AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ BIOGRAPHY
- ARMSTRONG, Louis.
- Satchmo: my life in New Orleans. Louis Armstrong [1954] ACE Books, 1957.
- Louis Armstrong. Hugues Panassie, Da Capo pbk, 1971.
- Louis: The Armstrong Story 1900-1971. Max Jones & John Chilton [1971] Mayflower 1975.
- Louis Armstrong: A Biography. James Lincoln Collier, Michael Joseph, 1984.
- BARKER, Danny.
- A Life in Jazz. Alyn Shipton (Ed). Macmillan, 1986.
- BASIE, Count.
- Good Morning Blues. Autobiography, as told to Albert Murray [1986] Heineman/Paladin pbk 1987.
- BECHET, Sidney.
- Treat It Gentle. Sidney Bechet [1960] Cassell/Jazz Book Club 1962.
- Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz. John Chilton. Macmillan,1987.
- BEIDERBECKE, Bix.
- Bix: Man & Legend. Richard M. Sudhalter & Philip R. Evans. Quartet, 1974.
- CLAYTON, Buck.
- Buck Clayton's Jazz World. With Nancy Miller Elliott. [1986] Bayou Press Ltd, 1989.
- COLEMAN, Bill.
- Trumpet Story. Macmillan Press, 1990.
- COLTRANE, John.
- John Coltrane: The Jazz Masters Series. Brian Priestley. Apollo pbk, 1987.
- CROW, Bill.
- From Birdland to Broadway: scenes from a jazz life. Oxford UP, 1992.
- DAVIS, Miles.
- Miles Davis: Kings of Jazz 9. Michael James. Cassell, 1961.
- Miles Davis: a critical biography. Ian Carr. Quartet, 1982.
- Miles: the autobiography. With Quincy Troupe. Macmillan, 1989.
- Miles Davis: for beginners. Daryl Long. Writers & Readers, 1992.
- DODDS, Baby.
- The Baby Dodds Story. As told to Larry Gara. Contemporary Press, 1959.
- DODDS, Johnny.
- Johnny Dodds: Kings of Jazz 10. G.E. Lambert. Cassell, 1961.
- DOLPHY, Eric.
- The Importance of Being Eric Dolphy. Raymond Horricks. D.J.Costello, 1989.
- ELLINGTON, Duke.
- Duke: a portrait of Duke Ellington. Derek Jewell. Elm Tree Books, 1977.
- Duke Ellington The Jazz Masters Series. Peter Gammond. Apollo pbk, 1987.
- Duke Ellington: the life & times of the restless genius of jazz. [1987] James Lincol Collier. Pan, 1989.
- GILLESPIE, Dizzy.
- Dizzy Gillespie: Kings of Jazz 2. Michael James. Cassell, 1959.
- Dizzy: the autobiography of Dizzy Gillespie. W.H. Allen, 1980.
- Dizzy Gillespie: his Life & Times. Spellmount, 1988.
- Dizzy: John Birks Gillespie in his 75th Year. Lee Tanner/Gene Lees. Pomegranate Artbooks, 1992.
- HANDY, W.C.
- Father of the Blues. W.C. Handy. Sidgwick & Jackson/ JBC 1961.
- HAWES, Hampton.
- Raise up off me: a portrait of Hampton Hawes. With Don Asher. [1974] Da Capo pbk, 1979.
- HAMPTON, Lionel.
- Hamp: an autobiography. With James Haskins. Robson, 1990.
- HAWKINS, Coleman.
- Coleman Hawkins: Kings of Jazz 12. Albert J. McCarthy. Cassell, 1963.
- The Song of the Hawk: the life & recordings of Coleman Hawkins. John Chilton. Quartet, 1990.
- HENDERSON, Fletcher.
- Hendersonia: the music of Fletcher Henderson & his musicians. Bio-discography by Walter C. Allen, 1973.
- HINES, Earl.
- The World of Earl Hines. Stanley Dance [1977] Da Capo pbk, 1977.
- HODES, Art.
- Hot Man: The Life of Art Hodes. With Chadwick Hansen. Bayou Press, 1992.
- HOLIDAY, Billie.
- Lady Sings the Blues. With William Dufty. Barrie Books, 1958.
- Billie's Blues: the true story of the Immortal Billie Holiday. John Chilton [1975] Quartet, 1977.
- Billie Holiday. Stuart Nicholson. Victor Gollancz, 1995.
- JOPLIN, Scott.
- Scott Joplin & the Ragtime Era. Peter Gammond. Abacus, 1975.
- King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin & His Era. Edward A. Berlin. Oxford, 1994.
