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This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improvisor should be able to use this material alongside already familiar tonal ideas. Specifically, the book serves as a guide for organising chromaticism into a coherent musical statement meant to satisfy both the intellectual and emotional needs of artistic creation. The reader will be introduced to more than one way of conceiving chromatic lines and harmonies. There is nothing theoreticlly complex or new in the text, it is the organisation of the material as well as many musical examples and transcriptions (Bach, Scriabin, Coltrane, Shorter, Hancock, Beirach, Leibman et al.) which should serve to inspire musicians to expand their usual diatonic vocabulary. This book also provides insight into the style of playing that Leibman is known for. In addition the book contains 100 assorted solo lines and 100 chord voicings by Richie Beirach.