Bibliography of jazz

Last updated October 05, 2022

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 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.
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 0-7867-3145-1.
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.
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

Basie, Count (2002). Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81107-3.
Cole, Bill (1974). Miles Davis: the early years. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80554-7.
Dance, Stanley (1985). The World of Count Basie. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80245-4.
Kliment, Bud (1 January 1994). Count Basie. Holloway House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87067-776-2.
Vail, Ken (1 January 2003). Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, 1936-1950. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4882-5.

Art Blakey

Goldsher, Alan (2002). Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-634-03793-1.
Gourse, Leslie. Art Blakey. Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 978-0-85712-837-9.
Ramsay, John (1994). Art Blakey's Jazz Messages. Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7604-0009-8.

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 0-547-23994-7.
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

Carter, Ron; Terry, Clark; White, Lenny; Greg Tate; Ashley Kahn; Robin D. G. Kelley (19 November 2012). Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-4262-6.
Carr, Ian (1999). Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-653026-8.
Davis, Miles (15 September 1990). Miles. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-72582-2.
Szwed, John (31 May 2012). So What: The Life of Miles Davis. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-0646-2.
Waters, Keith (11 February 2011). The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983016-9.

Duke Ellington

Bradbury, David (1 January 2005). Duke Ellington. Haus Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-904341-66-6.
Cohen, Harvey G. (15 May 2010). Duke Ellington's America . University of Chicago Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-226-11265-7.
Ellington, Duke (1976). Music is My Mistress. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80033-7.
Franceschina, John (15 March 2001). Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5026-8.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis (12 December 2006). Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-1-4177-2883-1.
Teachout, Terry. Duke. (2013)
Tucker, Mark; Ellington, Duke (1993). The Duke Ellington Reader. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509391-9.
Ulanov, Barry (1975). Duke Ellington. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-70727-8.

Bill Evans

Pettinger, Peter (August 2002). Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09727-6.
Shadwick, Keith (2002). Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me, a Musical Biography . Backbeat. ISBN 978-0-87930-708-0.

Ella Fitzgerald

Fritts, Ron; Vail, Ken (1 January 2003). Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4881-8.
Gourse, Leslie (1998). The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary . Schirmer Books. ISBN 978-0-02-864625-1.
Kliment, Bud (1 January 1989). Ella Fitzgerald: Singer. Facts On File. ISBN 978-0-7910-0220-9.
Krohn, Katherine E. (1 January 2001). Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 978-0-8225-4933-8.
Nicholson, Stuart (22 July 2014). Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-78814-7.

Stone, Tanya Lee (2008). Ella Fitzgerald: A Twentieth Century Life. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-06149-5.

Dizzy Gillespie

Gillespie, Dizzy (2009). To Be, Or Not-- to Bop. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-6547-1.
Golio, Gary (2016). Bird&Diz. Candlewick Press. ISBN 0-763-66660-2.
Koster, Piet; Sellers, Chris (1988). Dizzy Gillespie: 1953-1987 . Micrography. ISBN 978-90-6419-028-5.
Shipton, Alyn (3 June 1999). Groovin' High : The Life of Dizzy Gillespie: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-534938-2.
Vail, Ken (1 January 2003). Dizzy Gillespie: the Bebop Years, 1937-1952. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4880-1.

Benny Goodman

Collier, James Lincoln (1989). Benny Goodman and the Swing Era. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505278-7.
Connor, Donald Russell (1 January 1996). Benny Goodman: Wrappin' it Up. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3102-5.
Connor, Donald Russell (1988). Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy . Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies. ISBN 978-0-8108-2095-1.
Crowther, Bruce (1988). Benny Goodman. Apollo. ISBN 978-0-948820-04-5.
Firestone, Ross (1 August 1994). Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life & Times of Benny Goodman . Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-31168-6.

Billie Holiday

Alagna, Magdalena (1 May 2002). Billie Holiday. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8239-3640-3.
Clarke, Donald (1 April 2009). Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7867-3087-2.
Golio, Gary (2017). Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song. Millbrook. ISBN 1-512-43863-4.
Greene, Meg (2007). Billie Holiday: A Biography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33629-4.
Margolick, David (27 June 2013). Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights. Canongate Books. ISBN 978-1-78211-252-5.
O'Meally, Robert (October 1993). Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55970-200-3.

Pat Metheny

Cooke, Mervyn. Pat Metheny: The ECM Years (2017)
Niles, Richard. The Pat Metheny Interviews (2009)

Charles Mingus

Dunkel, Mario (October 2012). Aesthetics of Resistance: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-90254-2.
Mingus, Charles (15 October 1998). Beneath the Underdog . Canongate Books. ISBN 978-1-84767-616-0.
Mingus, Charles; Goodman, John F. (1 April 2013). Mingus Speaks. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27523-2.
Santoro, Gene (20 July 2000). Myself When I am Real : The Life and Music of Charles Mingus: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-802578-8.

Thelonious Monk

Fitterling, Thomas (1997). Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music. Berkeley Hills Books. ISBN 978-0-9653774-1-6.
Gourse, Leslie (1998). Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk. Music Sales Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8256-7229-3.
Kelley, Robin (8 December 2009). Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-9049-4.
Solis, Gabriel (1 January 2007). Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94096-3.

