Whether you're a beginner, an amateur, a professional or a teacher, you will find this book an excellent means of continuing your musical journey. This is a step-by-step guide to help you develop essential skills forimprovisation. The concepts presented are first demonstrated over the 12-bar blues progression: in later chapters, the ideas are realized over rhythm changes and in original compisitions based on the chord progressions of jazzstandards. Topics include: scales and modes - chords and riffs - transposition - musical quotation - phrasing and articulation.