Edition: Paperback Book

Publisher: Sher Music Co.

Building Solo Lines from Cells is a practical method for developing the ability to create convincing jazz solos in a wide variety of playing situations.

It takes actual jazz lines recorded by master players and then slices them up into small "cells" that can be re-combined into longer lines to fit almost any harmonic situation.

This enables the player to improvise his or her own lines that sound just as interesting and melodic as the masters without resorting to simply copying others.

Some of the harmonic situations dealt with include:

There is a complete discussion of how to break out of diatonic-derived lines by using the cellular approach to create "side-slipping" and other intervallic lines — creating ultra-hip solo phrases in the style of modern masters such as Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and Herbie Hancock.

Finally, the cell concept gets transcended as twelve tone rows in the style of Mike Stern and others are explored, as well as lines derived from "23rd chords" — for the adventurous that are interested in paving a way into the future.

Endorsements

 Randy Vincent has put together a comprehensive, thoughtfully presented and practical jazz manual. It's packed with great examples and analysis for the Left-brained Jazzer. You will surely find some useful lines and tools here to help expand your vocabulary.”
— Bob Sheppard

 This book is good for ALL instruments. The patterns and exercises are excellent! There is much food for thought in here.”
— Jamey Aebersold

 Randy Vincent is a master player and teacher. The information in this book is very thorough and complete and the insights he offers are invaluable to anyone who is interested in improvising. This is a most welcome addition to the world of jazz pedagogy. Thanks, Randy!”
— Bruce Forman