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Though jazz has its folk roots, it was partly created by formally-trained musicians like Lorenzo Tio. Scott Joplin, who played ragtime piano in a brothel while writing an opera, shows the different influences at work in the period. An important event in the development of jazz was the tightening of the Jim Crow (racial segregation) laws in Louisiana in the 1890s. Accomplished musicians of mixed race were no longer allowed to work with whites but were easily able to find work in black bands and orchestras, to which they applied conservatory standards. www.wikpedia.org

TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES	FORMAT	PRICE	PURCHASE	BOOK DETAILS
69 Ways to Play the Blues	Laederach, Jurg	152	P	$7.95
A Discography of Brew Moore	Astrup, Arne	34	P	$15.95
A Guide to Longplay Jazz Records	Ramsey, Frederic	282	H	$34.95		Very detailed discography of longplay jazz.
A Miles Davis Reader	Kirchner, Bill	273	P	$16.75
A Night in Tunisia	Weinstein, Norman C.	244	P	$17.50		Discusses the jazz musician's concept of Africa & African music within the broader jazz context.
All What Jazz: A Record Journey	Larkin, Philip	312	P	$11.95		Numerous witty and insightful short articles. Larkin's entire output from '61-71.
Amateur Night at the Apollo	Cooper, Ralph	260	H	$25.95
An Autobiography of Black Jazz	Travis, Dempsey J.	543	P	$26.50
As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir	Baker, Chet	118	H	$18.95
At the Jazz Band Hall: A Memory of the 1950's	Oakes, Philip	251	H	$11.95
Avant Garde Jazz Musicians	Such, David	206	P	$17.50		Covers big names & Daniel Carter, Jemeel Moondoc & lesser knowns.
Bay Area Blues	Vignes, Michelle	96	H	$27.25		Photographs of Blues scene in San Francisco.
Beale Black and Blue: Life and Music on Black America's Street	Mckee, Margaret	265	P	$15.95
Beale Street Talks: A Walking Tour Down the Home of the Blues	Raichelson, Richard	63	P	$15.25		A slim volume but packed with great photos and info.
Bebop and Nothingness: Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century	Dacis, Francis	304	H	$26.50		Critiques a new jazz orthodoxy which uses bebop as a safe haven. ie yesterday's bold departure must remain in past.
Bebop: The Music and its Players	Owens, Thomas	322	P	$18.25		Comprehensive history, musical examples abound, everyone is covered well. A real bebop treat.
Benny Goodman	Crowther, Bruce	128	P	$10.50
Benny Goodman and the Swing Era	Collier, James Lincoln	404	P	$10.95
Berry, Me and Motown	Gordy, Raynoma	344	H	$19.95
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington	Hasse, John Edward	479	P	$16.75		Draws on the Ellington archives in the Smithsonian.
Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm and Blues Hits	White, Adam	506	P	$24.50
Billie's Blues: The Billie Holiday Story	Chilton, John	264	P	$5.50
Billy Taylor's Taylor Made Piano	Talor, Billy	264	P	$23.50		Essays taken from his radio broadcasts.
Bird Lives	Russel, Ross	404	P	$16.75
Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf	Singer, Barry	444	H	$29.50
Black and White Blues	Norberg, Marc	212	P	$50.50		Portraits of 60 of the great blues performers with fantastic photographs.
Black Musicians of America	Donovan, Richard X.	172	P	$15.95
Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s	Harrison, Daphne Duval	299	P	$16.75
Black: A Tribute to Black Jazz Musicians	Strecker, James	60	P	$8.50		Poetry & illustrations inspired by jazz.
Blues from the Delta	Ferris, William	226	P	$12.95
Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music	Obrecht, Jas	200	P	$22.95		Short biographies/interviews of the most important contributors to blues guitar playing.
Blues Off the Record: Thirty Years of Blues Commentary	Oliver, Paul	297	P	$15.25
Blues People	Jones, Leroi	244	P	$11.95
Blues People: Negro Music in White America	Jones, Leroi	244	H	$24.95
Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature	Baker, Houston A.	225	P	$12.95
Boogie Lightning	Lydon, Michael	229	H	$5.50
Bossmen: Bill Monroe and Muddy Waters	Rooney, James	159	P	$12.95
Brown Sugar: 80 Years of America's Black Female Superstars	Bogle, Donald	208	P	$20.50		Photo book of the women of jazz and blues. Numerous illustrations with accompanying text.
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz	Dyer, Geoff	204	P	$5.95
Cats of Any Color	Lees, Gene	246	P	$13.95		Lees writes about racism in jazz
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (VHS Video)			VHS	$24.95		Very hard to find Parker documentary from 1987. Great interviews with Dizzy and other jazz masters.
Celebrating the Duke	Gleason, Ralph J.	280	P	$14.95		Reprint, panoramic survey of jazz.
Chasin' the Trane	Thomas, J.C.	252	P	$13.95
Chasing the Vibration	Lock, Graham	192	P	$19.75		Interviews with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Abdullah Ibrahim, John Gilmore and many more.
Chicago Blues	Rowe, Mike	226	P	$14.95		The development of the urban blues sound in Chicago.
Completely Frank: The Life of Frank Sinatra	Holder, Deborah	191	H	$23.50
Concise Guide to Jazz (With Cassette)	Gridley, Mark C.	228	P	$46.95		Very basic general intro.
Cousin Joe: Blues From New Orleans	Joseph, Pleasant	227	H	$19.75
Curtis Mayfield: Poetic License in Poem and Song	Mayfield, Curtis	72	H	$23.50		Song and lyric collection.
Das Grobe Jazzbuch (German)	Berendt, Joachim E.	508	P	$15.95
Das Jazzbuch	Berendt, Joachim E.	237	P	$7.50
Deep South Piano: The Story of Little Brother Montgomery	Heide, Karl	67	P	$8.50		Very rare. Original StudioVista printing.
Dirty Bird Blues	Major, Clarence	353	P	$7.95
Discovering Great Jazz	Stroff, Stephen M.	179	H	$19.75
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye	Ritz, David	367	P	$15.25
Dizzy Gillespie	McRae, Barry	136	P	$16.75
Dr. John: Under a Hoodoo Moon	John, Dr.	264	H	$21.95		Highly anecdotal and amusing bio.
Drews Blues: A Sideman's Life with the Big Bands	Page, Drew	226	H	$23.50
Duke Ellington: Jazz Composer	Rattenbury, Hen	327	P	$21.95
Ella Fitzgerald	Nicholson, Stuart	286	H	$23.50
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz	Nicholson, Stuart	334	P	$15.95
Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography and Discography	Simosko, Vladimir	180	P	$12.95		The best of both worlds, a discography and biography all about the great Dolphy.
Essays on Jazz	Burnett, James	211	H	$26.50
Etta James: Rage to Survive	James, Etta	271	H	$21.95
Every Day: The Story of Joe Williams	Gourse, Leslie	208	P	$10.50
Faces in the Crowd: Players and Writers	Giddins, Gary	278	H	$28.95
Fats Waller	Shipton, Alyn	134	P	$16.75
Feel the Spirit: Studies in 19th Century Afro-American Music	Keck, George R.	183	H	$45.95
Finding Buddy Bolden	Marquis, Donald M.	72	P	$11.50
First Bass: The Oscar Pettiford Discography	Gazdar, Coover	90	P	$21.95		Very detailed discography of Pettiford.
From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes From a Jazz Life	Crow, Bill	273	P	$13.95
From Blues to Bop: Jazz Fiction	Albert, Richard N.	295	H	$28.95		A collection of jazz inspired fiction by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Kerouac, Alston Anderson and more.
From Satchmo to Miles	Feather, Leonard	258	P	$11.95		Profiles of 12 pivotal jazz personalities like Armstrong, Basie, Ella, Holiday, Lester & Oscar Peterson.
Funky Butt Blues	Fox, F. G.	213	P	$11.95
Giants of Black Music	Rivelli, Pauline	126	P	$9.25
Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City	Tracy, Steven C.	262	H	$33.25
Got to Tell it: Mahalia Jackson	Schwerin, Jules	204	H	$15.95
Hamp: An Autobiography	Hampton, Lionel	286	H	$15.95
High Times Hard Times	O'day, Anita	376	P	$21.95
Horn of Plenty: The Story of Louis Armstrong	Goffin, Robert	304	H	$31.95
How I Became Hettie Jones	Jones, Hettie	239	P	$10.95		Leroi's wife speaks.
Hurry up America and Spit	Bailey, Pearl	105	H	$8.50
Hurry up America and Spit (Signed by Author)	Bailey, Pearl	105	H	$10.95
I Guess I'll Get the Papers and go Home: Life of Doc Cheatham	Cheatham, Adolphus Doc	147	H	$37.95
In the Spirit of Jazz: The Otis Ferguson Reader	Chamberlain, Dorothy	305	P	$16.75
Introduction to Jazz History 4th Edition	Megill, Donald D.	350	P	$30.95		General intro to jazz from origins to present, mainly jazz styles & biographical sketches.
