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Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

Gene Santoro

from $8.69

Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott

David Ritz

from $7.09

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Robin D.G. Kelley

from $14.79

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn

David Hajdu

from $4.69

Bebop & Nothingness: Jazz & Bebop at the End of the Century

Francis Davis

from $10.99

Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz

Leslie Gourse

from $7.09

Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter (Jazz Perspectives)

William R. Bauer

from $13.89

Miles: The Autobiography

Miles Davis

from $17.49

In a Silent Way: A Portrait of Joe Zawinul

Brian Glasser

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Kiss and Tell : Autobiography of a Travelling Musician

David Mead

from $7.19

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Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton

Diane Wood Middlebrook

from $5.09

Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings

Peter Pettinger

from $13.59

Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz

Stuart Nicholson

from $7.49

Jaco: The Extraordinary and the Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, "the World's Greatest Bass Player"

Bill Milkowski

from $7.49

Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper

Art Pepper

from $13.59

Miles Davis: A Critical Biography

Ian Carr

from $7.09

Visions Of Jazz: The First Century

Gary Giddins

from $5.29

Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker

James Gavin

from $6.89

As Though I Had Wings. The Lost Memoir

Chet Baker

from $9.59

Music Is My Mistress

Duke Ellington

from $16.19

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Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie

Count Basie

from $5.09

Sweet Swing Blues on the Road

Dave Stewart

from $5.59

Louis Armstrong

Michel Boujut

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Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs

Janet Coleman

from $12.99

The Miles Davis Companion: Four Decades of Commentary

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Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West

Phil Pastras

from $9.79

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

Robert G. O'Meally

from $5.89

Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life

Wynton Marsalis

from $5.09

Lester Leaps In: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young

Douglas Henry Daniels

from $8.79

Louis Armstrong's New Orleans

Thomas Brothers

from $9.19

Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend

Michael Dregni

from $5.69

John Coltrane: His Life and Music

Lewis Porter

from $19.66

If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday

Farah Jasmine Griffin

from $5.79

Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter

Nick Catalano

from $11.19

Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams

Linda Dahl

from $10.99

Bessie Smith (Outlines)

from $6.49

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Composers & Musicians

Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words: Selected Writings

Louis Armstrong

from $20.99

Traps - The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich

Mel Torme

from $4.89

Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter

Michelle Mercer

from $8.89

Coltrane: The Story of a Sound

Ben Ratliff

from $10.69

Miles and me

Quincy Troupe

from $5.09

King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era

Edward A. Berlin

from $6.39

The Jazz Musician

Tony Scherman

from $7.29

So What: The Life of Miles Davis

John Szwed

from $5.29

Oscar Peterson: The Will To Swing

Gene Lees

from $4.79

Josephine Baker

Patrick J. O'Connor

from $6.49

Myself Among Others: A Memoir

George Wein

from $6.49

Chet Baker: His Life and Music

Jeroen de Valk

from $11.29

American Musicians II: Seventy-one Portraits in Jazz

Whitney Balliett

from $6.39

Jazz: The Rough Guide (Rough Guides)

Ian Carr

from $5.49

Tonight At Noon: A Love Story

Sue Graham Mingus

from $5.09

Miles Davis: A Musical Biography

Bill Cole

from $8.29

It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story

Fred Hall

from $4.89

The World of Duke Ellington

Stanley Dance

from $4.89

Charlie Parker: His Music and Life (The Michigan American Music Series)

Carl Woideck

from $6.39

Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie

Donald L. Maggin

from $5.19

Music

George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait

Walter Rimler

from $6.49

Jazz Legends

Chick Crumpacker

from $6.59

Pops: Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz

Thomas A. Delong

from $14.79

Stephane Grappelli: With and Without Django

Paul Balmer

from $29.95

Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music (Jazz from Berkeley Hills)

Thomas Fitterling

from $5.99

Drew's Blues: A Sideman's Life with the Big Bands

Drew Page

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Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer

Ken Rattenbury

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Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds

William D. Clancy

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Waiting For Dizzy

Gene Lees

from $7.09

Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela

D. Michael Cheers

from $11.69

The Louis Armstrong Companion: Eight Decades of Commentary

Joshua Berrett

from $7.39

Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide

Peter Niklas Wilson

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Jazz Scrapbook: Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends

Richard Jackson

from $5.09

Art Blakey: Jazz Messenger

Leslie Gourse

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Fats Waller: The Cheerful Little Earful (Bayou Jazz Lives)

Alyn Shipton

from $32.95

Louis' Children, Updated Edition: American Jazz Singers

Leslie Gourse

from $7.69

I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home: The Life of Doc Cheatham

Adophus Cheatham

from $6.39

Musical Genres

Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend Of Jazz

Robert Dupuis

from $7.59

Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary (Companion Series)

Leslie Gourse

from $6.09

Miles to Go

Chris Murphy

from $7.69

Gil Evans: Out of the Cool; His Life and Music

Stephanie Stein Crease

from $15.09

Jazz Odyssey: My Life in Jazz (Bayou Jazz Lives S.)

Oscar Peterson

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Louis Armstrong: The Offstage Story of Satchmo

Michael Cogswell

from $9.19

The Thelonious Monk Reader (Readers in American Music)

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Over Time: The Jazz photographs of Milt Hinton

David G. Berger

from $17.49

MILES DAVIS RDR PB (Smithsonian Readers in American Music)

KIRCHNER BILL

from $5.39

Vibrations: The Adventures and Musical Times of David Amram

David Amram

from $12.29

Cole

Brendan Gill

from $5.79

Midnight At Mabel's - The Mabel Mercer Story

Margaret Cheney

from $13.59

An Unsung Cat: The Life And Music Of Warne Marsh

Safford Chamberlain

from $104.39

Wynton Marsalis: Skain's Domain : A Biography

Leslie Gourse

from $6.09

Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy

Marc Miller

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The John Coltrane Companion : Five Decades of Commentary (Companion Series)

Carl Woideck

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You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat

Gene Lees

from $5.29

Reminiscing In Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington

Stuart Nicholson

from $8.39

Drummin' Men--The Heartbeat of Jazz: The Bebop Years

Burt Korall

from $32.09

Billie Holiday: Her Life and Times

John White

from $6.09

These books are all related to jazz and its musicians. They include biographies of several legendary jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Thelonious Monk. There are also memoirs about the turbulent lives and careers of Art Pepper, Chet Baker, and Jaco Pastorius. Additionally, there is a comprehensive history of jazz music written by a renowned jazz critic.

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