Breaking Down the Cat: A Guide to Jazz Improvisation for Those Learning to Play (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781977641458)

A training manual or primer on jazz improvisation intended for beginning to advanced student musicians, "Breaking down the Cat" combines silly anecdotal humor with historical tie-ins in a study guide for students in a discussion that goes to the level of a manifesto on American freedom and equality. The historical-constructive method of the book tries to unearth the utilitarian facets of the interaction of the jazz style in history in order to inform the approach to jazz soloing of those learning, with possible

Author: David I. Black
ISBN-10: 1977641458
ISBN-13: 9781977641458
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2017
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d