Berkman’s book is the remedy. It forces you to think like a composer, not just an improviser. It treats harmony as a liquid, moving force rather than a static grid.
Berkman approaches jazz harmony as a living tradition of reinterpretation, rather than a fixed set of rules. Functional Archetypes The Jazz Harmony Book By David Berkman Full
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frequently praise Berkman's engaging, witty, and personable writing style, which makes complex theory more digestible. Audio Supplements and personable writing style
Modal interchange chords, providing common practical substitutions from parallel scales.