Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Volume 1 (How to Play Jazz and Improvise)

This first volume in this acclaimed series is easy to understand and inspiring for all musicians wishing to explore the secrets of jazz improvisation. Online audio includes blues in Bb and F, four dorian minor tracks, four-measure cadences, cycle of dominants, a 24-measure song, and II/V7 in all keys. The book includes transposed parts for all instruments and the online audio also includes Jamey playing exercises from the book. Includes: Scales/Chords; Developing Creativity; Improv Fundamentals; 12 Blues Scales; Bebop Scales; Pentatonic Scales; Time and Feel; Melodic Development; II/V7s; Related Scales and Modes; Practical Exercises; Patterns and Licks; Dominant 7th Tree of Scale Choices; Nomenclature; Chromaticism; Scale Syllabus and more! Level: Beginning/Intermediate.