Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensive guide is one of the first jazz methods to focus entirely on the blues idiom and its contribution to jazz improvisation. It is designed to help you play authoritatively in a broad spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band to small combos to a solo context. This book is divided into 4 sections which addresses 12-bar blues progressions, 3-note Freddie Green-type chords, shuffles, swing riff comping, chord scales, linear bebop comping, modal concepts, triads over bass notes and a wealth of chord voicings and inversions. Includes over 110 music examples, 45 complete 12-bar choruses, and a CD with 30 tracks. It also offers a helpful glossary of jazz terminology. Written in standard notation and tablature.

About The Notation,Chord Symbols & Fingerings       5
12-Bar Blues Progressions
From Swing To Bop  
Blues Roots  
Modern I-IV-V
T-Bone's 12-Bar Blues 
Minor Blues 
New York Changes  

In The Tradition— Straight-Four Rhythm
Fat Chords   
Articulation, Attack, Swing  
Basic Blues Chord Routes 
Voice-Leading  
More Active Patterns  
Modern Changes, Traditional Approach   
2/2 Style  
Shuffle Grooves   
Slow Blues

Swing To Bop—Small-Group Comping
Riff Comping 
Riff Structure 
Chord Riffs
Bebop—Linear Comping 
The Blues Scale Factor 
Advanced Voice-Leading
Beyond Bop—Triads Over Bass Notes  
Modal Concepts

Fingers Do The Walking— Bass Line/Chord Comping
Constructing Walking Bass Lines  
Roots And Approaches
Chords And Walking Lines Together   
Increasing Rhythmic Variety 
Other Bass Line Routes   
Advanced Rhythms And Concepts 
Putting It All Together In G  
Bass Lines In Other Keys