Irving Berlin and Ragtime America	Whitcomb, Ian	219	H	$6.95
Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle	Barros, Paul de	238	P	$23.50		The roots of the Seattle jazz scene around WW1: Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles.
James Brown: The Godfather of Soul	Brown, James	352	P	$14.95
James Galway: An Autobiography	Galway, James	181	H	$10.50
Jazz and Blues on CD	Molnar, Les	344	P	$8.50
Jazz Changes	Williams, Martin	317	P	$15.95
Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in her Time	Rose, Phyllis	321	H	$21.50
Jazz Fest Memories	Smith, Michael P.	160	P	$23.50		Beautiful full colour photographs from the festival.
Jazz Fieber (German)	Mezzrow, Mezz	335	P	$8.50
Jazz From A to Z: A Graphic Dictionary	Longstreet, Stephen	200	P	$16.95
Jazz Heritage	Williams, Martin	253	H	$11.50
Jazz Heritage	Williams, Martin	253	P	$11.95
Jazz in Canada: 14 Lives	Miller, Mark	245	H	$21.95		Yeah, there's plenty of good jazz here.
Jazz in its Time	Williams, Martin	272	P	$11.50
Jazz in its Time	Williams, Martin	272	H	$22.50
Jazz in Mind: Essays on the History and Meanings of Jazz	Buckner, Reginald T.	185	H	$34.50
Jazz in the Sixties	Budds, Michael J.	185	P	$16.75		Critical evaluation of the aims of stylistic experimentation.
Jazz Is	Hentoff, Nat	288	P	$9.25
Jazz Masters of the 50's	Goldberg, Joe	246	P	$13.95		All the usual suspects from this decade are profiled in substantial chapters.
Jazz Matters: Reflections on the Music and some of its Makers	Ramsey, Doug	314	P	$15.25
Jazz Memories: A Book of Days	Stoll, Jerry	31	H	$13.95
Jazz on CD	Fordham, John	392	P	$5.50		Guide to the best buys from the greats.
Jazz People	Wilmer, Valerie	166	P	$12.95
Jazz People	Morgenstern, Dan	300	P	$27.95		Great photos by Brask and solid writing by Morgenstern. More than a collection of superb photos.
Jazz Photographs of the Masters	Lowe, Jacques	252	H	$45.95		Absolutely beautiful photograph book. Will spice up any coffee table or library.
Jazz Singing	Friedwald, Will	505	P	$18.25
Jazz Spoken Here	Enstice, Wanye	316	P	$15.25
Jazz Styles: History and Analysis Fifth Edition	Gridley, Mark C.	442	H	$33.25		Very handy overview/introduction. Used in many jazz courses.
Jazz Text: Voice and Improvisation in Poetry, Jazz, and Song	Hartman, Charles O.	192	H	$35.50
Jazz the American Theme Song	Collier, James Lincoln	326	H	$25.95
Jazz Voices	Grime, Kitty	184	H	$23.50
Jazz, Hot and Hybrid	Sargeant, Winthrop	302	P	$10.50
Jazz: A History	Tirro, Frank	210	P	$35.50
Jazz: A People's Music	Finkelstein, Sidney	180	P	$8.50
Jazz: History, Instruments, Musicians and Recordings	Fordham, John	216	H	$21.50		An excellent gift for new jazz fans. Good overview of jazz with nice full colour photographs. Very large hardcover book at a great price.
Jazz: Seventh Edition	Tanner, Paul	228	P	$36.50
Jazz: The American Theme Song	Collier, James Lincoln	326	P	$14.50		Typically provocative yet well thought out & researched articles from Collier.
John Coltrane	Cole, Bill	272	P	$14.50
John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography	Fujioka, Yasuhiro	377	H	$83.50		The best discography of Coltrane! Huge hardcover book with incredibly detailed discography and biography. You have never seen a discography like this.
Josephine	Baker, Josephine	302	P	$11.50
Just Mahalia, Baby: The Mahalia Jackson Story	Goreau, Laurraine	627	P	$21.50
King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin & His Era	Berlin, Edward A.	334	H	$23.50
Knock on Wood (Signed)	Blechta, Rick	295	H	$18.95
Lady Sings the Blues	Holiday, Billy	203	P	$11.50		The classic.
Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman	Lees, Gene	414	H	$35.95
Let the Good Times Roll: The Story of Louis Jordan and his Music	Chilton, John	286	H	$33.95
Louis Armstrong	Pinfold, Mike	143	P	$16.75
Louis Armstrong: A Biography	Collier, James Lincoln	383	P	$8.50
Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy	Miller, Marc H.	248	H	$53.50		Artwork, photos, articles, an EXCELLENT book.
Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story 1900-1971	Chilton, John	302	P	$11.50
Love in Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson	Greenberg, Alan	252	P	$14.50
Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists	Gourse, Leslie	273	H	$31.95		Overview of women's contributions to development of jazz.
Mama Said There'd be Days Like This: My Life in the Jazz World	Wilmer, Valerie	336	P	$18.95
Marsalis on Music (CD Included)	Marsalis, Wynton	171	H	$30.95		Companion to the PBS series covering classical to jazz. 150 colour photos.
Masters of Jazz	Arnaud, Gerald	248	P	$13.95
Meet me at Jim and Andy's	Lees, Gene	265	P	$13.50
Miles Davis for Beginners	Long, Daryl	128	P	$9.95		Introductory book
Miles Davis: A Biography	Carr, Ian	310	H	$11.50
Miles: The Autobiography	Davis, Miles	440	P	$15.95
Mingus Mingus	Coleman, Janet	164	P	$9.50
Mingus: A Critical Biography	Priestley, Brian	308	P	$14.95
Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown	Brown, Ruth	360	H	$23.50		Numerous illustrations reveal the life of this R&B great who influenced Little Richard, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin herself. Anecdotal style of narrative.
Mixtery: A Festschrift for Anthony Braxton	Lock, Graham	269	P	$21.50		Essays, interviews, poems, photos and compositions by 56 admirers.
Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry and Prose	Lange, Art	373	P	$21.25
More Dialogues in Swing	Hall, Fred	231	P	$17.50
Muse-Echo Blues	Cartier, Xam	211	H	$18.95
Musings: A Collection of His Writings	Schuller, Gunther	303	H	$30.95

Negro Workaday Songs	Odum, Howard	278	H	$51.95
New York Notes	Balliett, Whitney	250	P	$10.95
Notes and Tones: Musician to Musician Interviews	Taylor, Arthur	300	P	$15.25		Over 25 interviews with the greats like Roach, Gillespie, Coleman, Rollins, Elvin, Blakey & Philly Joe Jones.
Notes from a Battered Grand	Asher, Don	305	H	$24.95
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music	Hirshey, Gerri	384	P	$15.95
People in Jazz: Keyboard Improvisers of 19th and 20th Centuries	Lee, Bill	285	P	$10.50
Queen of the Blues: A Biography of Dinah Washington	Haskins, Jim	239	H	$13.95
Quincy Jones: From Sinatra to Thriller a Life of Music	Horricks, Raymond	127	P	$7.95
R & B Stars of 1953: 36 Authentic Looking Colour Postcards	Gart, Galen	16	P	$8.95
Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History	Jasen, David A.	310	P	$14.50
Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History	Berlin, Edward A.	248	H	$8.50
Reading Jazz	Meltzer, David	317	P	$17.50		"Aspects of the ways jazz was mythologized, colonialized...and ultimately neutralized by white Americans."
Reading Jazz: Autobiography, Reportage, Criticism 1919 to Now	Gottlieb, Robert	1068	H	$40.95
Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union	Starr, Frederick	368	P	$21.25		Jazz in the Soviet Union from 1917-1991.
Rhythm and Blues: In New Orleans	Brover, John	250	P	$15.95
Riding on a Blue Note	Giddins, Gary	311	P	$14.50
Robert Crumb Draws the Blues	Crumb, Robert	60	P	$18.95		A comic/cartoon about the blues.
Rock Mr. Blues: The Life and Music of Wynonie Harris	Collins, Tony	177	P	$27.25		An amazing book where Wynonie finally gets his just due. Great photos as well as a solid discography.
Routes: Blues Photographs	Strecker, James	44	P	$8.50		Great photographs of blues players.
Sarah Vaughn: A Discography	Brown, Denis	166	H	$53.50		A must-have for any Vaughn collector. Excellent hardcover discography.
Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaugahn	Gourse, Leslie	302	P	$14.95
Satchmo	Giddins, Gary	239	P	$15.25		Big photo tribute book with lots of text.
