Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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- Miles beyond, the electric explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, Paul Tingen
- Bill Evans, how my heart sings, Peter Pettinger
- Monk, Laurent de Wilde ; translated by Jonathan Dickinson
- Artie Shaw, king of the clarinet, his life and times, Tom Nolan
- Bunk Johnson, his life & times, Christopher Hillman
- Stan Getz, a life in jazz, Donald L. Maggin
- Suits me, the double life of Billy Tipton, Diane Wood Middlebrook
- Dark magus, the Jekyll and Hyde life of Miles Davis, as narrated by his son Gregory Davis, with Les Sussman
- Bix, the definitive biography of a jazz legend : Leon Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931), Jean Pierre Lion ; translated from the French by Gabriella Page-Fort ; with the assistance of Michael B. Heckman and Norman Field
- Coltrane chronicle, Korutoren kuronikuru, shashin se tadoru shogai, Fujioka Yasuhiro ; Kikuta Yuichi
- Three chords for beauty's sake, the life of Artie Shaw, Tom Nolan
- Eubie Blake, by Al Rose
- Dave Brubeck, a life in time, Philip Clark
- Ornette, made in America, directed by Shirley Clarke; produced by Kathelin Hoffman Gray
- American musicians, fifty-six portraits in jazz, Whitney Balliett
- Louis Armstrong, the soundtrack of the American experience, David Stricklin
- Inspiring figures, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald
- Jazz, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Episode eight
- Art Tatum, the art of jazz piano
- Kansas City lightning, the rise and times of Charlie Parker, Stanley Crouch
- The Louis Armstrong companion, eight decades of commentary, edited by Joshua Berrett
- John Coltrane, by Bill Cole
- Jazz, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Episode six
- Strayhorn, an illustrated life, edited by A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger
- The history of bones, a memoir, John Lurie
- Swing, swing, swing, the life & times of Benny Goodman, by Ross Firestone
- Tommy Dorsey, livin' in a great big way : a biography, Peter J. Levinson
- Vince Guaraldi at the piano, Derrick Bang ; foreword by Charles Gompertz
- Ascension, John Coltrane and his quest, Eric Nisenson
- I walked with giants, the autobiography of Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren ; foreword by Bill Cosby ; introduction by Wynton Marsalis
- First lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald for the record, Geoffrey Mark Fidelman
- Open sky, Sonny Rollins and his world of improvisation, Eric Nisenson ; [foreword by Sonny Rollins]
- Dizzy, the life and times of John Birks Gillespie, Donald L. Maggin
- Benny Goodman and the Swing Era, James Lincoln Collier
- Fats Waller, his life & times, Alyn Shipton
- Being Prez, the life and music of Lester Young, Dave Gelly
- Jaco, the extraordinary life and tragic death of Jaco Pastorius "the world's greatest bass player", Bill Milkowski
- Pops, a life of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout
- It's about time, the Dave Brubeck story, Fred M. Hall
- Thelonious Monk, straight no chaser, Warner Bros. Inc. ; director, Charlotte Zwerin ; producers, Charlotte Zwerin, Bruce Ricker ; executive producer, Clint Eastwood
- Sonny Rollins: meditating on a riff, a journey into his world of spirituality, Hugh Wyatt
- Jazz, a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington D.C. in association with BBC ; a film by Ken Burns ; writer, Geoffrey C. Ward ; producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Episode seven
- Space is the place, the life and times of Sun Ra, John F. Szwed
- You've heard these hands, from the Wall of Sound to the Wrecking Crew and other incredible stories, Don Randi with Karen "Nish" Nishimura
- To be, or not ... to BOP, memoirs, Dizzy Gillespie, with Al Fraser
- Ornette Coleman, the territory and the adventure, Maria Golia
- Music is my mistress, by Edward Kennedy Ellington
- Mingus, a critical biography, Brian Priestley
- Louis Armstrong, an American genius, James Lincoln Collier
- Miles to go, An intimate memoir of the life on the road with Miles Davis 1973-1983, by Chris Murphy
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