Book One. Chapter 1. Introductory Exercises. Performance Piece: Funkasaurus -- Chapter 2. Swing It! Performance Piece: Midtown Strut -- Chapter 3. Pickup Notes. Performance Piece: Jumpin' Jazz -- Chapter 4. Latin Jazz. Performance Piece: Stepping Out -- Chapter 5. Jazz Waltz. Performance Piece: Petite Waltz -- Chapter 6. Classic & Cool. Grace Notes ; Performance Piece: Elling Tones -- Chapter 7. Triplets. Performance Piece: Blue Bop -- Chapter 8. The (Major) Pentatonic Scale. Chord Symbols -- Chapter 9. The Minor Pentatonic Scale -- Chapter 10. The Major Blues Scale -- Chapter 11. The (Minor) Blues Scale. Performance Piece: Avenue D ; Performance Piece: Big Earl's Honky-Tonk Blues.
Book Two. Chapter 1. Review: Pentatonic and Blues Scales. Performance Piece: Jersey Jump -- Chapter 2. Left-Hand Comping. Chord Voicings -- Chapter 3. The 12-Bar Blues. Anticipated Notes -- Chapter 4. Classic Blues Licks -- Chapter 5. Playing in Major Keys -- Chapter 6. Improvising in Major Keys -- Chapter 7. Walking Bass -- Chapter 8 Advancing Harmony. Secondary Dominants ; The Major Sixth Chord ; The Suspended Chord ; The Diminished Chord ; Slash Chords ; Extended Dominants ; Circle of Fifths ; ii-V-I Progression -- Chapter 9. Extended Chords. The Ninth Chord ; Extensions and Chord Symbols ; The Eleventh Chord ; The Thirteenth Chord ; Extensions and Dominants -- Chapter 10. Playing in Minor Keys. The Minor Seventh Flat Five Chord ; The Dominant Seventh Flat Nine Chord ; The Minor Sixth Chord ; The Dominant Seventh Sharp Nine Chord ; The Minor Major Seventh Chord ; The Augmented Chord ; The Augmented Dominant Seventh Chord -- Chapter 11. Improvising in Minor Keys. The Dominant Seventh Flat Thirteen Chord -- Chapter 12. 12-Bar Blues Variations. Turnarounds ; Tritone Substitutions ; The Dominant Seventh Sharp Eleventh Chord ; Performance Piece: Bayou Blues -- Chapter 13. Boogie-Woogie Style. Performance Piece: Beale Street Boogie -- Chapter 14. Left-Hand Stride. Performance Piece: The Mississippi Magpie Rag -- Chapter 15. Lead Sheets. Open Position Voicings ; Extensions and Open Position Chords ; Performance Piece: New Orleans Nocturne -- Chapter 16. Final Perfance Pieces. Performance Piece: South Side Stomp ; Performance Piece: Monkin' the Blues.