Book/6 CD pack. Advanced blues playing, chord substitutions, scales and modes, and other techniques for jazz improvisation. Starting with Bill Monroe's blues-tinged bluegrass, you'll learn how to improvise the be-bop, swing, and contemporary jazz styles pioneered by Jethro Burns, Tiny Moore, David Grisman and others. Andy provides the building blocks that will enable you to improvise creatively and gives you insights into the jazz concepts of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and others, and how they translate to mandolin. Intermediate/advanced level. Comb-bound. Note/tab. 39 pp.