JAZZLIVES
5. 
Mr B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine
by:
Cary Ginell
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, And Redemption Of Jelly Roll Morton
by:
Howard Reich
4.18 avg rating — 83 ratings 
15. 
Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
by:
Donald Clarke
3.84 avg rating — 365 ratings 16. 
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940
by:
Gary Giddins
4.07 avg rating — 415 ratings 17. 
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz
by:
Stuart Nicholson
3.81 avg rating — 182 ratings 18. 
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The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings
21. 
Shall We Play That One Together?: The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland
by:
Paul de Barros
4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings 22. 
What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years
by:
Ricky Riccardi
4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings 
25. 
Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words: Selected Writings
by:
Louis Armstrong
4.17 avg rating — 101 ratings 
27. 
Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan
by:
Elaine M. Hayes
3.94 avg rating — 189 ratings 
34. 
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by:
Lewis Porter
4.16 avg rating — 606 ratings 34. 
Conversations With Bill Holman, Thoughts and Recollections of a Jazz Master
by:
Bill Dobbins
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
39. 
Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams
by:
Tammy Kernodle
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings 
42. 
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
by:
Stanley Crouch
3.88 avg rating — 962 ratings 
44. 
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
by:
Angela Y. Davis
4.28 avg rating — 1,707 ratings 45. 
With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day
by:
Julia Blackburn
3.88 avg rating — 380 ratings 46. 
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz
by:
Jeffrey Magee
4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings 
50. 
Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
55. 
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz"
by:
Alan Lomax
4.13 avg rating — 141 ratings 
57. 
Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz
by:
Alain Antonietto
4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings 58. 
Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing
by:
Michael Dregni
3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings 
65. 
The Boswell Legacy: The Story of the Boswell Sisters of New Orleans and the New Music They Gave to the World
by:
Kyla Titus
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings 66. 
Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man (Louisiana Artists Biography Series)
by:
Harold Battiste
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings 
71. 
Let the Good Times Roll: The Story of Louis Jordan and His Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by:
John Chilton
3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings 
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Artie Shaw: His Life and Music (Bayou Jazz Lives Series)
by:
John White
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings 75. 
Walk Tall: The Music and Life of Julian Cannonball Adderley
by:
Cary Ginell
4.29 avg rating — 51 ratings 
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Blues Mandolin Man: The Life and Music of Yank Rachell (American Made Music
by:
Richard Congress
3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings 82. 
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown: The Life And Music Of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson
by:
Dr. Licks
4.53 avg rating — 303 ratings 83. 
Wildman of Rhythm: The Life and Music of Benny Moré
by:
John Radanovich
4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings 
85. 
The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis (North Texas Lives of Musician Series)
by:
Chris Smith
4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings 86. 
Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band 3.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
87. 
Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
by:
Anne Rockwell
4.25 avg rating — 134 ratings 88. 
Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus
by:
Krin Gabbard
3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings 89. 
The Last 'Darky': Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
90. 
Way Up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem
by:
Howard L. Sacks
3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings 91. 
How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement
by:
Ruth Feldstein
3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings