Jazz has several stages of evolution: New Orlean, swing, bebop, cool jazz, post-bop, free jazz, regional varieties and fusions.
Main topics on jazz are:
- Mark Levine. The Jazz Piano Book and also Mark Levine. The Jazz Theory Book
- Oscar Peterson. Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano
- Charlie Banacos
- Andrew Lilley. The Artistry of Bheki Mseleku
- Henry Martin. Charlie Parker, Composer
- Peter Freeman. The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Wynton Marsalis Omnibook has an intro article describing his solo language (screenshot)
- Ed Friedland. Building Walking Bass Lines and Ed Friedland. Expanding Walking Bass Lines and many other books - the book should contain the code to access audio examples at the publisher's website
