The solos in this book, all over standard jazz tunes, provide a wealth of jazz and blues vocabulary, rhythms and licks. They serve as templates for improvisations and will help create desired improvised solos. By playing them with the backing tracks and listening to the demos, aspiring and experienced soloists will get an insider's look into the language of jazz. Learning and playing the solos will greatly improve the ears, techniques, and improvisations of jazz players. Essential Solos by Jeff Harrington will greatly improve improvisation skills!