30 Best

Jazz Books

1

Night in Shanghai

2

Trombone Shorty

3

Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth

4

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

5

The Book of Harlan

6

Last Night at the Blue Angel

7

Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone

8

The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

9

Bird & Diz

10

Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century

11

The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

12

Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong

13

What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography

14

Fish Jam

15

Miles: The Autobiography

16

The History of Jazz

17

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

18

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

19

Beneath the Underdog

20

John Coltrane: His Life and Music

21

The Great Gatsby

22

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

23

Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece

24

Visions of Jazz: The First Century

25

Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

26

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn

27

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

28

Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

29

Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker