A Guide to Jazz Improvisation (C Instruments)

Includes CD

Contents

• Bb Pentatonic Scale
• Legato-Staccato
• Study in Legato-Staccato
• Swinging Eighth Notes
• Five Note Scale Exercises
• Jazz Staccato Quarter Notes
• Jazz Staccato Study
• Lester Young Half Notes Study
• Mixed Articulation Study
• Blues Notes
• Blues Notes Studies
• Evolving Rhythms
• F Pentatonic Scale and Blues Notes
• Smear
• Five Tone Study in F
• Use of Blues Notes
• Evolving Rhythms & Melodies
• Accents on Strong and Weak Beats
• Rhythm Displacement (Anticipation)
• Eb Pentatonic Scale and Blues Notes
• Eb Pentatonic Study
• Eb Blues Study
• Combined Accents
• Melodic Extension
• Varied Accents

and much, much more.............

taken from the back of the book:

This method includes:

• Jazz theory with practical explanations and applications of the jazz language
• Rhythm training with interactive call and response exercises on CD
• Performance ear training with play-along and improvisation exercises on CD
• Opportunities to improvise with a Berklee Jazz faculty band on CD

'John LaPorta is a legend in the jazz community. A teacher of jazz improvisation for more than fifty years, his unique, straight-forward, and simple approach has become the standard by which other jazz improvisation methods are measured. This method will help you to develop a natural and intuitive approach to improvising. A Guide to Jazz Improvisation is an invaluable touchstone for every aspiring jazz musician. A long and impressive list of famous and successful musicians have learned to develop their own unique style based on LaPorta's approach.'

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