Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises for All Instruments by Eric Marienthal. Belwin Jazz, 1996, PB, 192 pages. A comprehensive book of jazz technique studies and exercises by saxophonist Eric Marienthal. This book deals with many technique issues jazz musicians encounter in the real world. The format provides major, minor, dominant, melodic minor, diminished, and pentatonic/blues scale and chord exercises each of which includes motif exercises, finger busters, extended motif exercises and ideas for improvisation.