Michael Finocchiaro's votes on the list Best of: Books About Jazz and Music in General

Listopia > Michael Finocchiaro's votes on the list Best of: Books About Jazz and Music in General (24 Books)

1	Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz, 1954 - 65 by Kenny Mathieson 4.13 avg rating — 85 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley 4.31 avg rating — 2,593 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll by Greil Marcus 4.04 avg rating — 3,590 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz 1945 - 65 by Kenny Mathieson 4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Listen to This by Alex Ross 3.95 avg rating — 2,942 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings by Peter Pettinger 4.05 avg rating — 610 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY: The First Century by Gary Giddins 4.18 avg rating — 398 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography by Ian Carr 4.15 avg rating — 891 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now by Robert Adams Gottlieb 4.24 avg rating — 118 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross 4.10 avg rating — 15,970 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn 4.27 avg rating — 1,381 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Miles The Autobiography /anglais by Davis Miles 4.20 avg rating — 16,892 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall by Gabriel Solis 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman by Laurie Pepper (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 77 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-68 by Keith Waters 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Straight Life by Art Pepper 4.34 avg rating — 1,056 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert by Peter Elsdon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Keith Jarrett: The Man And His Music by Ian Carr 3.67 avg rating — 84 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Sugar Free Saxophone: The Life and Music of Jackie McLean by Derek Ansell 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu 4.31 avg rating — 753 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Chasin' The Trane: The music and mystique of John Coltrane by J.C. Thomas 3.96 avg rating — 298 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series) by Lewis Porter 4.15 avg rating — 625 ratings Michael rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Heroes of Blues, Jazz, and Country by Robert Crumb 4.28 avg rating — 873 ratings Michael rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz by Stanley Crouch 3.71 avg rating — 136 ratings Michael rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars