A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation (Flute)

The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick
Weissman’s mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece
arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, andwanted the
trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When thetrombonist kept
playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized
that – in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise – there are even
jazz musicians who don’t know how to improvise outside the limits of their own
stylistic backgrounds.The non-jazz improvisation series mostly includes new
original tunes that are intended to show how to improvise inmany musical
styles, including; Blues, Country, American folk, and Latin-American. World
music including: South American, Eastern European, Asian odd-meters (playing
in a variety of time signatures), New Age, Classical, and Folk-Rock. In short,
the books are an encyclopedia of virtually every musical style, excluding
jazz.