Books on Jazz (nonfiction)

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Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz
Tunes of the Twenties and All That Jazz it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes
The Long Shadow of the Little Giant: The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Conversations With Bill Holman, Thoughts and Recollections of a Jazz Master
Conversations With Bill Holman, Thoughts and Recollections of a Jazz Master it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Miles Davis: The Man in the Green Shirt
Miles Davis: The Man in the Green Shirt 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
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As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957–1977
As Serious As Your Life: Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957–1977 4.32 avg rating — 630 ratings
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The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool
The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool 4.13 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Rookery Blues
Rookery Blues 3.81 avg rating — 536 ratings
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In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz
In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz 3.99 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Lee Konitz : Conversazioni sull'arte dell'improvvisatore
Lee Konitz : Conversazioni sull'arte dell'improvvisatore 4.56 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Jazz Tradition
The Jazz Tradition 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz
Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings
Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings 4.12 avg rating — 234 ratings
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Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole
Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Jazz Life
The Jazz Life 3.98 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Story of Jazz (Galaxy Books)
The Story of Jazz (Galaxy Books) 3.76 avg rating — 106 ratings
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American Music Is
American Music Is 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Freedom, Rhythm and Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83
Freedom, Rhythm and Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong
Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper 4.33 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn 3.88 avg rating — 580 ratings
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OverTime: The Jazz Photographs
OverTime: The Jazz Photographs 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Jazz: America's Classical Music
Jazz: America's Classical Music 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings
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An Unholy Row: Jazz in Britain and its Audience, 1945-1960
An Unholy Row: Jazz in Britain and its Audience, 1945-1960 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire
by: Ted Gioia
4.46 avg rating — 463 ratings
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Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom
Swing Under the Nazis: Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom 3.44 avg rating — 62 ratings
125.
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya 4.26 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Jazz Me Blues: The Autobiography of Chris Barber
Jazz Me Blues: The Autobiography of Chris Barber 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s
Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s 4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The History of Jazz
The History of Jazz
by: Ted Gioia
4.08 avg rating — 5,422 ratings
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All Music Guide to Jazz
All Music Guide to Jazz 4.47 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan (Studies in Jazz Book 71)
Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan (Studies in Jazz Book 71) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65
Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65 4.12 avg rating — 90 ratings
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The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991
The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Coming Through Slaughter
Coming Through Slaughter 3.87 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
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Marian McPartland's Jazz World: All in Good Time
Marian McPartland's Jazz World: All in Good Time 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Cover Art of Blue Note Records, Vol.2
The Cover Art of Blue Note Records, Vol.2 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Ghosts of Harlem: Sessions with Jazz Legends
The Ghosts of Harlem: Sessions with Jazz Legends 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-75
Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers: British Jazz, 1960-75 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Notes from a Battered Grand: A Memoir/Fifty Years of Music, from Honky-Tonk to High Society
Notes from a Battered Grand: A Memoir/Fifty Years of Music, from Honky-Tonk to High Society
by: Don Asher
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Harlem of the West - The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era
Harlem of the West - The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Antipodean Riffs: Essays on Australasian Jazz
Antipodean Riffs: Essays on Australasian Jazz 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz 3.81 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Black Bottom Saints
Black Bottom Saints 3.94 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
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Great black music: Ancient to the future
Great black music: Ancient to the future it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Broadway Jazz Standards
Broadway Jazz Standards
by: Anonymous
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
144.
Early Jazz Greats Boxed Trading Card Set by R. Crumb
Early Jazz Greats Boxed Trading Card Set by R. Crumb 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Ed van der Elsken: Jazz
Ed van der Elsken: Jazz 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
147.
Jazz in Paris
Jazz in Paris 3.72 avg rating — 92 ratings
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The literature of jazz;: A critical guide
The literature of jazz;: A critical guide really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal, 2nd Edition
Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal, 2nd Edition 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Dressed to Kill: Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill: Dressed to Kill 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Jazz
Jazz 4.43 avg rating — 185 ratings
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The Sound I Saw
The Sound I Saw 4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
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A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians - from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians - from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between 3.85 avg rating — 330 ratings
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Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Jazz Noir: Listening to Music from Phantom Lady to The Last Seduction
Jazz Noir: Listening to Music from Phantom Lady to The Last Seduction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Jazzplakate =: Jazz posters
Jazzplakate =: Jazz posters it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Peggy Lee: A Century of Song
Peggy Lee: A Century of Song
by: Tish Oney
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958
The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 3.87 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Jazz Heritage
Jazz Heritage really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Willie and Dwike: An American Profile
Willie and Dwike: An American Profile 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest
Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest 4.01 avg rating — 422 ratings
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Jazz in Search of Itself
Jazz in Search of Itself 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz
Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Tin Angel
The Tin Angel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Living with Music: Jazz Writings
Living with Music: Jazz Writings 4.12 avg rating — 234 ratings
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This Is: Essays on Jazz
This Is: Essays on Jazz 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums
The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums 4.28 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Invitation To Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-198
Invitation To Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-198 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz
Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz 4.26 avg rating — 195 ratings
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Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz
Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Let Freedom Swing: Collected Writings on Jazz, Blues, and Gospel
Let Freedom Swing: Collected Writings on Jazz, Blues, and Gospel 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Is Jazz Dead?
Is Jazz Dead? 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends
Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History
New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Life in Jazz
A Life in Jazz 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz 4.24 avg rating — 3,185 ratings
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Understanding Jazz: Ways to Listen
Understanding Jazz: Ways to Listen 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now
Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now 4.23 avg rating — 117 ratings
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People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz Is Now!
People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz Is Now! 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest
Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music
The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music 4.02 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots
Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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All That Savannah Jazz...From Brass Bands, Vaudeville, to Rhythm and Blues
All That Savannah Jazz...From Brass Bands, Vaudeville, to Rhythm and Blues really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph 4.22 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Ella Queen of Jazz
Ella Queen of Jazz 3.80 avg rating — 146 ratings
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John Coltrane: John Coltrane
John Coltrane: John Coltrane
by: Bill Cole
3.70 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival, 1978-1985
Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival, 1978-1985 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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I Didn't Make A Million: How Jazz Came to China with CL McDermott and a New Introduction by Andrew Field
I Didn't Make A Million: How Jazz Came to China with CL McDermott and a New Introduction by Andrew Field really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits 4.27 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Jazz: The 1980s Resurgence
Jazz: The 1980s Resurgence 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane 4.12 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Jazz Among the Discourses
Jazz Among the Discourses 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture
Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture 3.14 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Jazz Years: earwitness to an era
The Jazz Years: earwitness to an era 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Jazz Musician
The Jazz Musician 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion
Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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