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Jazz Books
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The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,640 ratings — published 1997
Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,601 ratings — published 1989
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,264 ratings — published 1992
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,554 ratings — published 2009
How to Listen to Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,423 ratings — published 2016
Beneath the Underdog (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,877 ratings — published 1971
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,965 ratings — published 2024
Lady Sings the Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 7,604 ratings — published 1956
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by (shelved 42 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 614 ratings — published 1998
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,380 ratings — published 2002
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,863,169 ratings — published 1925
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,357 ratings — published 2000
VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY: The First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 394 ratings — published 1998
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 473 ratings — published 2012
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 — 953 ratings — published 2007
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
by (shelved 35 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 789 ratings — published 1973
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.14 — 671 ratings — published 2018
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 497 ratings — published 1992
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,327 ratings — published
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.88 — 978 ratings — published 2013
As Serious As Your Life: John Coltrane and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.30 — 651 ratings — published 1977
The Jazz Theory Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,057 ratings — published 1995
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 595 ratings — published 1998
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,038 ratings — published 1980
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 749 ratings — published 1996
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 314,419 ratings — published 2009
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,556 ratings — published 2014
Jazz: A History of America's Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 587 ratings — published
Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 245 ratings — published 1994
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.04 — 426 ratings — published 2006
Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.01 — 425 ratings — published 1993
Black Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.10 — 560 ratings — published 1966
Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.94 — 634 ratings — published 2008
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 184 ratings — published 1955
Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.70 — 17,660 ratings — published 2011
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.89 — 662 ratings — published 2013
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 882 ratings — published 1982
Coming Through Slaughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,961 ratings — published 1976
Blues People: Negro Music in White America (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,412 ratings — published 1963
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 970 ratings — published 2009
to Be or not to Bop: Memoirs- Dizzy Gillespie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.25 — 194 ratings — published 1979
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.10 — 105 ratings — published 1968
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.61 — 446,249 ratings — published 1957
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Board Book)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.03 — 801 ratings — published 1992
Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.44 — 270 ratings — published 1977
Music is My Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.99 — 445 ratings — published 1973
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.17 — 248 ratings — published 1953
The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.30 — 109 ratings — published 1997
Myself When I am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.73 — 204 ratings — published 2000
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