Many different possibilities for harmonizing the same melody are illustrated and analysed, using techniques by such influential arrangers and composers as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oliver Nelson, Gil Evans and Clare Fischer.

• Techniques of melody harmonisation, linear writing and counterpoint for 2, 3, 4 and 5 horns.
• A chapter on writing for the rhythm section clearly illustrates the techniques commonly used by jazz arrangers and composers.
• Six complete scores in concert key are...