Satin Dolls: The Women of Jazz (Book and CD)		100	P	$15.95
Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues	Oliver, Paul	112	P	$8.50
Scatman: An Authorized Biography of Scatman Crothers	Haskins, J.	224	H	$8.50
She Bop: Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul	O'brien, Lucy	464	P	$15.25
Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography	Wilson, Earl	361	P	$3.50
Sing for Freedom: Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs	Carawan, Candie	312	P	$16.75
Singers and the Song	Lees, Gene	255	P	$11.95
Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in N.Y.	Allen, Ray	268	P	$21.25		African-America sacred quartets in New York. A scholarly analysis of lyrics and music.
Sitting In: Selected Writings on Jazz, Blues and Related Topics	Carruth, Hayden	223	P	$16.75
Soul Music: A-Z	Gregory, Hugh	343	P	$18.95		Almost 1000 personalities are covered.
Soul Music: The Birth of a Sound in Black America	Haralambos, Michael	187	P	$5.50
Soul on CD the Essential Guide	Bradley, Lloyd	392	P	$15.95
Sounds So Good To Me: The Bluesman's Story	Pearson, Barry Lee	175	P	$22.95		Portraits of bluesmen such as Johnny Young & David "Homeboy" Edwards.
Spirit Catcher: The Life and Art of John Coltrane	Fraim, John	216	P	$18.25
Stars of Soul and Rhythm and Blues	Hildebrand, Lee	276	P	$24.95
Stevie Ray Vaughn: Caught in the Crossfire	Patoski, Joe Nick	313	P	$15.95
Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story	Dance, Helen Oakley	285	H	$28.95
Stormy Weather: Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen	Dahl, Linda	371	P	$22.95		The music & lives of a century of jazz women. Everyone is covered and there are numerous in depth profiles.
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper	Pepper, Art	558	P	$18.95
Sweet Sing Blues: On the Road	Marsalis, Wynton	190	H	$21.50		A sort of photographic documentary.
Swing Legacy	Deffaa, Chip	379	H	$36.50
Swing to Bop: Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940's	Gitler, Ira	331	P	$13.95
Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal	Gilmore, John	322	P	$13.95		History of jazz in Montreal.
Talking to Myself	Bailey, Pearl	233	H	$9.95
The Art of Jazz	Williams, Martin	253	P	$11.95
The Bass Saxophone	Skvorecky, Josef	186	P	$9.25		Fiction based on his Czech youth.
The Best of Jazz Score	Pellett, Roy	160	H	$15.95		Anecdotes from his BBC Series.
The Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary	Gourse, Leslie	210	P	$17.50
The Blues Don't Change	Young, Al	131	P	$9.95
The Dance Band Era: From Ragtime to Swing 1910-1950	McCarthy, Albert	176	H	$15.95		Great pictures from a great era.
The Death of Rhythm and Blues	George, Nelson	222	P	$9.25
The Death of Rhythm and Blues	George, Nelson	222	H	$15.95
The Devil's Music: A History of the Blues	Oakley, Giles	309	P	$15.95
The Discography of Duke Jordan	Sjogren, Thorbjorn	128	P	$23.50		Very rare discography.
The Discography of Sonny Rollins	Sjogren, Thorbjorn	130	P	$30.95		Discography of the great saxaphone player.
The Down Home Guide to the Blues	Scott, Frank	250	P	$15.25
The Duke Ellington Reader	Tucker, Mark	536	H	$34.50		Collection of essays.
The Essential Jazz Records: Volume 1 Ragtime to Swing	Harrison, Max	595	P	$17.50
The Face of Black Music: Photographs	Wilmer, Valerie	120	P	$16.75		Great photos by an insider. Wilmer has a good eye and captures passion well.
The Glass Enclosure: The Life of Bud Powell	Groves, Alan	144	P	$18.95
The Golden Age of Jazz	Gottlieb, William P.	158	P	$15.25		Many great photographs of the early jazz period in a large format book.
The Great Jazz Pianists	Lyons, Len	321	P	$14.50		Profiles of the greats.
The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD	Hadley, Frank	309	P	$17.50
The Hero and the Blues	Murray, Albert	107	P	$10.50
The Hip: Hipster, Jazz und Die Beat-Generation (German)	Carr, Roy	143	P	$17.50
The Importance of Being Eric Dolphy with Discography	Horricks, Raymond	95	P	$11.95
The Jazz Anthology	Kington, Miles	317	P	$11.50
The Jazz Anthology	Kington, Miles	317	H	$11.95
The Jazz Exiles	Moody, Bill	193	H	$21.25		Expatriate jazz movement post WW2. Profiles 30 big names including Ben Webster, Bud Powell, Stan Getz, Garvin Bushell & Chet Baker.
