Introducing The Jazz Improvisation Workshop

Frank Mantooth and Hal Leonard Corporation have published an exciting new improvisation method designed for all levels of players - from the absolute beginner to the experienced performer. Instructional volumes can be used individually or in a group/classroom environment. Play-along song collections feature musical variety, top-notch rhythm section accompaniment, great tunes, and performance of each head as well as choruses for improvisation. Each book includes a play-along CD. All titles in the series are available for C, B, E, and Bass Clef instruments.

Read the Foreword

[Frank teaches a Jazz Improvisation Workshop] Titles In The Series

Patterns for Improvisation From the Beginning

Patterns for Improvisation Movin' On to the Blues

Jazz Classic Standards (15 songs, including All of Me, Confirmation, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Milestones, Ornithology, Waltz for Debby, When I Fall in Love, and more.)
Essential Jazz Standards (15 songs, including The Girl from Ipanema, Groovin' High, Have You Met Miss Jones?, It Could Happen To You, It Might As Well Be Spring, Long Ago and Far Away, A Night in Tunisia, Stella by Starlight, and more.)
Jazz Favorites (15 songs, including Bewitched, Bye Bye Blackbird, How High the Moon, Now's the Time, Someday My Prince Will Come, Speak Low, and more.)
Jazz Gems (15 songs, including All The Things You Are, Bluesette, Epistrophy, How Insensitive, My Funny Valentine, My Romance, Satin Doll, Summer Samba (So Nice), Tangerine, and more.)
Cole Porter Classics (15 songs, including All Of You, Easy to Love, I Love You, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, and more.)

Sound Samples (.WAV format)

Musicians on Patterns for Improvisation: Kim Park, Saxophones and Flute; Stan Kessler, Trumpet and Flugelhorn; Danny Embrey, Guitar; Frank Mantooth, Piano; Bob Bowman, Bass; Todd Strait, Drums.

Greeting from Patterns for Improvisation From the Beginning
Stringing the Patterns Together, from Patterns for Improvisation From the Beginning
Blues in A Minor, from Patterns for Improvisation Movin' On to the Blues

Note: Musicians on Jazz Classic Standards, Essential Jazz Standards, Jazz Favorites, and Jazz Gems are: Jim Massoth, Saxophones; Art Davis, Trumpet and Flugelhorn; Paul McKee, Trombone; John McLean, Guitar; Frank Mantooth, Piano: Larry Kohut, Bass; Phil Gratteau, Drums.

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