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  • James Kaplan The best books about jazz through the stories of jazz musicians Book cover of Miles: The Autobiography Book cover of To Be, or Not... to Bop Book cover of What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist (Studies in Jazz) Book cover of Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes Book cover of Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz
  • Dennis McNally The best books about jazz and the story it tells about America Book cover of Blues People: Negro Music in White America Book cover of In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz Book cover of Miles: The Autobiography Book cover of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Book cover of The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
  • Paul Austerlitz The best scholarly books on jazz Book cover of Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction Book cover of John Coltrane: His Life and Music Book cover of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original Book cover of A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music Book cover of Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
  • Lilian Terry The best books to welcome you to the magical world of jazz Book cover of Music is My Mistress Book cover of The Music of Black Americans: A History Book cover of To Be, or Not... to Bop Book cover of In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz Book cover of Aux Frontières du Jazz
  • Philip Watson The best books about jazz (and a whole lot more) Book cover of But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz Book cover of Coming Through Slaughter Book cover of Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-Reality of Creative Music: Interviews and Tour Notes, England 1985 Book cover of Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus Book cover of The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music
  • Paul Alexander The best jazz books about people important to Billie Holiday Book cover of Lester Leaps in: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young Book cover of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years Book cover of Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC Book cover of The Street That Never Slept: New York's Fabled 52nd Street Book cover of From Satchmo To Miles
  • David W. Stowe The best books on the social history of jazz Book cover of Stomping the Blues Book cover of Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation Book cover of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times Book cover of Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra Book cover of Noise Uprising: The Audiopolitics of a World Musical Revolution
  • Jeff Stookey The best books about 1920s Chicago jazz musicians Book cover of Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz Book cover of We Called It Music: A Generation of Jazz Book cover of Remembering Bix: A Memoir Of The Jazz Age Book cover of Really the Blues Book cover of The Stardust Road
  • Duncan Tonatiuh The best illustrated books that celebrate Black music and dance Book cover of Freedom in Congo Square Book cover of Trombone Shorty Book cover of Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Book cover of Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane Book cover of Alvin Ailey
  • Richard J. Alley The best books to understand the culture and community of mid-20th century music and musicians Book cover of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion Book cover of Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded Book cover of Notes and Tones: Musician-To-Musician Interviews Book cover of The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll Book cover of Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
  • David Seow The best picture books on the rocky road to stardom Book cover of Just Being Audrey Book cover of The Rise (and Falls) of Jackie Chan Book cover of Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Book cover of Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe Book cover of Serena Williams: A Kid's Book About Mental Strength and Cultivating a Champion Mindset
  • Paul Murdin The best books with fictional female astronomers Book cover of Contact Book cover of Variable Stars Book cover of The Falling Sky Book cover of Two on a Tower Book cover of Leader of the Band
  • Gary Golio The best picture books that sing! Book cover of When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson Book cover of Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum Book cover of Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist Book cover of Stand Up and Sing!: Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice Book cover of Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
  • Annik LaFarge The best books that bring music to life – from practice & history to the pure joy of listening Book cover of But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz Book cover of Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons Book cover of Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time Book cover of Music: A Subversive History Book cover of Orfeo
  • Katherine Giuffre The best books about maverick creativity Book cover of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston Book cover of Subculture: The Meaning of Style Book cover of Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 Book cover of Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work Book cover of Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation
  • Donald Clarke The best jazz biographies & autobiographies (from a jazz lover) Book cover of Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz Book cover of Life In E-Flat: The Autobiography of Phil Woods Book cover of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell Book cover of Hear Me Talkin' to Ya Book cover of Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf
  • Alan Paul The best books that changed the way I think and write about music Book cover of Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta Book cover of Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom Book cover of The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones Book cover of Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia Book cover of Miles: The Autobiography
  • Jordan Dotson The best fiction about musicians with otherworldly talent Book cover of The Ground Beneath Her Feet Book cover of Do Not Say We Have Nothing Book cover of Coming Through Slaughter Book cover of Utopia Avenue Book cover of Bel Canto
  • Sammy Stein The best books on female musicians Book cover of This Woman's Work: Essays on Music Book cover of Jazz: A People's Music Book cover of Free Jazz Book cover of The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles: How Music Has Shaped Civilization Book cover of The Chronicle of Jazz
  • Elise Blackwell The best books that lie to tell the truth Book cover of Coming Through Slaughter Book cover of The Farming of Bones Book cover of Measuring the World Book cover of Ship Fever: Stories Book cover of Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories
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