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Excellent resources for jazz theory and improvisation.





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A few books to help you get started:

A Guide to Jazz Improvisation — C Instruments  by John LaPorta

A Guide to Jazz Improvisation — Bb Instruments  by John LaPorta

A Guide to Jazz Improvisation — Eb Instruments  by John LaPorta

A Guide to Jazz Improvisation — Bass Clef Instruments  by John LaPorta

The Blues Scales  by Dan Greenblatt

Blues Improvisation Complete (C Instruments)  by Jeff Harrington

Blues Improvisation Complete (Bb Instruments)  by Jeff Harrington

Blues Improvisation Complete (Eb Instruments)  by Jeff Harrington

The Jazz Sound  by Dan Haerle

The Jazz Theory Book  by Mark Levine




Great jazz fake books for beginning improvisors:

The Real Easy Book — Volume One, C Ed.  by Chuck Sher

The Real Easy Book — Volume Two C Ed.  by Chuck Sher




Books that will help you go further:

The Jazz Piano Book  by Mark Levine

Forward Motion  by Hal Galper

The Serious Jazz Practice Book  by Barry Finnerty


Two great books by our friend jazz saxophonist Greg Fishman:

Jazz Saxophone Duets

Jazz Saxophone Etudes

An excellent book by our colleague guitarist Scott Reed:

Getting Into Guitar Improvising





Some useful books for bass players:

Bass players bible — don't leave home without it:
The Evolving Bassist, Millenium Edition  by Rufus Reid

Basic reference, every bit as useful as Rufus:
The Improvisor's Bass Method  by Chuck Sher

This one has written and recorded examples by the exquisite Marc Johnson:
Concepts for Bass Soloing  by Chuck Sher, Marc Johnson

Jazz Etudes in all keys; excellent resource from a master musician:
60 Melodic Etudes for Acoustic & Electric Bass by John Patitucci

History, technique, transcribed solos:
The Jazz Bass Book  by John Goldsby




The finest jazz fake books published anywhere — great tunes, accurate charts, beautifully presented by our friend Chuck Sher:

The New Real Book Volume One — C Edition

The New Real Book: Volume Two — C Edition

The New Real Book: Volume Three — C Edition

The Latin Real Book — C Edition

The World's Greatest Fake Book

The All-Jazz Real Book, C Edition

The European Real Book — C Edition




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