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Miles: The Autobiography
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Miles

By Miles Davis , Quincy Troupe ,

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Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation
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Thinking in Jazz

By Paul F. Berliner ,

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Coming Through Slaughter
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Coming Through Slaughter

By Michael Ondaatje ,

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To Be, or Not... to Bop
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To Be, or Not... to Bop

By Dizzy Gillespie , Al Fraser ,

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Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
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Raise Up Off Me

By Hampton Hawes , Don Asher ,

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In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz
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In Search of Buddy Bolden

By Donald M. Marquis ,

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But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz
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But Beautiful

By Geoff Dyer ,

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The Monsters We Defy
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The Monsters We Defy

By Leslye Penelope ,

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The History of Bones
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The History of Bones

By John Lurie ,

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Leader of the Band
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Leader of the Band

By Fay Weldon ,

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What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist (Studies in Jazz)
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What It Is

By Dave Liebman ,

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Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
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Pops

By Terry Teachout ,

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Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz
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Good Vibes

By Terry Gibbs , Cary Ginell ,

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Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge
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Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge

By Gary Golio , James E. Ransome (illustrator) ,

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Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
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Piano Starts Here

By Robert Andrew Parker ,

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Music is My Mistress
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Music is My Mistress

By Edward ‘Duke’ Ellington ,

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Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times
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Africa Speaks, America Answers

By Robin D. G. Kelley ,

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Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
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Space Is the Place

By John Szwed ,

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New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique
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New Musical Figurations

By Ronald M. Radano ,

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Notes and Tones: Musician-To-Musician Interviews
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Notes and Tones

By Arthur Taylor ,

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Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
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Q

By Quincy Jones ,

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Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-Reality of Creative Music: Interviews and Tour Notes, England 1985
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Forces in Motion

By Graham Lock ,

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John Coltrane: His Life and Music
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John Coltrane

By Lewis Porter ,

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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
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Thelonious Monk

By Robin D. G. Kelley ,

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We Called It Music: A Generation of Jazz
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We Called It Music

By Eddie Condon , Thomas Joseph Sugrue ,

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Remembering Bix: A Memoir Of The Jazz Age
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Remembering Bix

By Ralph Berton ,

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Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper
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Straight Life

By Art Pepper , Laurie Pepper ,

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Half-Blood Blues
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Half-Blood Blues

By Esi Edugyan ,

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Free Jazz
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Free Jazz

By Ekkehard Jost ,

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Alpha Boys School: Cradle Of Jamaican Music
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Alpha Boys School

By Heather Augustyn , Adam Reeves ,

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What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years
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What a Wonderful World

By Ricky Riccardi ,

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Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
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Hazel Scott

By Karen Chilton ,

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From Satchmo To Miles
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From Satchmo To Miles

By Leonard Feather ,

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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

By Laura Warrell ,

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Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
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Making Their Voices Heard

By Vivian Kirkfield , Alleanna Harris (illustrator) ,

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Trombone Shorty
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Trombone Shorty

By Troy Andrews , Bryan Collier (illustrator) ,

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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant

By Carole Boston Weatherford , Sean Qualls (illustrator) ,

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