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A Jazz Improvisation Primer, by Marc Sabatella

http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/

Detailed online course in jazz improvisation with pages in history, theory, and practical advice on playing in a group.

Brent D. Stuntzner's Jazz Guitar Site

http://www.stuntzner.brent.org/Transcriptions.html

A jazz guitar site featuring transcriptions of solos. Formats include standard notation, TAB, MIDI, and Jam Tracks.

Guitar Lesson World by Patrick McFarlane

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/

Progressive series of 50 guitar lessons for the improvising musician, including soloing and comping.

Jazclass with Michael Furstner

http://www.jazclass.aust.com/im1.htm

A basic primer on jazz improvisation using chord root tones and chord guide tones.

Jazz Arranging Tutorial

http://webpages.charter.net/dbristol4/tutorial/tutorial.htm

Web-based instruction in jazz ensemble writing. Based on charts for the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band. Offered by Alabama State music professor Doug Bristol.

Sax on the Web: Tim Price

http://www.saxontheweb.net/Price/

Selmer clinician from the New York area offers online instruction harmonic substitution, with exercises to improve phrasing and improvisation and a series of "Bird-ology" studies.

Swing and Jump Blues Guitar

http://www.swingblues.com/swing.htm

Matthieu Brandt, a guitarist from Amsterdam, Netherlands, offers detailed progressive lessons. Topics include chords, riffs, comping, turnarounds, and timing.