 | Jazz Guitar Single Note Soloing, Volume 1 by Ted Greene
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.70 This is the jazz instruction book, period. This is not for beginners. It provides valuable skills, jazz knowledge, jazz soloing structure, and technique development as well as sight reading skills.
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 | Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $9.23 Build chord knowledge, relationships, and modes.
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 | Intervallic Designs for Jazz Guitar: Ultramodern Sounds for Improvising (REH Pro Lessons) by Joe Diorio
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.99 Helpful for developing your own sound and improv skills. It is primarily a book of uniqe exercises. I have used manyof these intervalic runs in jazz, blues, rock, and other improvizatinal playing.
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 | Mel Bay presents Jazz Structures for the New Millennium by Joe Diorio
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $18.75 Some cool ways to look at traditional progressions and voicings.
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 | Modern Chord Progressions by Ted Greene
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $12.73 Also, not necessarily for beginners. Helps build harmony and melody skills.
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 | 101 Must-Know Jazz Licks: A Quick, Easy Reference for All Guitarists by Wolf Marshall
Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $8.99 Good material. It has a helpful way of breaking apart major jazz movements, such as bebop, soul jazz, modern jazz, fushion etc...
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 | Jazz Guitar Structures by Andrew Green
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $17.40 |
 | 101 Must-Know Blues Licks by Wolf Marshall
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.50 |
 | Building a Jazz Vocabulary by Mike Steinel
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.79 The method in this book involves understanding small cells and incorporating them into your jazz playing and improvizational skills. It is somewhat similar to the intervalic design concept.
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 | Best of George Benson: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of His Guitar Styles and Techniques (Signature Licks) by Wolf Marshall
Buy new: $17.21 / Used from: $19.72 While he is very fast player, it may be more helpful to focus on what he is doing to complement and develop your skills.
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 | Essential Elements For Jazz Trumpet Bk/2CDs by Various
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book: E-flat Edition
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $17.49 A great piece to help make you more valuable as a group player.
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 | Best of Jazz Guitar (Signature Licks) by Wolf Marshall
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $11.50 |
 | The Best of Joe Pass: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of the Jazz Guitar Virtuoso (Guitar Signature Licks) by Wolf Marshall
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $21.97 |
 | Jazz Guitar Technique by Andrew Green
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $12.76 |
 | Pat Metheny Songbook: Lead Sheets by Pat Metheny
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $25.24 |
 | Single Line Improvising by Diorio
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 | Arlen Roth's Masters of the Telecaster by Arlen Roth
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $15.05 |
 | Beginning Blues Guitar (Guitar Books) by Arlen Roth
Buy used from: $9.99 Blues and jazz have many similarities. This book helps provides some blues skills that may be of value.
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 | The Latin Real Book: C Edition by Chuck Sher
Buy new: $20.69 / Used from: $22.97 Modern jazz is replete with latin influences, it pays to learn some.
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 | Ultimate Jazz Fake Book : B Flat/No 240080
Buy new: $32.85 / Used from: $37.26 |
 | The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book - C Edition
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $19.99 |
 | Mel Bay presents Getting Into Latin Jazz Guitar (Mel Bay's Getting Into...) by John Zaradin
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $14.35 |
 | Expanding Walking Bass Lines by Ed Friedland
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $10.00 Understanding the movement of bass lines is essential to helping non-musicians identify and appreciate with your music. It essentially makes it more accessible.
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 | Thelonious Monk for Guitar by Thelonious Monk
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $9.40 A little difficult, but interesting and different, very different.
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