The Jazz Guitar Handbook: A Complete Course in All Styles of Jazz (Popular Handbook) Hardcover – Audiobook, October 1, 2013

I just got it and started to learn :P I enjoy it because it starts with jazz history and helps to discover some jazz musicians and gives you more knowledge about jazz... It includes CD with 96 Tracks in it some are for just listening some for practice... Book itself is very comfortable starts on beginner level and goes to more advance levels. gives you knowledge about scales and soloing also includes information about chords... I will advise you to buy this book and also if you are very beginner and don't know how to read Tablature and notes you should start with "How to Read Music a Step By Step Guide with Cd by Rod Fogg" so buy both and be happy with new books :Pyou also can google how to read tabulature to make some economy.p.sif you will get "Blues guitar handbook" and will learn in parallel mode you will get far better knowledge... I have just got it and actually worth it.

I've bought a ton of instruction manuals/cds for blues, jazz, and rock guitar (kind of a junkie for them), but the Jazz Guitar Handbook for me is the best of the bunch. It's progressive instruction and logical sequence is excellent. You begin playing music right away. And it's not "Twinkle, Twinkle" or "Jingle Bells", there are compositions that are short and learnable, and can be embellished to take you to advanced levels. I'm only in the part on jazz chords right now, but I have scanned ahead, and I love the direction the rest of the book goes. I'm looking for an instructor to use this as the manual for my course of study. You don't really need a teacher with it, but for me a little extra guidance would make the whole study just that much more effective.

Nice book

Very good resource, and author takes the time to dig into the history & guitar features itself, which I think is important if you're learning a new style.Only complaint so far is one of the chord diagrams is wrong & may have snapped my wrist off if I didn't stop and check each note (C7 , p98).Definitely recommend this, am looking forward to getting through the later lessons

This is an awesome book. All of the scales and arpeggios are fun to play and in tab format. They also have a few pages before each tab explaining the beat or something, I don't read it. I find this book helpful to warm up with fresh licks before I start recording my own ideas. Although there is stuff in there for everyone like beginners and someone more advanced.

An excellent introduction to the world of jazz guitar playing. Good narrative, notation, tablature and a CD companion to the lessons in the book. On top of that, the book also contains sections on the history of jazz guitar, guitar manufacturing specifically directed toward the jazz guitarist. In all respects, a useful and enjoyable treatment of jazz guitar that will help expand your knowledge and your playing of jazz guitar.

Before buying the book, I listened to Rod Fogg's recordings and he is indeed a competent player. However, the man is a superstar teacher. If you want to learn jazz without going crazy, this book is for you. It's possibly the very best of its type ever published. Augmented with Frank Vignola's instruction, you too can take the stage. Now go practice.

Was looking for a good, clear book on learning jazz guitar, something that wasn't as dense and intimidating as some previously purchased, but which had a wealth of material. I found it in this book. Beautifully produced, easy to follow, full of info that will continue to help for many days ahead.