This course in Jazz Arranging guides the reader, step by step, from the grassroots to more advanced and complex ways of writing. It is never the intention to present concrete rules without proper explanation. On the contrary, the explanations given will cover the questions time and again asked by students as well as the issues arising when working in an artistic situation. Through refined verbalization and a vast number of musical examples this book should contribute to a clear understanding of these guidelines, and foster the student's ability to realize the issues when arranging.