General and history
Ake, David Andrew (2002). Jazz Cultures . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92696-7 .
Ake, David; Garrett, Charles Hiroshi; Goldmark, Daniel (13 May 2012). Jazz/Not Jazz: The Music and Its Boundaries . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95135-8 .
Atkins, E. Taylor (1 November 2003). Jazz Planet . Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 151 . ISBN 978-1-57806-609-4 .
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7 ed.). Chicago, Ill.: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 978-1-55652820-0 .
Bjorn, Lars (2001). Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 . University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06765-6 .
Bogdanov, Vladimir, ed. (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music (4 ed.). San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books [u.a.] ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2 .
Boyd, Jean A. (1998). The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing . University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70860-0 .
Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian; Chris Parker (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide . Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-137-7 .
Charters, Samuel Barclay (1962). Jazz: A History of the New York Scene . Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80225-6 .
Chiswick, Linton (1997). Milestones of Jazz: A Chronological History of Jazz Music in Photographs . CLB. ISBN 978-1-85833-764-7 .
Collier, James Lincoln (1995). Jazz . Oxford University Press . ISBN 978-0-19-535722-6 .
Conyers, James L. Jr. (26 December 2000). African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior . McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6238-4 .
Cooke, Mervyn; Horn, David (2002). The Cambridge Companion to Jazz . Cambridge Companions to Music . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66388-5 .
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz . Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 .
Crow, Bill (12 August 2005). Jazz Anecdotes : Second Time Around . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972648-6 .
DeVeaux, Scott Knowles (1999). The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21665-5 .
Dregni, Michael (2006). Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz . Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-933108-10-0 .
Driggs, Frank; Haddix, Chuck (2006). Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – A History . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530712-2 .
Dyer, Geoff (10 May 2012). But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz . Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-85786-335-5 .
Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (18 November 1999). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972907-4 .
Fernandez, Raul A. (2006). From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93944-8 .
Gabbard, Krin (1 January 1995). Jazz Among the Discourses . Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1596-3 .
Gabbard, Krin (1 January 1995). Representing Jazz . Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1594-7 .
Gerard, Charley (1 January 1998). Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community . Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-96198-5 .
Giddins, Gary (22 October 1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-987953-3 .
Gioia, Ted (8 April 2011). The History of Jazz . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983187-6 .
Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199937394 .
Gioia, Ted (1998). West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960 . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21729-4 .
Gitler, Ira (7 November 1985). Swing to Bop : An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536411-8 .
Godbolt, Jim (January 2010). A History of Jazz in Britain: 1919 – 1950 . Northway Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557888-1-9 .
Gourse, Leslie (1996). Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510647-3 .
Hardie, Daniel (11 December 2013). Jazz Historiography: The Story of Jazz History Writing . iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4917-1444-7 .
Hennessey, Thomas J. (1994). From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890–1935 . Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2179-8 .
Jenkins, Todd S. (2004). Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia . Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33313-2 .
Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (2002). The New Grove dictionary of Jazz (2 ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 1-56159-284-6 .
Kernfeld, Barry (1995). What to Listen for in Jazz . New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300072594 .
Kirchner, Bill (14 July 2005). The Oxford Companion to Jazz . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518359-7 .
Koenig, Karl (2002). Jazz in Print (1859–1929) . Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-1-57647-024-4 .
Larson, Tom (2011). History and Tradition of Jazz . Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7575-8727-6 .
Meeder, Christopher (6 August 2012). Jazz: The Basics . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-88712-4 .
Miller, Mark (2005). Some Hustling This! – Taking Jazz to the World, 1914–1929 . The Mercury Press. ISBN 1-55128-119-8 .
Miller, Robin J. (2005). The Jazz History Quilt . AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4208-3566-3 .
Neely, Tim (28 February 2011). Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl . Krause Publications. ISBN 978-1-4402-2772-1 .
Newton-Matza, Mitchell (2009). Jazz Age: People and Perspectives . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-033-9 .
Ogren, Kathy J. (1992). The Jazz Revolution . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536062-2 .
Owens, Thomas. Bebop . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-535553-6 .
Owsley, Dennis (2006). City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895–1973 . Reedy Press. ISBN 978-1-933370-04-0 .
Porter, Eric (2002). What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92840-4 .
Ratliff, Ben (2009). The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Times Books. ISBN 978-0805090864 .
Schuller, Gunther (1968). Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504043-2 .
Shaw, Arnold (1989). The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506082-9 .
Stearns, Marshall Winslow (1956). The Story of Jazz . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-501269-9 .
Tirro, Frank (1993). Jazz: A History . Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-96368-7 .
Townsend, Peter (2000). Jazz in American Culture . Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-324-6 .
Walser, Robert (2014). Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-976577-5 .
Ward, Geoffrey C. (2001). Jazz: A History of America's Music . Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-6769-2 .
Watkins, Candice; Howard, Arnett (2012). Ohio Jazz: A History of Jazz in the Buckeye State . The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-575-6 .
Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop . Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-608-3 .
Yanow, Scott (2000). Swing . San Francisco: Miller Freeman. ISBN 978-0879306007 .
Yurochko, Bob (1993). A Short History of Jazz . Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8304-1595-3 .
Autobiography and biography
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong, Louis (2001). Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514046-0 .
Boujut, Michel (1998). Louis Armstrong . Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847821310 .
Brothers, Thomas (17 April 2007). Louis Armstrong's New Orleans . W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-33001-4 .
