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The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,865 ratings — published 1997
Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,356 ratings — published 1989
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,440 ratings — published 1992
How to Listen to Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,620 ratings — published 2016
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,623 ratings — published 2009
Beneath the Underdog (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,945 ratings — published 1971
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,563 ratings — published 2024
Lady Sings the Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,025 ratings — published 1956
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,423 ratings — published 2002
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by (shelved 42 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 637 ratings — published 1998
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 494 ratings — published 2012
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,150,252 ratings — published 1925
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,409 ratings — published 2000
VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY: The First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 402 ratings — published 1998
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
by (shelved 37 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 801 ratings — published 1973
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 — 981 ratings — published 2007
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.14 — 689 ratings — published 2018
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,365 ratings — published
As Serious As Your Life: John Coltrane and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 681 ratings — published 1977
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 501 ratings — published 1992
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,079 ratings — published 1980
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,001 ratings — published 2013
The Jazz Theory Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,073 ratings — published 1995
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 759 ratings — published 1996
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 624 ratings — published 1998
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,663 ratings — published 2014
Jazz: A History of America's Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 591 ratings — published
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 320,645 ratings — published 2009
Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 247 ratings — published 1994
Coming Through Slaughter (Vintage International)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.86 — 7,181 ratings — published 1976
Black Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.11 — 587 ratings — published 1966
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.03 — 431 ratings — published 2006
Blues People: Negro Music in White America (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,493 ratings — published 1963
Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.01 — 437 ratings — published 1993
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 905 ratings — published 1998
Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 — 658 ratings — published 2008
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 192 ratings — published 1955
Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.70 — 17,905 ratings — published 2011
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.89 — 678 ratings — published 2013
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 988 ratings — published 2009
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.10 — 109 ratings — published 1968
Music is My Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.98 — 459 ratings — published 1973
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.17 — 255 ratings — published 1953
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.61 — 460,720 ratings — published 1957
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Board Book)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.04 — 809 ratings — published 1992
Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.46 — 285 ratings — published 1977
to Be or not to Bop: Memoirs- Dizzy Gillespie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.25 — 196 ratings — published 1979
The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.29 — 112 ratings — published 1997
Myself When I am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.74 — 202 ratings — published 2000
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.”
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“There's something beautifully friendly and elevating about a bunch of guys playing music together. This wonderful little world that is unassailable. It's really teamwork, one guy supporting the others, and it's all for one purpose, and there's no flies in the ointment, for a while. And nobody conducting, it's all up to you. It's really jazz__that's the big secret. Rock and roll ain't nothing but jazz with a hard backbeat.”
― Life
― Life
