Books on Jazz Improvisation, Musicianship, and The Music
Available in Coil-bound, Softcover, Audio, and eBook Formats
You’ve practiced the scales. But when it’s time to improvise, nothing flows.
You’ve bought the scale books. Done the patterns. Worked through the exercises.
But when it’s time to actually improvise, it doesn’t come because you’ve been learning about jazz instead of learning to hear it.
Trombone Improvisation Savvy is different. It trains your ear, not your memory. And that changes what happens when you pick up the horn.
PLUS, choose your cover from five fun options.
"Michael has created what has to be one of the most comprehensive tools for learning to improvise specifically for trombone!
This is a thoughtful, thorough, and dynamic approach to learning trombone improvisation."
This is a thoughtful, thorough, and dynamic approach to learning trombone improvisation."
NIck Finzer
New York trombonist and educator
Explore More Great Books for Jazz Improvisation and Musicianship
Every book here is built around the same idea: your ear is a better teacher than any scale chart.
Whether you play trombone, saxophone, piano, or guitar — these are the resources that change what happens when you actually pick up your instrument.
Most titles available in digital, soft-cover, or coil-bound formats.
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From $24.95
Your ear already knows what to play. This book teaches your hands to follow.
- You hear the phrase. Now play it — Jazz Ear Savvy closes the gap between hearing and playing.
- 100 custom audio tracks so your ear does the learning, not just your eyes.
- Editions for C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef.
From $24.95
The groove is already inside you. This book helps you find it.
- You can count the beat — but does it live in your body? Rhythm Savvy builds the internal pulse that makes jazz feel natural.
- Over 100 audio examples so you hear the rhythm before you play it.
- Editions for C and Bass Clef.
From $34.95
Stop fighting the instrument. Start playing it.
- You reach for a position that worked on tenor — and something else comes out. Alto Trombone Savvy rebuilds that connection for the alto.
- Audio play-alongs train your ear to find the alto positions naturally, not just from memory.
- Bass and alto clef editions.
From $29.95
Jazz isn't a collection of patterns. It's a story. This book shows you how to tell yours.
- Co-authored with Richie Beirach with insights drawn from a lifetime at the highest levels of jazz.
- Bridges the gap between tradition and real-world musicianship for teachers and students alike.
- Available in softcover, PDF, audiobook, and Kindle.
From $24.95
The roadmap exists. You just need to follow it.
- Richie Beirach's complete framework for jazz mastery with the eight areas every serious jazz musician needs to develop.
- Stops the guesswork. Tells you exactly what to work on and why.
- Available in softcover, PDF, audiobook, and Kindle.
From $29.95
The music is already inside you. This book shows you how to set it free.
- Dave Liebman's framework for mastery. How the greatest jazz musicians actually develop their skills.
- Transforms practice from routine repetition into purposeful growth.
- Available in softcover, PDF, audiobook, and Kindle.
From $19.95
10 pianists. 120 years of jazz. One master's view.
- Richie Beirach tells you exactly who shaped modern jazz piano, and why each one changed everything that came after.
- Not a textbook. A master's firsthand account from a lifetime spent inside the music.
- Available in softcover, PDF, audiobook, and Kindle.
From $14.95
The greatest recordings weren't made to sell. That's exactly why they did.
- Why did Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme, and The Köln Concert sell millions, while equally great albums didn't? Richie Beirach has the answer.
- The lessons inside apply to any musician who wants their playing to matter.
From $9.95
You already know what you need to do. This book helps you actually do it.
- Self-discipline isn't about deprivation — it builds through small, regular actions, not painful self-denial.
- Practical for musicians, professionals, and anyone who wants to stop getting in their own way.
- Digital and print editions available.
Audio Books
$9.95
The Lineage of Modern Jazz Piano
- Richie's view on the 10 pianists who shaped modern jazz.
$12.95
The Art of Skill
- Dave Liebman on mastery. Listen anywhere.
$12.95
A Framework for Jazz Mastery
- Richie's roadmap for jazz mastery.
$12.95
Teaching and Learning Jazz
- Richie on jazz education & performing, unfiltered.
eBooks
Digital only: $19.95
"How you use your brain is ten times more important than how you use your fingers." — Dr. Rodney Brim
- Written with psychologist Dr. Rodney Brim on the neuroscience of how musicians actually improve.
FREE
Read Richie Beirach's critique of the movie Whiplash
- This FREE dual ebook consists of Richie Beirach reflecting on his ECM recording session for Elm and on his analysis of Herbie Hancock and what makes him such a great musician.
FREE
You don't get what you deserve. You get what you're willing to ask for.
- Essential for musicians: stop leaving money and opportunities on the table.
- What to say when they say "No", and why that's often where the real negotiation starts.
- Includes a chapter written specifically for musicians.