Collier, James Lincoln (1983). Louis Armstrong: An American Genius . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536507-8 .
Giddins, Gary; Armstrong, Louis (1 March 2009). Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong . Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-7867-3145-9 .
Nollen, Scott Allen (1 January 2004). Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career . McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1857-2 .
Storb, Ilse (1999). Louis Armstrong: the definitive biography . Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820431031 .
Teachout, Terry. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong . (2009)
Yomtov, Nel (1 July 2012). Louis Armstrong: Jazz Legend . Capstone Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-62065-267-1 .
Count Basie
Art Blakey
John Coltrane
Baker, David (1980). The Jazz Style of John Coltrane: A Musical and Historical Perspective . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4574-9414-7 .
Barron, Rachel (2002). John Coltrane: Jazz Revolutionary . Morgan Reynolds. ISBN 978-1-883846-57-2 .
Brown, Leonard (11 August 2010). John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977974-1 .
Cole, Bill (2001). John Coltrane . Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81062-X .
Golio, Gary (2012). Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-547-23994-1 .
Nisenson, Eric (5 August 2009). Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest . Da Capo Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7867-5095-5 .
Porter, Lewis; DeVito, Chris; Wild, David; Yasuhiro Fujioka; Wolf Schmaler (26 April 2013). The John Coltrane Reference . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-09794-3 .
Porter, Lewis (January 1998). John Coltrane: His Life and Music . University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-10161-0 .
Smith, Martin (30 September 2003). John Coltrane: jazz, racism and resistance . Redwords. ISBN 978-1-872208-22-0 .
Thomas, J.C. (6 June 2012). Chasin the Trane . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-82032-7 .
Bing Crosby
Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (2001)
Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star (2018)
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Bill Evans
Ella Fitzgerald
Dizzy Gillespie
Benny Goodman
Billie Holiday
Pat Metheny
Cooke, Mervyn. Pat Metheny: The ECM Years (2017)
Niles, Richard. The Pat Metheny Interviews (2009)
Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Art Pepper
Sonny Rollins
Fats Waller
Instruction
Baerman, Noah (1998). Mastering Jazz Keyboard . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-88284-914-0 .
Baker, David (1981). Jazz Pedagogy: A Comprehensive Method of Jazz Education for Teacher and Student . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4574-2614-8 .
Berg, Shelly (1 October 2006). Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory, Teacher's Answer Key: Book & 3 CDs . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7390-4263-2 .
Berliner, Paul F. (5 October 2009). Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation . University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-04452-1 .
Coker, Jerry (1991). Elements of the jazz language for the developing improvisor . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-57623-875-2 .
Hill, Willie (January 2002). Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator's Handbook and Resource Guide . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7579-9125-7 .
Jody, Fisher. Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4574-0828-1 .
Levine, Mark (12 January 2011). The Jazz Piano Book . O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4571-0144-1 .
Levine, Mark (12 January 2011). The Jazz Theory Book . O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-4571-0145-8 .
Marienthal, Eric (1 July 1997). Ultimate Jazz Play-Along (Jam with Eric Marienthal): B-Flat, Book & CD . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-1-57623-940-7 .
Munro, Doug (1999). The 21st Century Pro Method: Jazz Guitar/Swing to Bebop . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7692-8931-1 .
Orta, Michael. Jazz Etudes for Piano . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4574-0369-9 .
Porta, John La (1 April 1996). 10 Easy Jazz Duets: For Flute, Guitar, Violin, Vibraphone, Piano: C Edition . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7692-3333-8 .
Prouty, Ken (2012). Knowing Jazz: Community, Pedagogy, and Canon in the Information Age . U. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-61703-164-9 .
Ramon, Ricker (27 November 1999). Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4574-9410-9 .
Rawlins, Robert; Bahha, Nor Eddine (1 January 2005). Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians . Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0-634-08678-6 .
Rizzo, Jacques (1 July 1997). Reading Jazz - Alto Sax: The New Method for Learning to Read Written Jazz Music . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7692-1425-2 .
Russo, William (January 1961). Composing for the Jazz Orchestra . University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-73209-1 .
Weir, Michele (1 December 2007). Jazz Piano Handbook: Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7390-4795-8 .
Weir, Michele (2005). Jazz singer's handbook: the artistry and mastery of singing jazz . Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7390-3387-6 .
Werner, Kenny (January 1996). Effortless Mastery . Jamey Aebersold Jazz. ISBN 978-1-56224-003-5 .
York, Alfred (1 November 2006). Andrew York's Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats: Improvisation: The Classical Guitarist's Guide to Jazz . Alfred Music. ISBN 978-0-7390-1133-1 .
Jazz improvisation: the best way to develop solos over classic changes : [for C instruments] . Alfred Music Publishing. 1996. ISBN 978-1-57623-654-3 .
For Saxes Only!: 10 Jazz Duets for Saxophone . Alfred Music Publishing. 1 April 2001. ISBN 978-0-7579-0483-7 .
Instruments – history
Drums
Guitar
Barth, Joe (2006). Voices in Jazz Guitar . Pacific, MO: Mel Bay. ISBN 0786676795 .
Carlton, Jim (2009). Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists . Pacific, MO: Mel Bay. ISBN 978-078665123-8 .
Sallis, James, ed. (1996). The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology . Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803242500 .
Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide . San Francisco: Backbeat. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6 .
Piano
Trumpet
Photography
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