Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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- Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen
- What a wonderful world, the magic of Louis Armstrong's later years, Ricky Riccardi
- Louis Armstrong, in his own words, selected writings, Louis Armstrong ; edited and with an introduction by Thomas Brothers ; annotated index by Charles Kinzer
- You fascinate me so, the life and times of Cy Coleman, Andy Propst ; with a foreword by Shelby Coleman
- Better git it in your soul, an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus, Krin Gabbard
- The music and life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro, infatuation, Leif Bo Petersen, Theo Rehak
- Clark, the autobiography of Clark Terry, with Gwen Terry ; preface by Quincy Jones ; foreword by Bill Cosby ; introduction by David Demsey
- Pee Wee Erwin, this horn for hire, as told to Warren W. Vaché, Sr
- You can't steal a gift, Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat, Gene Lees ; foreword by Nat Hentoff
- The Louis Armstrong companion, eight decades of commentary, edited by Joshua Berrett
- Let the good times roll, the story of Louis Jordan and his music, John Chilton
- Dance of the infidels, a portrait of Bud Powell, Francis Paudras ; translated from the original French by Rubye Monet ; English translation edited by Warren Bernhardt ; foreword by Bill Evans
- Ornette Coleman, a harmolodic life, John Litweiler
- The Cambridge companion to Duke Ellington, edited by Edward Green ; associate editor, Evan Spring
- The jazzmen, how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America, Larry Tye
- Spirit catcher, the life and art of John Coltrane, John Fraim
- American singers, twenty-seven portraits in song, Whitney Balliett
- Herbie Hancock, possibilities, Herbie Hancock with Lisa Dickey
- Music is my mistress, by Edward Kennedy Ellington
- Quincy Jones, his life in music, Clarence Bernard Henry
- Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson, taking the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Softly, with feeling, Joe Wilder and the breaking of barriers in American music, Edward Berger ; foreword by Wynton Marsalis
- Myself among others, George Wein with Nate Chinen
- Good morning blues, the autobiography of Count Basie, as told to Albert Murray
- An unsung cat, the life and music of Warne Marsh, Safford Chamberlain
- Sweet swing blues on the road, text by Wynton Marsalis ; photographs by Frank Stewart
- Thelonious Monk, the life and times of an American original, Robin D.G. Kelley
- Charlie Parker, his music and life, Carl Woideck
- Strayhorn, an illustrated life, produced by Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc. ; contributions by David Hajdu, Walter van de Leur, Robert Levi, Bruce Mayhall Rastrelli, and Gregory A. Morris ; edited by A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger
- Miles & me, Quincy Troupe ; introduction by Rudy Langlais ; photos by Jon Stevens ; q & a with Dan Simon
- So what, the life of Miles Davis, John Szwed
- Miles Davis, the man in the green shirt, Richard Williams
- Dizzy, the life and times of John Birks Gillespie, Donald L. Maggin
- Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, Thomas Brothers
- Adrian Rollini, the life and music of a jazz rambler, Ate van Delden
- Groovin' high, the life of Dizzy Gillespie, Alyn Shipton
- Mingus/Mingus, two memoirs, Janet Coleman and Al Young
- Whisper not, the autobiography of Benny Golson, Benny Golson and Jim Merod
- Dizzy Gillespie, the man who changed by life : from the memoirs of Arturo Sandoval, Robert Simon and Marianela Sandoval ; foreword by Quincy Jones
- Dameronia, the life and music of Tadd Dameron, Paul Combs ; foreword by Benny Golson
- Trumpet blues, the life of Harry James, Peter J. Levinson
- 3 shades of blue, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool, James Kaplan
- Crazeology, the autobiography of a Chicago jazzman, Bud Freeman, as told to Robert Wolf ; with a foreword by Studs Terkel
- Trumpet story, by Bill Coleman
- Holy ghost, the life & death of free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler, Richard Koloda
- Raise up off me, by Hampton Hawes and Don Asher
- I walked with giants, the autobiography of Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren ; foreword by Bill Cosby ; introduction by Wynton Marsalis
- Pee Wee Russell, the life of a jazzman, Robert Hilbert
- The Miles Davis story, a Dibb Directions production for Channel 4 Television ; produced, directed by Mike Dibb
- Clifford Brown, the life and art of the legendary jazz trumpeter, Nick Catalano