Eric has chosen 16 compositions in various styles of jazz, funk, and blues to demonstrate and shre his improvising and composing skills. This book offers a great way to learn improvisation patterns and scales and melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic jazz vocabulary. The Performing Artist Master Class CD includes an in-depth discussion by Eric of the following topics: Jazz phrasing & articulation, Ear Training, Creating a melodic solo, Developing an idea, Latin feel, Funky style ideas, & more.