- KAMINSKY, Max.
- My Life in Jazz. Max Kaminsky. [1963] Andre Deutsch/JBC 1965.
- LEWIS, George.
- Call Him George. George Lewis with Jay Allison Stuart [1961] Peter Davies/JBC, 1963.
- MANONE, Wingy.
- Trumpet on the Wing. Wingy Manone with Paul Vandervoort [1948] Doubleday/JBC, 1964.
- MEZZROW, Mezz.
- Really the Blues. Mezz Mezzrow with Bernard Wolfe. [1948] Secker & Warburg/JBC, 1959.
- MINGUS, Charles.
- Beneath the Underdog. Charles Mingus [1971] Weidenfeld & Nicholson/Penguin 1975.
- MORTON, Jelly Roll.
- Mister Jelly Roll: the fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton. Alan Lomax [1950] Cassell/JBC, 1956.
- Jelly Roll Morton's Last Night at the Jungle Inn. Samuel Charters. Marion Boyars, 1984.
- MULLIGAN, Gerry
- Gerry Mulligan: The Jazz Masters Series. Raymond Horricks. Apollo Pbk, 1986.
- OLIVER, King Joe.
- King Joe Oliver. Walter C. Allen & Brian Rust. [1955] JBC 1957.
- PARKER, Charlie.
- Charlie Parker: Kings of Jazz 6. Max Harrison, Cassell, 1960.
- BIRD: the legend of Charlie Parker. Robert G. Reisner. McGibbon & Kee, 1962.
- Bird Lives! The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker. Ross Russell. Quartet, 1973.
- Celebrating Bird: The triumph of Charlie Parker. Gary Giddins. Hodder & Stoughton, 1987.
- Bird's Diary: The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955. Written by Ken Vail. Castle Communications, 1996.
- PETERSON, Oscar.
- Oscar Peterson: the will to swing. Gene Lees. Macmillan, 1989.
- PORTER, Roy.
- There and Back. Roy Porter; edited by David Keller. Bayou Press, 1991.
- PRICE, Sammy.
- What Do They Want? A Jazz Autobiography. Sammy Price; edited Caroline Richmond. Bayou Press, 1989.
- REINHARDT, Django.
- Django Reinhardt. Charles Delaunay [1961] Cassell/JBC, 1963.
- RUSSELL, Pee Wee.
- Pee Wee Russell: The Life of a Jazzman. Robert Hilbert. Oxford, 1993.
- SMITH, Bessie.
- Bessie Smith: Kings of Jazz 3. Paul Oliver. Cassell, 1959.
- Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues. Chris Albertson [1972] Barrie & Jenkins/Abacus pbk 1975.
- The Bessie Smith Companion. Edward Brooks; foreword George Melly. Bayou Press, 1989.
- SMITH, Willy the Lion.
- Music on my Mind: the memoirs of an American Pianist. With George Hoefer [1964] McGibbon & Kee/JBC, 1966.
- WALLER, Fats.
- Ain't Misbehavin': The Story of Fats Waller. Ed Kirkeby [1966] Peter Davies/JBC, 1967.
- Fats Waller: His Life & Times. Joel Vance. Robson, 1979.
- WILLIAMS, Clarence.
- Clarence Williams. Tom Lord. Storyville, 1976.
HISTORY, CRITICISM, REFERENCE
- ANTHEIL, George.
- Bad Boy of Music. Autobiography [1947]. Hutchinson/NBA, 1949.
- ATKINS, Ronald. (General Editor)
- Jazz from New Orleans to the New Jazz Age: The Ultimate Guide. Carlton, 1996.
- BAILEY, Derek.
- Improvisation: its nature and practice in music. The British Library National Sound Archive, 1992.
- BALLIETT, Whitney.
- The Sound of Surprise: 46 pieces on Jazz. [1962]. Kimber/JBC, 1961.
- Dinosaurs in the Morning: 41 pieces on Jazz. [1962]. Phoenix/JBC, 1965.
- New York Notes: A Journal of Jazz in the 70s. [1976]. Da Capo Pbk, 1977.
- American Musicians: 56 Portraits in Jazz. Oxford UP, 1986.
- Barney, Bradley, and Max: 16 Portraits in Jazz. Oxford UP, 1989.
- King Louis. New Yorker, 8 Jan 1994.
- BERENDT, Joachim.
- The New Jazz Book: a history and Guide. [1953]. Peter Owen/JBC, 1965.
- The Jazz Book: from New Orleans to Jazz & Beyond. [Revised, updated edition of 1953 book. Granada, 1983.
