Incoming Resources
- Duke Ellington, James Lincoln Collier
- Leader of the band:, the life of Woody Herman, Gene Lees
- A horn for Louis, by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by James Bernardin
- The woodchopper's ball, the autobiography of Woody Herman, Woody Herman and Stuart Troup
- Little Louis and the jazz band, the story of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Anna Rich
- Tommy Dorsey, livin' in a great big way, a biography, Peter J. Levinson
- It's about time, the Dave Brubeck story, Fred M. Hall ; with a foreword by Gene lees
- The Duke Ellington reader, edited by Mark Tucker
- Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen
- Lush life, a biography of Billy Strayhorn, David Hajdu
- Beyond category, the life and genius of Duke Ellington, John Edward Hasse
- Red head, a chronological survey of "Red" Nichols and his Five Pennies, by Stephen M. Stroff
- Myself among others, George Wein with Nate Chinen ; [foreword by Bill Cosby]
- Charles Mingus, live at Montreux 1975
- Louis Armstrong, in his own words, selected writings, Louis Armstrong ; edited and with an introduction and appendix by Thomas Brothers ; annotated index by Charles Kinzer
- Fats Waller, this joint is jumpin'
- Once upon a time in Chicago, the story of Benny Goodman, by Jonah Winter ; pictures by Jeanette Winter
- What do they want?, a jazz autobiography, by Sammy Price ; edited by Caroline Richmond ; chronological discography compiled by Bob Weir
- Duke Ellington, by Gene Brown
- Reminiscing in tempo, a portrait of Duke Ellington, Stuart Nicholson
- The life and times of Duke Ellington, by John Bankston
- Benny Goodman and the Swing Era, James Lincoln Collier
- Thelonious Monk, straight no chaser, Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Charlotte Zwerin ; produced by Charlotte Zwerin, Bruce Ricker ; a Malpaso production
- A life in ragtime, a biography of James Reese Europe, Reid Badger
- The wisdom of Sun-Ra, Sun Ra's polemical broadsheets and streetcorner leaflets, compiled and introduced by John Corbett
- Tonight at noon, a love story, Sue Graham Mingus
- Duke Ellington, the piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Let's get to the nitty gritty, the autobiography of Horace Silver, Horace Silver ; edited, with afterword, by Phil Pastras ; foreword by Joe Zawinul
- Duke Ellington, Richard Terrill
- Swing, swing, swing, the life & times of Benny Goodman, Ross Firestone
- Beneath the underdog, his world as composed by Mingus, edited by Nel King
- Duke Ellington, jazz master, by Gene Brown
- Duke Ellington, by Adam Woog
- Satchmo, Gary Giddins
- Louis Armstrong, by Adam Woog
- Duke Ellington, a life of music, Eve Stwertka
- Space is the place, the lives and times of Sun Ra, John F. Szwed
- Satchmo, the Louis Armstrong encyclopedia, Michael Meckna
- Meet me with your black drawers on, my life in music, by Jeannie Cheatham
- Sun Ra's Chicago, Afrofuturism & the city, William Sites
- Duke Ellington, James Lincoln Collier
- The uncrowned king of swing, Fletcher Henderson and big band jazz, Jeffrey Magee
- Mingus/Mingus, two memoirs, Janet Coleman and Al Young
- The Miles Davis story, a Dibb Directions production for Channel 4 Television ; produced, directed by Mike Dibb
- Louis Armstrong, the offstage story of Satchmo, Michael Cogswell
- If I only had a horn, young Louis Armstrong, Roxanne Orgill ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Woody Herman, chronicles of the Herds, William D. Clancy with Audree Coke Kenton ; foreword by Steve Allen
- Good vibes, a life in jazz, Terry Gibbs with Cary Ginell
- Still grazing, the musical journey of Hugh Masekela, Hugh Masekela and D. Michael Cheers
- Duke Ellington, giant of jazz, Wendie C. Old