Jazz Guitar Preparation
The following chord page has a variety of Jazz chord voicings and can be used to read through jazz standards.
Jazz Chord Voicings
Try to read a few songs each day. Here is a link to the “Real Book” (jazz standards).
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Book-Hal-Leonard-Corporation/dp/0634060384
The following links have great information about improvising (free). Jamey Aebersold identifies scales that will work with every chord you might find. Learn the scales in one octave from each string, in every key. Find a pattern you like and then move it around for different keys.
For example, scales that begin on note (g), begin the scale on the (D) string 5th fret, then on the (E) string 3rd fret, then on the (A) string 10th fret, then on the (G) string 12th fret.
Jamey Aebersold scale syllabus
Every chord has a corresponding scale
www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/download/FREE-scale-syllabus.pdf
Detailed explanation on how to use the scale syllabus and Aebersold’s advice about improvising
valdez.dumarsengraving.com/JameyAebersoldJazzHandbook2.pdf