num_pages: 292
description:     Detailed information on how to practice, how to improvise in a creative way, and how to teach jazz improvisation   A complete explanation of all aspects of jazz theory and forms   Practice materials designed to help the reader gain facility with the jazz vocabulary and develop his or her ear   Keyboard, ear-training, and theory exercises   Lists of important jazz compositions, indexed to the popular Aebersold play-along recordings   Eighteen transcriptions of solos by master jazz artists—analyzed, transposed, and edited for all instruments    The third edition expands on previous editions by adding:     A new chapter, "Whom to Listen To," which lists major innovators, important contributors, and women in jazz   Considerable expansion of the chapter on "Rhythm" and the section on "Creative Jazz Improvisation"   New transcriptions of solos by Max Roach, Miles Davis, and Bill Evans   Inspirational quotations by jazz masters, designed to motivate the student and give insight into the workings of the creative mind    Author/trombonist/composer Scott Reeves draws on over twenty-one years of experience teaching at institutions such as the City College of New York, the University of Southern Maine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Memphis State University, and Western Washington University to create a book that covers all aspects of jazz improvisation without superfluous information. Students and teachers alike will appreciate its accessible, well-organized approach to a complex subject.
language: English
title: Creative jazz improvisation
titlecomplete: Creative jazz improvisation
genres: Music
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Prentice Hall