Jazz musicians -- Biography
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Jazz musicians -- Biography
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Jazz musicians
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- Louis Armstrong, in his own words, selected writings, Louis Armstrong ; edited and with an introduction by Thomas Brothers ; annotated index by Charles Kinzer
- Drummin' men, the heartbeat of jazz : the bebop years, Burt Korall
- Miles beyond, the electric explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, Paul Tingen
- Duke, a life of Duke Ellington, Terry Teachout
- Tonight at noon, a love story, Sue Graham Mingus
- Jazz in the bittersweet blues of life, Wynton Marsalis, Carl Vigeland
- Louis Armstrong, master of modernism, Thomas Brothers
- Miles, the autobiography, Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
- Louis Armstrong, the offstage story of Satchmo, Michael Cogswell
- The Miles Davis reader, edited and compiled by Frank Alkyer, Ed Enright, Jason Koransky
- Mister Jelly Roll, the fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "inventor of jazz", by Alan Lomax ; drawings by David Stone Martin
- Straighten up and fly right, the life and music of Nat King Cole, Will Friedwald
- Black bottom stomp, eight masters of ragtime and early jazz, David A. Jasen and Gene Jones
- The Beaufort fiddler, by William Toomer McSweeney
- Chet Baker, his life and music, J. de Valk
- American musicians II, seventy-one portraits in jazz, Whitney Balliett
- Lester leaps in, the life and times of Lester "Pres" Young, Douglas Henry Daniels
- Jazz, the rough guide, written by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather and Brian Priestley ; with contributions by Chris Parker ... [and others] ; photographs by Jak Kilby ... [et al.]
- Sonny Rollins, the cutting edge, Richard Palmer
- Music is my mistress, by Edward Kennedy Ellington
- Friends along the way, a journey through jazz, Gene Lees
- Good morning blues, the autobiography of Count Basie, as told to Albert Murray
- Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen
- To be, or not-- to bop, memoirs, Dizzy Gillespie, with Al Fraser
- As though I had wings, the lost memoir, Chet Baker ; introduction by Carol Baker
- Louis Armstrong, the soundtrack of the American experience, David Stricklin
- Stan Getz, a life in jazz, Donald L. Maggin
- Possibilities, Herbie Hancock with Lisa Dickey
- American musicians, fifty-six portraits in jazz, Whitney Balliett
- Artie Shaw, his life and music, John White
- Swing, hard bop, bop, & bebop, biographical jazz prose poems, by Horace Mungin
- Deep in a dream, the long night of Chet Baker, James Gavin
- Duke Ellington, James Lincoln Collier
- Ellington, the early years, Mark Tucker
- 'Round about midnight, a portrait of Miles Davis, by Eric Nisenson
- Jelly's blues, the life, music, and redemption of Jelly Roll Morton, Howard Reich and William Gaines
- Lush life, a biography of Billy Strayhorn, David Hajdu
- A jazz odyssey, the life of Oscar Peterson, by Oscar Peterson ; editor & consultant, Richard Palmer
- The complete Quincy Jones, my journey & passions, by Quincy Jones ; preface, Maya Angelou ; foreword, Clint Eastwood ; introduction, Bono ; afterword, Sidney Poitier
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