El Arte De La Improvisacion

The Art of Improvisation
Version 1.0 – 8/22/2000

… Creating real-time music through jazz improvisation …

*Introduction*

by Bob Taylor
Author of Sightreading Jazz, Sightreading Chord Progressions
©2000 Taylor-James Publications

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