- BLESH, Rudi & JANIS, Harriet.
- They All Played Ragtime: the true story of American Music. [1950]. Sidgwick & Jackson/JBC, 1963.
- BLESH, Rudi.
- Combo: USA - Eight Lives in Jazz. Chilton, 1971.
- BROOKS, Edward.
- The Bessie Smith Companion: a critical & detailed appreciation of the
- Recordings. [1982] Bayou Press, 1989.
- BRUNN, H.O.
- The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Sidgwick & Jackson/JBC, 1963.
- CARR, Ian.
- JAZZ: the essential Companion. With Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley. 1,600 A-Z entries. Grafton, 1987.
- CASE, Brian & BRITT, Stan.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz. Salamander, 1978.
- CERULLI, Dom & KORALL, Burt (Eds).
- The Jazz Word. [1960]. Ballantine/JBC, 1963.
- CHARTERS, Samuel B. & KUNSTADT, Leonard.
- Jazz: a history of the New York scene. [1962]. Da Capo Pbk, 1981.
- CHILTON, John.
- Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street. Bloomsbury, 1970.
- Who's Who of Jazz. Revised, updated, 5th edition. Papermac, 1990.
- CLARKE, Donald (Ed).
- Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Viking, 1989.
- CONDON, Eddie & GEHMAN, Richard, (Eds).
- Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz. Peter Davies, 1957.
- CROW, Bill.
- Jazz Anecdotes. Oxford UP, 1990.
- DAHL, Linda.
- Stormy Weather: The Music & Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen: [1984]. Limelight, 1989.
- DANCE, Stanley.
- Jazz Era: The Forties. Editor. [1961]. MacGibbon & Kee/JBC, 1962.
- The World of Swing. [1974]. Scribners/Da Capo Pbk, 1979.
- DANKWORTH, Avril.
- Jazz: an introduction to its musical basis. Oxford UP, 1968.
- DYER, Geoff.
- But Beautiful. Cape, 1991.
- FEATHER, Leonard.
- The Book of Jazz: A Guide to the Entire Field. [1957]. Arthur Barker/JBC, 1961.
- The NEW edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz. [1960]. Bonanza/JBC, 1963.
- From Satchmo to Miles. [1972]. Stein & Day/Quartet Pbk, 1974.
- The Passion for Jazz. [1980]. Introduction for this edition. Da Capo Pbk, 1990.
- The Jazz Years: Earwitness to an Era. [1986]. Quartet/Picador Pbk, 1988.
- FINKELSTEIN, Sidney.
- Jazz: A People's Music. [1948]. Citadel/JBC, 1984.
- FORDHAM, John.
- Shooting from the Hip: Changing tunes in Jazz. Kyle Cathie, 1996.
- FOX, Charles.
- Jazz in Perspective. BBC, 1969.
- GAMMOND, Peter & CLAYTON, Peter.
- Fourteen Miles on a Clear Night. [1966]. Peter Owen/JBC, 1967.
- GIOIA, Ted.
- West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California 1945-1960. Oxford UP, 1992.
- GITLER, Ira.
- Jazz Masters of the 40s. Macmillan, 1966.
- Swing to Bop: an oral history of the transition in jazz in the 40s. [1985]. Oxford UP Pbk, 1987.
- GLEASON, Ralph.
- Jam Session: an anthology of jazz. [1958]. Peter Davies/JBC, 1961.
- GOLDBERG, J.
- Jazz Masters of the 50s. Macmillan, 1965.
- GOODMAN, Benny & BARON, Stanley.
- Benny: King of Swing. Thames & Hudson, 1979.
- GODBOLT, Jim.
- World of Jazz in printed ephemera & collectibles. Studio, 1990.
- GOTTLIEB, William J.
- The Golden Age of Jazz: 200 portraits of musicians of 30s & 40s. Quartet, 1979.
- GREEN, Benny.
- The Reluctant Art: the growth of Jazz. [1962]. MacGibbon & Kee/JBC, 1964.
- HADLOCK, Richard.
- Jazz Masters of the 20s. Macmillan, 1965.
- HARRISON, Max.
- A Jazz Retrospect. David & Charles,1976.
- HENTOFF, Nat.
- The Jazz Life. Peter Davies, 1962.
- Jazz is... W.H.Allen, 1978.
- HENTOFF, Nat & McCARTHY, Albert (Eds).
- Jazz: new perspectives on the history of jazz. [1959]. Cassell/JBC, 1962.
- HODEIR, Andre.
- Jazz: its evolution and essence. [1954]. Secker & Warburg, 1956.
