| Part One: Jazz Fundamentals |
| Chords and Scales |
| Chord Progressions and how They Work |
| Other Basics |
| Jazz Keyboard |
| Part Two: Beginning Improvisation |
| Getting Started |
| Rhythm and Syllables |
| Creating Melodies |
| Diatonic Chord Progressions |
| Learning to Hear the Changes |
| Part Three: Intermediate Improvisation Articulation |
| Melodic Structure |
| Non-Diatonic Chord Progressions |
| Hearing the Changes |
| Part Four: Advanced Improvisation |
| Other Aspects of Rhythm |
| More About the Bebop Language |
| Hearing the Changes Even Better! |
| Improvising on Jazz Standards |
| Part Five: Other Considerations |
| Creating and Retaining Interest |
| Practice |
| Part Five: Vocal Improvisation In The Classroom |
| Working with Groups of Students |
| Group Activities and Games |
| Appendix A: Interviews with jazz Singers |
| Appendix B: Solos for Transcribing |
| Appendix C: Index of Exercises |
