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Introduction
✅ Legal & Official Options
- 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.
- Individual composer collections – e.g., Abdullah Ibrahim’s published sheet music, or "The Jazz Pianist: South African Styles" by Andrew Lilley.
- 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