"Major Is Harmonic (and Other Essays)" is a book for all instrumentalists that explores the highly underrated Harmonic Major Scale and its applications for jazz improvisation.

• The book examines where the scale and its harmonies show up, such as in the so-called Bebop scales and in cellular improvisation.
• Jazz musicians from Charlie Parker to the present have used the Harmonic Major scale for such cases as the Eb7#9 in "Donna Lee" and the Abdim7b13 in "Corcovado."
• Gives you a way to di...