Celebrated Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Arthur Lipner has devised a set of books that will be terrific for introducing players with a desire to improvise in a group to the basic musical requirements of the jazz arts. Covering a wide range of concepts, Lipner's books touch on ear training, chords and basic voicings, the groove and connecting chords with solo lines. These books contain: lead sheets to ten tunes, including two by Charlie Parker (Now's the Time and My Little Suede Shoes) and o...

• Preface
• How to use this book
• Improvisation Exercises
• Grove
• Frog Scene
• Discussion
• Soloing Ideas
• Chord Analysis
• Ear Training
• Ear Training and rhythm
• Intervals
• Recall
• Smooth Boperator
• Chords and Basic Voicing
• Now its the time
• Listening
• Rhythm Changing
• Connecting Songs with solo lines
• Chord tones
• Target notes
• Major Scale tones
• Modes
• Blue Scales
• Chromatic passing tones
• My little Suede Shoes
• Afro Blue
• Funk and Blues
• Soc...