The Jazz Experience	Brown, Charles T.	269	P	$40.95
The Jazz Life	Hentoff, Nat	255	P	$13.95
The Jazz Makers	Shapiro, Nat	368	P	$8.50
The Jazz Poetry Anthology	Feinstein, Sascha	293	P	$17.95
The Jazz Scene	Stokes, W. Royal	261	P	$12.50
The Jazz Theory Workbook	Boling, Mark E.	125	P	$23.50
The Jazz Tradition	Williams, Martin	287	P	$12.95
The Jazz Word	Cerulli, Dom	240	P	$10.95
The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era	Feather, Leonard	310	P	$14.50
The John Haley Sims (Zoot Sims) Discography	Astrup, Arne	103	P	$23.50		Don't forget to order the Zoot Sims supplement too!
The John Haley Sims (Zoot Sims) Discography Supplement	Astrup, Arne	42	P	$14.50		Don't forget to order the Zoot Sims discography too!
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly	Wolfe, Charles	334	P	$13.95
The Miles Davis Companion: Four Decades of Commentary	Carner, Gary	274	P	$18.25
The Night and the Music	Winer, Deborah Grace	247	H	$27.25		A Year in the lives of Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook & Julie Wilson
The Passion for Jazz	Feather, Leonard	219	P	$11.95
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette New Edition	Cook, Richard	1514	H	$38.50
The Reluctant Art: Five Studies in the Growth of Jazz	Green, Benny	210	P	$11.95
The Rise and Fall of Popular Music	Clarke, Donald	620	P	$15.95
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	Swenson, John	219	P	$12.95
The Song of the Hawk: Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins	Chilton, John	429	P	$29.50
The Story of Jazz	Stearns, Marshall W.	379	P	$16.75
The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman	Herman, Woody	162	H	$19.50
The World of Jazz	Dale, Rodnet	192	H	$15.95		Fabulous photographs. Nice addition to any collection.
This Day in African-American Music	Holland, Ted	164	H	$23.50
Tommy Johnson	Evans, David	112	P	$8.50		Very rare.
Toward Jazz	Hodeir, Andre	224	P	$11.25
Trumpet Records: An lllustrated History With Discography	Ryan, Marc	114	P	$27.25		Extremely rare. Incredible oversize format with history, photographs and discography. Essential reading.
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since WWII	Berry, Jason	285	P	$18.95		New Orleans music since WW2 including profiles of performers &photos.
Urban Blues	Keil, Charles	200	P	$14.50
Virginia Piedmont Blues	Pearson, Barry Lee	291	P	$20.95
Voices of the Jazz Age	Deffaa, Chip	255	P	$18.95
Waiting for Dizzy	Lees, Gene	251	P	$13.50
Waiting for Dizzy	Lees, Gene	251	H	$21.25
We'll Understand it Better	Reagon, Bernice Johnson	384	P	$23.50		Discusses the pioneering composers of Afro-American gospel music with numerous examples of lyrics.
West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945-1960	Gioia, Ted	404	P	$18.95		Modern jazz in California 1945-1960.
What to Listen For in Jazz	Kernfeld, Barry	247	H	$42.95		Solid guide with good musical examples explained and analyzed in the text.
Wheelin' on Beale	Cantor, Louis	264	H	$21.25
When the Music Stopped: The Big Band Era	Woods, Bernie	304	H	$27.25
White Boy Singin' the Blues	Bane, Michael	269	P	$13.95		This is a book about Elvis.
Who's Who in Soul Music	Tee, Ralph	309	P	$15.95
Willie and Dwike	Zinsser, William	170	P	$8.25

As Though	Ascension	Bird Lives
Celebrating the Duke	Duke Ellington	Ella Fitzgerald
From Satchmo to Miles	Got to Tell It	Hamp
I Guess I'll Get the Papers	Jazz Fest Memories	Jazz Photographs of Masters
Leader of the Band	Miles Davis: Biography	Musings
Nowhere to Run	R. Crumb Draws the Blues	Ragtime
Spirit Catcher	Billie Holiday Companion	Golden Age of Jazz

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