Finally someone has written a book on what jazz musicians need most - a way to approach practicing that actually makes the best use of your valuable time! In this landmark book, cutting-edge NY pianist and recording artistDavidBerkman shows you how to make practicing interesting and enjoyable by breaking problems into manageable tasks that you can easily master!

Filled with hundreds and hundreds of concrete things to work on, along withfunnyjazz anecdotes illustrating the ideas presented, The Jazz Musician's Guide To Creative Practicing covers many of the things you need in order to be a complete jazz musician, including:

Basic jazz theory, clearlyexplained

How to make scale and arpeggio practicing fun and relevant to playing tunes

How to effectively add chromatic approach notes and upper structure triads to your solo lines.

How to practice tuneslike 'BodyAnd Soul', 'Giant Steps' or rhythm changes and get better at the whole tune by mastering individual aspects.

How to improve your ability to swing, to play in odd meters and to play with different rhythmicfeels.

How to play fast without losing your ability to make the notes sing.

And much more!

Also includes a CD of David demonstrating many of the ideas presented.