The Jazz Theory Book

The Jazz Theory Book
ISBN-10
1457101459
ISBN-13
9781457101458
Category
Music
Language
English
Published
2011-01-12
Publisher
"O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Author
Mark Levine

Description

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.

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