- Toward Jazz. [1962]. Grove/JBC, 1965.
- HORRICKS, Raymond. (Ed).
- These Jazzmen of Our Time. Gollancz, 1959.
- JAMES, Burnett.
- Essays on Jazz. Sidgwick & Jackson/JBC, 1962.
- JAMES, Michael.
- Ten Modern Jazzmen. Cassell, 1960.
- KEEPNEWS, Orrin.
- The View from Within: Jazz Writings 1948-1987. [1987]. Oxford UP, 1990.
- KEEPNEWS, Orrin & GRAUER, Bill.
- A Pictorial History of Jazz: People & Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz. [1955]. Spring Books, Late 50s.
- KELLNER, Bruce (Ed).
- The Harlem Renaissance: a historical dictionary for the era. Methuen, 1987.
- KENNEY, William Howland.
- Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History 1904 - 1930. [1993], OUP Pbk 1994.
- KERNFELD, Barry (Ed).
- The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz: Vol.1 A-K, Vol.2 L-Z. Macmillan, 1988.
- KINGTON, Miles.
- The Jazz Anthology. HarperCollins, 1992.
- KLAASS, Piet.
- Jam Session: 120 Portraits of Jazz & Blues Musicians. David & Charles, 1985.
- LAMBERT, Constant.
- Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline. [1934]. Faber (4th imp), 1943.
- LARKIN, Philip.
- All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961-1971. [1970]. Revised edition, Faber & Faber, 1985.
- LEBRECHT, Norman.
- The Companion to 20th Century Music. Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1992.
- LEES, Gene.
- Meet Me At Jim & Andy's: jazz musicians and their world. Oxford UP, 1988.
- LEONARD, Neil.
- Jazz and the White Americans. [1962]. Univ.of Chicago/JBC, 1964.
- LESLIE, Peter.
- [British] Big Bands of the Thirties. NEL, 1971.
- LYONS, Len.
- The Great Jazz Pianists: speaking of their lives and music. [1983]. Da Capo Pbk, 1989.
- McCARTHY, Albert (Ed).
- Jazzbook 1955. Cassell, 1955.
- MELLERS, Wilfred.
- Music in a New Found Land. [1965]. Revised pbk. Faber, 1987.
- NEWTON, Francis.
- The Jazz Scene. [1959] MacGibbon & Kee/JBC, 1960.
- NICHOLSON, Stuart.
- Jazz: the Modern Resurgence. Simon & Schuster, 1990.
- OGREN, Kathy J.
- The Jazz Revolution: Twenties America and the meaning of Jazz: [1989]. Oxford UP, 1992.
- OLIVER, Paul & HARRISON/BOSCOM (Eds).
- The New Grove Gospel, Blues & Jazz. Papermac, 1986.
- PANASSIE, Hugues.
- The Real Jazz. [1942, rev. 1960]. Barnes/JBC, 1967.
- Dictionary of Jazz. [1954]. JBC, 1959.
- PARKER, Chris (Ed).
- B Flat, Bebop, Scat: jazz stories and poems. Quartet, 1986.
- PLEASANTS, Henry.
- Death of a Music? The decline of the European tradition & the rise of Jazz. [1961]. Gollancz/JBC, 1962.
- POLING, J.
- Esquire's World of Jazz. Arthur Barker, 1962.
- PEARSON, Nathan W.
- Goin' to Kansas City. Macmillan, 1988.
- RAMSEY, Frederic & SMITH, Charles Edward.
- Jazzmen: the story of hot jazz told in the lives of the men who created it. [1939] Sidgwick & Jackson/JBC, 1958.
- RIVELLI, Pauline & LEVIN, Robert. (Eds).
- Giants of Black Music. [1970]. Pbk reprint with Introduction by Nat Hentoff. Da Capo, 1979.
- ROSS, Russell.
- Jazz Style in Kansas City & the South West. Univ. of California, 1971.
- SARGEANT, Winthrop.
- Jazz: Hot & Hybrid. [1938]. JBC, 1959.
- SCHULLER, Gunther.
- Early Jazz: its roots and development. Oxford UP, 1968.
- The Swing Era: the development of jazz 1930-1945. Oxford UP, 1989.
- SHAPIRO, Nat & HENTOFF, Nat (Eds).
- Hear me talkin' to ya: the story of jazz by the men who made it. Peter Davies, 1955.
- SILVESTER, Peter.
- A Left Hand Like God: the Story of Boogie-Woogie. [1988]. Pbk edition. Omnibus Press, 1990.
- SPELLMAN, A.B.
