John Castellano is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music where he studied saxophone and clarinet with Joseph Allard, a world-renowned musician and teacher. He also studied flute with Harold Bennett, principle flutist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has been long-time faculty member at New York University where he currently teaches contemporary music performance. He is also the founder and Director of the SOJ Jazz Study Center, and is the Director Emeritus and Provost of the prestigious Collective School of Music, in New York City. The material presented in this book and in John's other books are a result of over forty years of experience teaching thousands of students in the areas of musicianship, sight- reading, and improvisation. The material in his books is presented in a sequential, progressive, and most of all, practical manner.