Lionel Grigson: Practical Jazz

Stainer & Bell, London
Practical Jazz: Step-by-step Guide to Harmony and Improvisation
Second Edition
For all instruments

This step-by-step guide to harmony and improvisation by leading British jazz educator Lionel Grigson moves clearly, with practical examples, from basic harmony through blues to the techniques, progressions, vocabulary and essential repertoire of bebop.

Part 1:
Intervals
The ThreeMain Chord Types
The Twelve-Bar Blues Sequence
Tritone Substitution
Extensions
Voice Leading: Four and Five Parts
More Extensions
Voice-Leadin: Six Parts

Part 2:
Blues Tonality: C Major
Blues Tonality: F Major
The "Round-the-Clock' Blues"
AABA Form
Expanding Your Repertoire