Robert Conti's jazz guitar method (no scales, no modes)
There has been a lot of posts about Conti's "no-scale, no-mode" method.
Believe me I'm not a shill for Conti. I've never bought any of his stuff. I think he's a wonderful guitarist though. A "P-R-O". He is a pro with a capital "P".
He's got a free lesson about beginning improv on his site right here so you can get an idea about how he teaches improv. How? He teaches you jazz lines. It's the same way Mickey Baker's book teaches. Lines. You learn lines.
Can you do this? Sure. You can even do it yourself. Just get a jazz CD of your favorite player and transcribe a solo over a standard. Conti even tells you that's how to learn. He's not hiding anything.
I made this post because I'm reading so much confusion over what he is doing. So much confusion over the scale/mode thing. Transcribe solos over changes. Do it.
If you want to run scales do that too. Is it necessary? No. Can you run scales up and down over chords? Yes.