“Gary Lindsay’s Jazz Arranging Techniques fills a very big hole in educational material on arranging. I’ll never forget the day that the light FINALLY went on for me about writing closed and drop-2 voicings as I sat in Gary’s arranging class many years ago. Gary has a knack for making ‘seemingly’ mysterious things very accessible.
Leaving no stone unturned, his book covers advanced voicing techniques of all kinds going in depth on everything from upper structure triads to quartal voicings and clusters. Gary makes clear the often confusing task of notating for rhythm section. The PC/Mac CD Rom includes audio tracks of the examples and scores in the book plus PDF files of all the homework assignments.
I fully expect that Jazz Arranging Techniques will become the textbook of choice in college courses on arranging and for people who wish to study on their own…
I highly recommend this book. There is nothing else like it. Ten stars!”