Charlie Parker

Crouch, Stanley (24 September 2013). Kansas City Lightning. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-231406-2.
Golio, Gary (2016). Bird&Diz. Candlewick Press. ISBN 0-763-66660-2.
The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1 January 1998. ISBN 978-0-313-29168-5.
Miller, Mark (1989). Cool Blues Charlie Parker in Canada, 1953. Nightwood Editions. ISBN 0-88971-119-4.
Priestley, Brian (1 May 2007). Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532709-0.
Priestley, Brian (1984). Charlie Parker. Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-88254-906-4.
Raschka, Christopher (1997). Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. Scholastic Inc. ISBN 978-0-531-07095-6.
Reisner, Robert George (1977). Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80069-6.
Woideck, Carl (1998). Charlie Parker: His Music and Life. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08555-7.

Art Pepper

Pepper, Art; Pepper, Laurie (9 September 2009). Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper . Da Capo Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7867-5157-0.
Selbert, Todd (1 January 2003). The Art Pepper Companion: Writings on a Jazz Original. Cooper Square Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-8154-1265-6.

Sonny Rollins

Nisenson, Eric (2 December 2000). Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 978-0-306-80988-0.
Palmer, Richard (2004). Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-6916-8.
Wilson, Peter Niklas (2001). Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide. Berkeley Hills Books. ISBN 978-1-893163-06-5.
The Jazz Style of Sonny Rollins: A Musical and Historical Perspective. Studio P/R. 1980. ISBN 978-1-4574-9416-1.

Fats Waller

Kirkeby, Ed; Schiedt, Duncan P.; Traill, Sinclair (1975). Ain't Misbehavin': The Story of Fats Waller. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80015-3.
Shipton, Alyn (1 April 2005). Fats Waller. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-7619-7.
Waller, Fats (1 January 2001). Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller: Performances in Transcription, 1927–1943. A-R Editions. ISBN 978-0-89579-467-3.

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. 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

Riley, Herlin; Vidacovich, Johnny; Thress, Dan (1995). New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming. Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89724-921-8.

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

Taylor, Billy (1983). Jazz Piano: A Jazz History. W.C. Brown Co. Publishers. ISBN 978-0-697-09959-4.

Trumpet

Barnhart, Scotty (2005). The World of Jazz Trumpet. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-0-634-09527-6.

Photography

Berendt, Joachim-Ernst (1 December 1979). Jazz, a Photo History. Schirmer Books. ISBN 978-0-02-870290-2.
Pinson, K. Heather (2010). The Jazz Image: Seeing Music Through Herman Leonard's Photography. U. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-495-9.

Record labels

Kennedy, Rick (2013). Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots (Rev. & expanded edition. ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00747-6.
Kennedy, Rick; McNutt, Randy (1999). Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music . Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253214348.

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Louis Daniel Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and different eras in the history of jazz.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz. At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multiple extended compositions, or suites, as well as many short pieces. For a few years at the beginning of Strayhorn's involvement, Ellington's orchestra featured bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and reached a creative peak. Some years later following a low-profile period, an appearance by Ellington and his orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1956 led to a major revival and regular world tours. Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era, performed in and scored several films, and composed a handful of stage musicals.

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. This is different from vocalese, which uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Dolphy</span> American jazz musician

Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the same era. His use of the bass clarinet helped to establish the instrument within jazz. Dolphy extended the vocabulary and boundaries of the alto saxophone, and was among the earliest significant jazz flute soloists.

Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone.

Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport Jazz Festival</span> Music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, US

The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.

Harry Howell Carney was a jazz saxophonist and clarinettist who spent over four decades as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He played a variety of instruments but primarily used the baritone saxophone, being a critical influence on the instrument in jazz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mood Indigo</span> Song

"Mood Indigo" is a jazz song with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills.

Robert "Bob" Thiele was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels.

Quentin "Butter" Jackson was an American jazz trombonist.

<i>Mingus Ah Um</i> 1959 studio album by Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz musician Charles Mingus, released in October 1959 by Columbia Records. It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The cover features a painting by S. Neil Fujita. The title is a corruption of an imaginary Latin declension. It is common for Latin students to memorize Latin adjectives by first saying the masculine nominative, then the feminine nominative, and finally the neuter nominative singular —implying a transformation of his name, Mingus, Minga, Mingum. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.

Stanley Frank Dance was a British jazz writer, business manager, record producer, and historian of the Swing era. He was personally close to Duke Ellington over a long period, as well as many other musicians; because of this friendship Dance was in a position to write "official" biographies. Over his career, his priority was advocating for the music of black ensembles performing sophisticated arrangements, based on Swing-era dance music.

<i>Duke Ellington & John Coltrane</i> 1963 studio album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane released in January 1963 on Impulse! Records.

"It Don't Mean a Thing " is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills. It is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Brian Priestley is an English jazz writer, pianist and arranger.

Jazz & Pop was an American music magazine that operated from 1962 to 1971. It was launched as Jazz and managed by Pauline Rivelli, with finance provided by Bob Thiele, the producer of jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Count Basie. The publication served as a rival title to Down Beat magazine, which had been established in the 1930s.

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