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- A Jazz Improvisation Primer, by Marc Sabatella
Detailed online course in jazz improvisation with pages in history, theory, and practical advice on playing in a group.
 http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/
- Brent D. Stuntzner's Jazz Guitar Site
A jazz guitar site featuring transcriptions of solos. Formats include standard notation, TAB, MIDI, and Jam Tracks.
http://www.stuntzner.brent.org/Transcriptions.html
- Guitar Lesson World by Patrick McFarlane
Progressive series of 50 guitar lessons for the improvising musician, including soloing and comping.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/
- Jazclass with Michael Furstner
A basic primer on jazz improvisation using chord root tones and chord guide tones.
http://www.jazclass.aust.com/im1.htm
- Jazz Arranging Tutorial
Web-based instruction in jazz ensemble writing. Based on charts for the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band. Offered by Alabama State music professor Doug Bristol.
http://webpages.charter.net/dbristol4/tutorial/tutorial.htm
- Sax on the Web: Paul Coats
University jazz educator offers more than two dozen online lessons for beginners and more advanced jazz saxophone students, including a four-part series on arranging for sax quartet.
http://www.saxontheweb.net/Coats/
- Sax on the Web: Tim Price
Selmer clinician from the New York area offers online instruction harmonic substitution, with exercises to improve phrasing and improvisation and a series of "Bird-ology" studies.
http://www.saxontheweb.net/Price/
- Swing and Jump Blues Guitar
Matthieu Brandt, a guitarist from Amsterdam, Netherlands, offers detailed progressive lessons. Topics include chords, riffs, comping, turnarounds, and timing.
http://www.swingblues.com/swing.htm
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