Ein neuer Weg zur Jazz Improvisation: Book & CD

This German edition brings Aebersold's proven pedagogical structure to a new audience while maintaining the comprehensiveness that makes it a standard text. The combination of written exercises, scale references, listening recommendations, and standards repertoire creates a self-contained curriculum that teachers can trust.

Systematic and encouraging. The progression from simple pentatonic exploration through blues, modal improvisation, and standards work feels intentional and achievable rather than overwhelming. Each section builds on previous concepts, creating momentum as your harmonic awareness deepens.

Instrumentalists at all levels who want to understand improvisation from the ground up, whether they play jazz on saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano, bass, or another voice. Students benefit from a structured method that covers fundamentals like pentatonic scales and the blues alongside more advanced topics like modal interchange and bebop harmony.

• Use the included CD recordings to internalize the harmonic progressions before attempting to improvise over them; let your ear absorb the sound before your fingers engage.
• Work through the 20 introductory exercises in C methodically before transposing to other keys; mastery in one key builds confidence and understanding.
• Reference the scale directory while practicing so the relationship between harmonic context and melodic choice becomes intuitive rather than memorized.
• Listen to the recommended recordings alongside your study; hearing professional soloists navigate the same materials bridges the gap between exercise and performance.

Assign chapters sequentially to students taking individual jazz lessons throughout the year, using the recordings as practice accompaniments. The standards repertoire list and listening guide also serve directors programming jazz ensembles by identifying literature and recordings worth studying together.

• Improvising over blues progressions
• Applying pentatonic scales in musical context
• Navigating II-V-I chord progressions
• Reading and using modal scales
• Understanding bebop scale function and application
• Developing solo construction with tension and release
• Hearing harmonic changes through ear training exercises
• Transposing improvisation across all twelve keys