ibrahim’s published sheet music, or "The Jazz Pianist: South African Styles" by Andrew Lilley.
  3. SAMRO (South African Music Rights Organisation) – Can sometimes help locate copyright holders for permission.
  • Join forums like Jazz on the Web or Reddit’s r/jazz to ask for recommendations or sheet music links from other musicians.
  • Facebook groups (e.g., "South African Jazz Enthusiasts") might share legal resources.

If you tell me specific tunes you want, I can help you find legal transcriptions or public domain lead sheets (for older works where copyright has expired). south african jazz real book pdf top