- Four Lives in the Bebop Business. MacGibbon & Kee, 1967.
- STEARNS, Marshall.
- The Story of Jazz. [1956]. Reissued as pbk with expanded bibliography & syllabus. Oxford UP, 1970.
- STEWART, Rex.
- Jazz Masters of the 30s. Macmillan, 1972.
- STOCK, Dennis.
- Jazz Street: photographs by Dennis Stock. Andre Deutsch, 1960.
- STOKES, W. Royal.
- The Jazz Scene: an informal history from New Orleans to 1990. Oxford UP, 1991.
- SYMES, Peter.
- Focus on Jazz. Photography by Peter Symes; text Peter Gamble. Robert Hale, 1988.
- TOLEDANO, Ralph de.
- Frontiers of Jazz. [1947, rev.1962]. Fredk. Ungar/JBC, 1966.
- TOWNLEY, Eric.
- Tell Your Story. Locates, identifies and explains 2,700 jazz & blues titles recorded between 1917 and 1950. Storyville, 1976.
- TRAILL, Sinclair & LASCELLES, Gerald (Eds).
- Just Jazz - 4. Souvenir, 1960.
- TRAILL, Sinclair (Ed).
- Concerning Jazz. [1957]. Faber/JBC, 1958.
- TUCKER, Mark (Ed).
- The Duke Ellington Reader. Oxford UP, 1993.
- ULANOV, Barry.
- A Handbook of Jazz. Hutchinson, 1958.
- A History of Jazz in America. [1950]. Hutchinson/JBC, 1959.
- WHITE, Mark.
- The Observer's Book of Jazz. Warne, 1978.
- WHEATON, Jack.
- All That Jazz! Ardsley House, 1994.
- WILLIAMS, Martin.
- The Art of Jazz. [1959]. Cassell-OUP/JBC, 1962.
- Jazz Panorama: from the pages of Jazz Review. [1962]. Cromwell-Collier/JBC, 1965.
- Jazz Masters of New Orleans. Macmillan, 1967.
- Jazz Masters in Transition 1957-1969. Macmillan, 1970.
- The Jazz Tradition. Oxford UP, 1970.
- The Jazz Tradition: Second Revised Edition. Oxford UP, 1993
- Jazz in its Time. Oxford UP, 1989; pbk 1991.
- Jazz Changes. Oxford UP, 1992; pbk 1993.
- WILLIAMS, Peter.
- The Concise Guide to the Arts. [Originally published as the 'Bluffer's Guide', and includes 'Folk & Jazz' pp.191-250]. Wolfe/BCA, 1973.
- WILLIAMS, Richard.
- JAZZ: A Photographic Documentary. Studio Editions Ltd, 1994.
- WILLIAMSON, Ken (Ed).
- This is Jazz. Newnes/JBC, 1961.
- WILMER, Valerie.
- As Serious As Your Life: the story of the New Jazz. Quartet, 1977.
BLUES
- ALBERTSON, Chris.
- Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues. [1972] Barrie & Jenkins/Abacus Pbk, 1975.
- BROOKS, Edward.
- The Bessie Smith Companion. [1982] Bayou Press, 1989.
- CHARTERS, Samuel B.
- The Country Blues. [1959]. Michael Joseph/JBC, 1961.
- COURLANDER, Harold.
- Negro Folk Music USA. [1963]. Columbia UP/JBC, 1966.
- DIXON, R.M.W. & GODRICH, J.
- Recording the Blues. Studio Vista, 1970.
- JONES, Le Roi.
- Blues People: Negro Music in White America. [1963]. MacGibbon & Kee/JBC, 1966.
- LOMAX, Alan.
- The Land where the Blues Began. [1993]. Minerva pbk, 1995.
- OLIVER, Paul.
- Bessie Smith. Kings of Jazz 3. Cassell, 1959.
- Blues fell this morning: the meaning of the Blues. [1960]. Cassell/JBC, 1963.
- Conversation with the Blues. [1965]. Cassell/JBC, 1967.
- Screening the Blues: Aspects of the Blues Tradition. Cassell, 1968.
- The Story of the Blues. Cresset Press, 1969.
- Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues. Studio Vista, 1970.
- The Blackwell Guide to Blues Records. Blackwell, 1989.
- OLIVER, Paul, HARRISON, Max & BOLCOM, William.
- The New Grove Gospel, Blues & Jazz. Papermac, 1986.
- SANTELLI, Robert.
- The Big Book of Blues: a biographical encyclopedia. Pavilion Books, 1994.
- STEWART-BAXTER, Derrick.
- Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. Studio Vista.
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