Book for chord solos?

**The Korux** · 06-10-2009, 07:05 AM

Hey!

Does anybody know a good book or website about chord solos?
I dont' mean chord melody, I mean improvising with chords (for example solos in the Wes Montgomery block chord style or the Freddie Green style).

I haven't found anything except one thread here which helped me, but I want to learn more about that.

Thanks for every answer and plese help me..

all the best, Tobias

**The Korux** · 06-10-2009, 06:07 PM

Nobody?
..
I know its hard finding information on that topic..

kind regards,..

**abracadabra** · 06-10-2009, 07:17 PM

There's a Wes Montgomery signature series by Wolf Marshall that has a lot of transcriptions of his solos, including chord stuff. It's not instructional though, but might give you some ideas.

**The Korux** · 06-11-2009, 04:14 AM

Thank you very much!
Thats clever.
And all in all if its a transcription or instructional book doesn't matter that much for me..so thanks!

kind regards, Tobias

**Banksia** · 06-11-2009, 07:18 AM

How about using simple chord melodies and filling in the gaps yourself? You'd learn the songs and you'd have to make up some new chords.

**m78w** · 06-11-2009, 09:27 AM

There's a Joe Pass chord solo book that's about 9$ and will keep you busy for the rest of your life. I've used it for more than a decade and I still finds new things to learn in there.

MW

**RyanM** · 06-11-2009, 02:12 PM

Maybe take a look at these two books, they might be the kind of thing you're looking for?

Buy Jim Bastian: Chordal Bebop Lines for Guitar (Set of 3 Books) from Jazzwise.com

Lesson Chord Melody Guitar An Organized Approach FormattedByColinSobers

**derek** · 06-11-2009, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by RyanM

Maybe take a look at these two books, they might be the kind of thing you're looking for?

Buy Jim Bastian: Chordal Bebop Lines for Guitar (Set of 3 Books) from Jazzwise.com

Lesson Chord Melody Guitar An Organized Approach FormattedByColinSobers

I have that first book, and it is like a lick book, only with chords instead of single lines. Very useful. I have picked up a couple of chordal licks I use often. Worth picking up.

**gusgtr** · 06-11-2009, 03:29 PM

There's a great book by Jim Ferguson called All Blues for Jazz Guitar which is full of comping and chord ideas.

**The Korux** · 06-12-2009, 03:47 AM

Wow, thank you guys so much! You're really great (just like this message board..)!

I'll have a close look at every book and then look which is the best.

So thanks a lot!

kindest regards, Tobias

**Silence** · 07-10-2009, 12:10 PM

I think the more you know about making chord melodies in general, the more you can pull out 3-4 note chords during an improvised solo.

harmonize the major and minor scales.

I bought this book "how to make jazz chord melodies" by fred sokolow. its pretty good, and cheap. he goes through three different versions of several tunes. The first one being easy, second-intermediate, and 3rd-advanced, all while explaining the concepts behind each chord choice.

That might be your best bet.

you also could type in wes montgomery chord lesson in the youtube search bar. There is a guy who put up a lesson about "wes chords".

**Gminor7** · 08-15-2009, 08:34 PM

If you can read music, or know some basic theory, you could get exactly the info you're looking for by turning to the piano players. As I understand it, this style of soloing with chords came from piano players like Red Garland, George Shearing, and organists like Wild Bill Davidson. There are piano books which discuss the process of block chord soloing. I absolutely love it, on the guitar or the piano. I also have read that it is related to the big-band sounds of Count Basie, where the arrangers would arrange long passages in chords to be played by the horn sections. If you look for "piano block chord soloing" you'll find a lot of stuff.

**nomelite** · 08-15-2009, 10:49 PM

Sal Salvador's books have been rereleased by Mel Bay and they are all sold in Amazon. Pierre (Time on your instrument) always recommended these books.Here are some titles that you could check out:
Amazon.com: Sal Salvador - Chord Solo Method for Guitar (9780786635047): Sal Salvador, Mike Giordano: Books

Amazon.com: Sal Salvador: Four Part Harmony for Solo & Comping: Jazz Guitar (9780871666482): Sal Salvador, Joseph J. Roda: Books

Amazon.com: Sal Salvador: Chordal Enrichment & Chord Substitution: Jazz Guitar (Mb94046) (9780871665270): Sal Salvador, Joseph J. Roda: Books

**vsaumarez** · 08-19-2009, 07:33 PM

Joe Pass has a book on just chord melody solos but I can't remember the title or publisher.

**ahumphr** · 08-23-2009, 02:50 PM

Building a Jazz Chord Solo by Fred Sokolow is a good tutorial book. Once you have the basics I'm certain you will also enjoy Barry Galbraith Guitar Solos (Mel Bay)