Here is the description from Ed's web site
http://www.edfriedland.com/ Quote:
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While I can't get inside your head and pilot you through a solo, I have laid out several effective strategies for developing your improvisational concept. You learn to play the raw materials used in jazz, then look at ways to use it to construct melodic ideas. Playing the blues, phrasing, chord scale theory, vertical concepts, harmony grids, minor harmony, internal melodies and bebop are some of the ideas you learn about. The tracks are there to help you learn by hearing the example played, and accompanying you while you make you way through the changes.
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I have Ed's bass improv/solo book and several others. Like all of his books, it is very well written. This books focuses on jazz type solos. There is a
lot of information in the book. The first part of the book goes over theory; scales, modes, triads, etc. Then he gets into the soloing. He first starts with a "bad" solo and explains what is wrong and then proceeds to fixing the problems. The solos get more complex as the book continues. The harmony grid is a neat idea and will make you approach solos in a different way.
I said it before and I'll say it again: There is a
lot of information in this book. Be patient and read it several times.
One of the big concepts behind Ed's style of soloing is
Forward Motion that was created by Hal Galper. You can read an introduction to Forward Motion at
http://www.halgalper.com/13_arti/fwdmot1.html There used to be more articles on his web site but he has put them together into a book. You can find out more about Hal's book at
http://www.forwardmotionpdf.com/
I hope this helps.
