lamar reeves said:
Let me highly recommend ,"Constructing Melodic Jazz Improvisation "by Brian Kane.It is by far the clearest most comprhensive
book on the subject that I have used and the least threatning.I say that because many instructional books on improvising start with scales
and chords then heap on more scales and chords.The author here takes a all the basic skills and he goes slowly using the books C.D.for examples and playalongs.
Hi Lamar,
Could you tell me a bit more about this book and your experience with it.
What distinguishes this from other books of its kind, like Jeff Hariington's
"Blues Improvisation Complete"? It appears from my cursory examination that
they have a very similar approach: first master a blues scale (say concert Bb)
and develop a library of riffs on that scale so that you can solo without so
much concern for the changes, and after that, start adding harmonic
information. Kane's book looks like it talks a bit more about melodic contours,
but the rough idea is the same.
This seems like a more promising approach than the typical chord/scale
approach.