Developing jazz improvisational skills through solo transcription and analysis. Transcriptions are used to develop the ears, derive technical exercises and for analysis to gain understanding of the theory and techniques to construct phrases. The following solo transcriptions are included as examples: Michael Brecker, (Tenor Saxaphone solo on chord changes to Bathsheba); John Scofield (Guitar solo on chord changes to Evansville); Randy Brecker (Trumpet solo to chord changes on I Cant Get Started); Ron McClure (Accoustic bass solo on chord changes to Broken Dreams); Herbie Hancock (Electric piano solo on chord changes to No Means Yes); Byron Miller (Electric bass solo on chord changes to Reach For It);; Niels Lan Doky (Accoustic piano solo on chord changes to Dreams)