Introduction                                                   6               

Conventions                                                   8

About The Book

TECHNIQUES

Basic Techniques                                          11

Chapter 1 "The Blues"                                  12
        Playing the Chords                                13
        Adding Rhythmic Variations                17
                  The Jazz Eighth                            19       
        Chord Substitutions and
        Reharmonization Techniques              20
                The IIm7-V7                                   21
                Tritone Substitution                      27
                Secondary Dominants                  31
                Root Motion                                    33
        Building A Walking Bass Line              35
        "Comping" The Blues                            40

Chapter 2 "Rhythm Changes"                     42
        The "A" Section:
                Chorus 1, Measures 1-8               43       
                Chorus 1, Measures 9-16             44
                        The Diminshed 7th chord
                Chorus 1, Measures 17-24           46
                Chorus 1, Measures 25-32           47
                Chorus 2, Measures 33-40           48       
                Chorus 2, Measures 41-48           49
                Chorus 2, Measures 49-56           50
                Chorus 2, Measures 57-64           51
        "Rhythm Changes"                           52