Hey there, Im goin along with what Jim said, theres a few books that I put my students on usually. The first is the Charlie Parker Omni book, aka your new bible. Aside from being a good source of licks, it can teach you how all the scales and what not are applied. Next are the Jamey abbersold's "Blues in all Keys", volume 42 or 43 in his series I believe. Lastly I suggest getting Around the Horn bu Walt Weiskoph, which is gonna kick your but all over the page and around the horn. Those will help get a solid foundation into the style, but to really learn and apply it, listen to the artists, and not just sax players, listen to everyone to learn from cause they can all teach you. Listen to how they use what you are learning. Lastly, nothing can replace a good teacher in this process

The knights Templar have read these responses.Ok these peole are all reccomending this book and that book etc.Thats fine thats how they see it.you have to make a choice which way to go.Believe us when we say nearly every one goes down the road they suggest, in the short term is easy option but medium to long term, its going nowhere.There is no angle to this thats how most see it, but believe us it wont make you a good player.We suggest meeting any top blues and or top jazz musician and they will confirm this.They themselves may have written many books for the market place but they didnt do it that way.We sincerely wish you all the best which ever way you choose but over the years the knights have seen hundreds of students making this mistake.In the medium to long term it limits your improvisation. it will never be nateralYou are an ideal candidate to do really well. Its about how you hear and see the music in your head,thats key.Just like to us a g flat and an f sharp are totally different sounds in your head even when you just pitch one of them.We feel passionate about this because nearly everyone makes the mistake unless guided correctly.These responces are all good stuff, and they all mean well,they dont no any different but to us its not the quickest and most proficient way.Example when you learn to play a good blues solo you should have no concept of a blues scale in your mind,that is the limited way to learn.In all honesty our way of learning in medium term speeds the process up by decades.At the same time you play truth. Well which ever way you go good luck, i hope we at least make you check it out first.(Bird Lives)

you don't need a book. get a piano or guitar player to comp for you. you need to play over a 12 bar blues progression, just stumble over your horn until you finf the notes that fit the chords. tell your accompanist to change keys, and start over in the new key. this may seem like a fly by the seat of the pants method and it is. i learned to play blues as a child, and went on to learn diatonic modes later. any scale or mode that you learn is a foundation for you to build upon. you will spend a lot of time on this venture, if you want to get good. i'll give you something to mess with. start with your hi D(palm key). play D, C, A, A FLAT, G, F, D. go down that scale and come back up. you will get a feel for the blues. then you can pick up other keys by ear. later the technique and licks will come. listen to blues records and learn the licks that you like. you will do just fine :)