Song List:
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Review
Modes of the Major Scale
Extended and Altered Chords
Substitution
Making the Changes
Loafin' Blues
Chapter 2 - Modal Playing and 4th Voicings
4th Voicings
"So What" Voicings
George's Concept
Parallel Voicings
George's Concept: Parallel So What Voicings
Modal Soloing
Lyricism and Pacing
Chords
Sidestepping and Resolving
George's Concept: Sample Solo
Chapter 3 - Advanced Substitution & Reharmonization
Cycles
Rhythm Changes
Riffin' in Rhythm
Talk to Me, Brownie
Remembering Two Giants
Sample Rhythm Changes Solo
Coltrane Changes
It Takes Big Feet
All Them Thangs Trane Was
Ted, Can You Dig It?
Putting These Substitutions to Work
Chapter 4 - New Scales
The Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
Modes of the Melodic Minor
The Melodic Miners
Symmetrical Scales: Diminished & Whole Tone
Condiment Man
Modes of the Harmonic Minor
Greene Machine
The Lydian Diminished Scale and Its Modes
Lennieage
Un Portrait de Michel
Blues For Yusef
Chapter 5 - Triads & Pentatonic Scales Revisited
Triads Revisited
Upper Structures
Chart: Triad Possibilities For 7th Chord Voicings & The Extended Colors They Imply
You Neeque: Chord Study with Upper Structures
Bi-Tonal Triads
Keith's Inspiration
Climb That Beanstalk
Pentatonic Scales Revisited
Herbie Times Five
Herbie Times Five: Sample Solo
Using Multiple Pentatonics in Modal Playing
George's Concept: Sample Solo with Multiple Pentatonics
Pentatonics in Modal Playing: "Takin' it Outside"
George's Concept: Sample Solo with Outside Pentatonics
Chapter 6 - Solo Playing
Big Brother Hank
Walking Bass
Big Brother Hank: Walking Bass
Stride
Big Brother Hank: Stride
Leaving More Space
Big Brother Hank: Sample Solo
Ballads
An Evening With Kate
Playing the Melody
An Evening With Kate: Solo Keyboard
An Evening With Kate: Sample Solo
Chapter 7 - Building Intensity
Octaves
Tune for Timmons
Block Chords: Locked Hands Style
Lock-Up
Rhythmic Devices
Bley-Zin
Clusters
Cecil's Revolution Blues
Non-Diatonic Progressions
Shorter But Hipper
Playing Over Non-Diatonic Changes
Voicings
Shorter But Hipper: Sample Solo
Chapter 8 - Afterwords
Maybe
Maybe: Sample Solo
Special Situations
Recordings
