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1	Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman more books like this by Ross Firestone add to wishlist Something of a child prodigy when he started his career playing with legends like Bix Beiderbecke at the age of 14, jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman was instrumental in the late-1930s birth of the Swing era, having developed his big band over the course of several years earlier in the decade. Goodman also formed one of the first racially integrated ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.88! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: A Biography more books like this by Peter J Levinson add to wishlist Celebrating the centennial of his birth, this is the definitive biography of legendary jazz giant Tommy Dorsey Swing has never gone out of style. It was the music the Greatest Generation danced to - and went to war to. And no musician evokes the Big Band era more strikingly than Tommy Dorsey, whose soaring trombone play and hit tunes influenced ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton more books like this by Howard Reich, William M Gaines add to wishlist The life of Jelly Roll Morton (1885-1941) is reconsidered in this thoroughly researched biography. Beginning as a virtuoso piano player in the brothels of New Orleans, Morton revolutionized jazz by actually writing down his highly sophisticated music. His career as a popular performed plummeted in the 1930s, when white record moguls who had been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz more books like this by Mr. Jeffrey Magee add to wishlist If Benny Goodman was the "King of Swing," then Fletcher Henderson was the power behind the throne. Not only did Henderson arrange the music that powered Goodman's meteoric rise, he also helped launch the careers of Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins, among others. Now Jeffrey Magee offers a fascinating account of this pivotal bandleader, throwing ... see all copies from $5.36! new only from $12.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Charlie Parker Played Be Bop more books like this by Chris Raschka (Illustrator) add to wishlist The Christmas celebration of an African-American family in the 1800s. Jason eagerly looks forward to Christmas and the annual visit from his favorite aunt, uncle, and cousin. Illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	To Be, or Not ... to Bop: Memoirs more books like this by Dizzy Gillespie add to wishlist see all copies from $12.95! first editions
7	Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman more books like this by Graham Lees, Mr. Gene Lees add to wishlist A biography of Woody Herman, the great big-band leader who came to the forefront of popular music with his "Band That Plays the Blues" in 1937. After World War II, Herman experimented with bebop, but with the advent of rock-and-roll in the 1950s, he had to struggle to keep his band going. Later, faced with tax-evasion charges, Herman was forced to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong more books like this by Gary Giddins add to wishlist "A valuable, jubilant look at a great man and artist."-New York Times Book Review. Gary Giddins has been called "the best jazz writer in America today" ( Esquire ). Louis Armstrong has been called the most influential jazz musician of the century. Together this auspicious pairing has resulted in Satchmo, one of the most vivid and fascinating ... see all copies from $3.47! new only from $5.77! \| SVS
9	Myself Among Others: A Memoir more books like this by George Wein, Nate Chenin, Nate Chinen add to wishlist Here is the story of a middle-class Jewish kid from Boston who became the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and, later, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. . George Wein, who pioneered the idea of bringing jazz to people beyond the club circuit, looks back on his long career and unforgettably describes his relationships --sometimes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings more books like this by Louis Armstrong, Thomas Brothers (Editor) add to wishlist Louis Armstrong's IN HIS OWN WORDS isn't so much a memoir as a series of vignettes of his life, told in his own inimitable voice (or rather typed in his own idiosyncratic way while he was hospitalized in the late 1960s). He hymns the wonders of laxatives and "gage," his word for marijuana, with equal fervor, has bouts of irascibility at his race, ... see all copies from $4.05! new only from $18.19! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum more books like this by Robert A Parker (Illustrator) add to wishlist Art Tatum came from modest beginnings and was nearly blind, but his passion for the piano and his acute memory for any sound he heard drove him to become a virtuoso who was revered by classical and jazz pianists alike. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation more books like this by Eric Nisenson, Sonny Rollins (Foreword by) add to wishlist Now in paperback: The first-ever biography of one of the legends of modern jazz, written with his full cooperation. Sonny Rollins is one of jazz's great innovators, arguably the most influential tenor saxophonist, along with John Coltrane, in the history of modern jazz. He began his musical career at the age of eleven, and within five short years ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.17! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Jazz, a Listener's Guide more books like this by James McCalla add to wishlist For courses in Introductory Jazz, Jazz Appreciation, and Jazz History. Drawn from the author's radio and classroom course, this introduction to jazz is written in a personal, informal style and requires no musical background. The focus is on guiding the beginning listener's ear, not on memorizing musical facts. McCalla introduces musical terms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis more books like this by Jack Chambers (Introduction by) add to wishlist This critical biography provides a portrait of world-renowned trumpeter and jazz-bebop-fusion innovator Miles Davis. The author analyzes Davis's controversial life, chronicles his musical development, and explores the social, political, and economic contexts of jazz. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
15	Bix: Man & Legend more books like this by Philip R. Evans, Richard M. Sudhalter add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
16 view cover	Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way more books like this by Peter J Levinson add to wishlist Celebrating the centennial of his birth, this is the definitive biography of legendary jazz giant, Tommy Dorsey. Swing has never gone out of style. It was the music the Greatest Generation danced to - and went to war to. And no musician evokes the Big Band era more strikingly than Tommy Dorsey, whose soaring trombone play and hit tunes influenced ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.55! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	John Coltrane more books like this by Bill Cole add to wishlist This biography of the legendary jazz man includes a discography and photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.21! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Drummin' Men: The Heartbeat of Jazz more books like this by Burt Korall, Mel Torme (Foreword by) add to wishlist Drummin' Men profiles the very best of this generation, illuminating the high-energy drive of Gene Krupa, the explosive power of Chick Webb, and the elegant style of Jo Jones. Photographs. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend of Jazz more books like this by Robert Dupuis add to wishlist Dupuis examines not only his many successes but also the events that caused him to be broken in spirit, physically spent, and in financial debt at the time of his death. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Tonight at Noon: A Love Story more books like this by Sue Graham Mingus add to wishlist A detailed and compassionate look at the life of jazz great Charles Mingus, as recalled by his widow. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life more books like this by Laurence Bergreen add to wishlist Perhaps America's greatest musical performer, Louis Armstrong was a character of epic proportions - married four times, with countless romantic involvements in and around his marriages, a life-long advocate of marijuana, who took his music from the streets of New Orleans to Hollywood, Europe, South America and, through his many recordings, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds more books like this by William D Clancy, Audree Coke Kenton add to wishlist In a career that spanned half a century, Woody Herman thrilled generations of jazz lovers around the world. He was one of the premier bandleaders of the swing and bebop eras, with dozens of famous recordings. His story is a fifty year history of jazz music and culture. Drawing on the memories of musicians and entertainers such as Ella Fitzgerald, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life more books like this by Wynton Marsalis, Carl Vigeland add to wishlist By touring with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, writer Carl Vigeland gained an intimate access to the life of a jazz musician. Here he shares his impressions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster more books like this by Frank Buchmann-Moller add to wishlist One of the "big three" of swing tenors - along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young - Ben Webster was one of the best known and most popular saxophonists from the 1930s through the 1970s. Early in his career, Webster worked with many of the greatest orchestras of the time, including those led by Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, Benny Carter, Fletcher ... see all copies from $7.04! new only from $18.70! \| SVS
25	Straight Ahead, the Story of Stan Kenton more books like this by Carol Easton add to wishlist see all copies from $2.02! first editions

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