The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation - Paperbackby John McNeil (Author), Ryan Nielsen (Author) You don't have to be a jazz expert to give your students a great introduction to improvisation. The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation provides what music educators have sought for decades: an easy, step by step guide to teaching jazz improvisation in the music classroom. Offering classroom tested lesson plans, authors John McNeil and Ryan Nielsen draw on their combined 54 years of teaching experience