James Rae's highly successful method 'Pregressive Jazz Studies' has given countless aspiring jazz players the confidence to play with real style. Now with 'Jazz Trumpet Studies', 78 of Rae's studies are brought together into a single great-value book, from Grade 1 to 5. Part 1 introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms including swing quavers, syncopation and anticipation; Part 2 contains fully graded melodic jazz studies; and Part 3 develops confidence within common jazz tonalities: whole-tone, diminished and blues scales, modes and the II-V-I chord sequence. Contents: