- Louis Armstrong, Tamra Orr
- Incredible African-American jazz musicians, Stephen Feinstein
- John Coltrane, jazz revolutionary, Rachel Stiffler Barron
- Duke Ellington, James Lincoln Collier
- Piano starts here, the young Art Tatum, by Robert Andrew Parker
- Louis Armstrong, by Judith Pinkerton Josephson
- A horn for Louis, by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by James Bernardin
- Little Louis and the jazz band, the story of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Anna Rich
- Dizzy, by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Sean Qualls
- Play, Louis, play!, the true story of a boy and his horn, Muriel Harris Weinstein ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Once upon a time in Chicago, the story of Benny Goodman, by Jonah Winter ; pictures by Jeanette Winter
- John Coltrane, a sound supreme, John Selfridge ; introduction by Branford Marsalis
- ¿Quién fue Louis Armstrong?, Yona Zeldis McDonough ; ilustraciones de John O'Brien
- Duke Ellington, jazz master, by Gene Brown
- Duke Ellington, by Adam Woog
- Miles Davis for beginners, Daryl N. Long
- Just a lucky so and so, the story of Louis Armstrong, Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Miles Davis, jazz master, by Pamela Dell
- Fancy fretwork, the great jazz guitarists, Leslie Gourse
- Louis Armstrong, by Adam Woog
- Duke Ellington, a life of music, Eve Stwertka
- Dizzy Gillespie and the birth of bebop, by Leslie Gourse
- Struttin' with some barbecue, Lil Hardin Armstrong becomes the first lady of jazz, Patricia Hruby Powell ; illustrated by Rachel Himes
- Duke Ellington, legendary composer and bandleader, Charlotte Etinde-Crompton and Samuel Willard Crompton
- If I only had a horn, young Louis Armstrong, Roxanne Orgill ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Quincy Jones, musician, composer, producer, Lee Hill Kavanaugh
- Great African Americans in jazz, Carlotta Hacker
- American jazz musicians, Stanley I. Mour
- Innovators of American jazz, Stanley I. Mour
- How Jelly Roll Morton invented jazz, Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Keith Mallett
- Louis Armstrong, jazz legend, by Elizabeth Raum
- Duke Ellington, by Gene Brown
- The life and times of Duke Ellington, by John Bankston
- Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Boone
- Making their voices heard, the inspiring friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, by Vivian Kirkfield ; art by Alleanna Harris
- Duke Ellington, the piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Louis Armstrong, king of jazz, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Branford Marsalis, jazz musician, Bob Bernotas
- Miles Davis, Ron Frankl
- Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, Tamra B. Orr
- Duke Ellington, Richard Terrill
- Miles Davis, legendary jazz musician, Rachel Lynette
- Duke Ellington, giant of jazz, Wendie C. Old
- Trombone Shorty, by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
- The cosmo-biography of Sun Ra, the sound of joy is enlightening, Chris Raschka
- Louis Armstrong, by Sandford Brown
- Duke Ellington, written and illustrated by Mike Venezia
- Born to swing, Lil Hardin Armstrong's life in Jazz, Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Michele Wood
- Miles Davis, George R. Crisp
- Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Gentry ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins