Jazz Improvisation focuses on the communicative and technical aspects of improvisation and makes an excellent resource for both pros and aspiring improvisers. Assimilate and execute chord progressions, substitutions, turn arounds and construct a melody and jazz chorus.
This book is vastly comprehensive, and should be required reading in any formal music education course..Takes you from the foundations of Jazz Composition, phrasing and theory to the basics of the rhythm section. He gives you a style foundation and all that applies to performing Jazz.