Creative Jazz Improvisation

by Scott D. Reeves

Book Overview

This well-organized book combines all of the techniques that jazz musicians practice into a comprehensive whole. It covers practice patterns and scales in all keys and tempos, transcribing solos of master improvisers, learning the jazz repertoire, and playing with other musicians. Chapter topics include how to practice, creatively improvise, and teach improvisation; major innovators; important contributors; women in jazz; chord substitutions; scales;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131896717
• ISBN13: 9780131896710
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.1"