This volume is split into three parts, each dedicated to the three basic skills expected of a jazz trumpeter: teh ability to play together with others (Chapter 1), the ability to improvise (Chapter 2) and the ability to lead a wind section or bigband with his own instrument (Chapter 3).

The volume comes with a DVD letting you watch and listen to some examples and, most importantly, play the section and improvisation exercises with the aid of a rhythmic backing track and a typical trumpetsect...