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Bestsellers Guides to Jazz Biographies

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
by Leonard Feather (Editor), Ira Gitler (Editor)

Bill Russell's American Music
by Mike Hazeldine (Editor), Bill Russell (Editor)
Bill Russell (1905 - 1992), co-author of Jazzmen (1939),  was one of the first serious researchers of New Orleans jazz history. Db.

Blues People: Negro Music in White America
by Imamu Amiri Baraka, et al
(Paperback -- September 1983)

Collected Works : A Journal of Jazz 1954-1999
by Whitney Balliett
Hardcover - 928 pages (November 2000)
St Martins Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0312202881

Jazz Improvisation for Guitar with CD (Audio) (REH Pro Lessons)
by Les Wise
Paperback from Omnibus Press
Book Published: 15 October, 2001
 

The Rough Guide to Jazz by Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley Paperback from Rough Guides Book Published: 27 May, 2004

Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall Stearns, Jean Stearns Paperback from Da Capo Press Book Published: 01 April, 1994

Jazz Piano Scales, Grades 1-5 by Abrsm Paperback from Associated Board of the Royal School of Music Book Published: 05 January, 1999

Building a Jazz Vocabulary: A Resource for Learning Jazz Improvisation by Mike Steinel Paperback from Music Sales Limited Book Published: 01 January, 1995

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story by Ray Charles, David Ritz Paperback from Da Capo Press Book Published: January, 2004

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD by Richard Cook, Brian Morton Paperback from Penguin Books Ltd Book Published: 01 October, 2004

Treat it Gentle: An Autobiography by Sidney Bechet Paperback from Da Capo Press Book Published: March, 2002

A Love Supreme: The Creation of John Coltrane's Classic Album by Ashley Kahn, Elvin Jones Paperback from Granta Books Book Published: 23 October, 2003

Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall by Iain Cameron Williams Hardcover from Continuum International Publishing Group - Academi Book Published: 01 September, 2002

Living the Jazz Life : Conversations With Forty Musicians About Their Careers in Jazz
by W. Royal Stokes

Jazz Scrapbook : Bill Russell and Some Highly Musical Friends
by Richard Jackson, John Magill
Publisher: Historic New Orleans Collection; (April 1998)

Just Jazz Bass Real Book
by Warner Bros
Listed under Jazz Fake Books

The Oxford Companion to Jazz
by Bill Kirchner (Editor)
Hardcover - 848 pages (October 2000)
Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 019512510X 

Music Is My Mistress
by Duke Ellington
Listed under Duke Ellington

Early Jazz : Its Roots and Musical Development
by Gunther Schuller
Paperback - 401 pages Reprint edition (May 1986)
Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0195040430

The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
by Tom Piazza
Paperback - 391 pages (March 1995)
Univ of Iowa Pr; ISBN: 0877454892

Jazz Violin
by Matt Glaser, Stephane Grappelli (Contributor)
(Paperback - March 1981)

Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong
by Gary Giddins
Listed under Louis Armstrong

From Jazz to Swing : African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935 (Jazz History, Culture, and Criticism Series)
Thomas J. Hennessey 
Paperback / Published 1994

88: The Giants of Jazz Piano
by Robert L. Doerschuk, et al
Listed under Jazz Piano

Essential Jazz Lines : Guitar the Style of Joe Pass
by Corey Christiansen
Listed under Jazz Guitar

Improvising Jazz
by Jerry Coker
Listed under Jazz Improvisation

Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce
by Alfred, Jr Appel
(Hardcover -- September 17, 2002)

Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong
by Gary Giddins
Listed under Louis Armstrong

Sam Bush Teaches Mandolin Repertoire & Technique: Solos, Licks and Variations to Eight Great Tunes
by Listen, et al
Listed under Mandolin

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (5th Ed)
by Richard Cook, Brian Morton
Paperback: 1638 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.77 x 9.05 x 6.85 
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); 5th edition (February 2001)
ISBN: 014051452X 

The Oxford Companion to Jazz
by Bill Kirchner (Editor)
(Hardcover -- October 2000)

Miles: The Autobiography
by Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe (Contributor)
Listed under Miles Davis

Modern Jazz Piano: A Study in Harmony
by Brian Waite
Listed under Jazz Piano

Visions of Jazz: The First Century
by Gary Giddins
(Paperback -- May 1, 2000)

A New History of Jazz
by Alyn Shipton
(Hardcover -- September 2001)

Annual Review of Jazz Studies 2 : Features Thelonious Monk, Mc Coy Tyner, Count Basie, John Coltrane
(Paperback - June 1983)
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