Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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- Charles Mingus, triumph of the underdog, a Shanachie presentation ; Winter Moon Productions and Jazz Workshop Incorporated present ; produced by Don McGlynn and Sue Mingus ; directed by Don McGlynn
- Swing that music, by Louis Armstrong ; with an introduction by Rudy Vallee and a new foreword by Dan Morgenstern ; music section edited by Horace Gerlach ; with special examples of swing music contributed by Benny Goodman ... [et al.]
- The big bands, George T. Simon ; with a foreword by Frank Sinatra
- Tommy Dorsey, livin' in a great big way, a biography, Peter J. Levinson
- Louis Armstrong, Tamra Orr
- It's about time, the Dave Brubeck story, Fred M. Hall ; with a foreword by Gene lees
- Sidney Bechet, treat it gentle, a Jo Lustig Ltd./Tracebridge production for NVC Arts and BBC Television ; producer, Jo Lustig ; director, Alan Lewens
- Sophisticated giant, the life and legacy of Dexter Gordon, Maxine Gordon ; foreword by Farah Jasmine Griffin ; afterword by Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III
- Possibilities, Herbie Hancock with Lisa Dickey
- World in a jug, Roland Gant
- Louis Armstrong, an extravagant life, Laurence Bergreen
- Thelonious Monk, straight no chaser, Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Malpaso production of a film by the Monk Film Project, Inc. ; produced in association with Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc. ; [presented by] Clint Eastwood ; directed by Charlotte Zwerin ; produced by Charlotte Zwerin, Bruce Ricker
- Drew's blues, a sideman's life with the big bands, Drew Page
- Jaco, the extraordinary and tragic life of Jaco Pastorius, "the world's greatest bass player", by Bill Milkowski
- Bunny Berigan, elusive legend of jazz, Robert Dupuis
- "What'd I say?", the Atlantic story : 50 years of music, Ahmet Ertegun with Greil Marcus ... [et al.] ; [compiled and edited by C. Perry Richardson]
- We called it music, a generation of jazz, by Eddie Condon ; narration by Thomas Sugrue ; new introduction by Gary Giddins
- American masters, adventures in the kingdom of Swing, Columbia Music Video ; produced and directed by Oren Jacoby ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET and Antelope for Meridian
- New musical figurations, Anthony Braxton's cultural critique, Ronald M. Radano
- Leader of the band:, the life of Woody Herman, Gene Lees
- Never too late, the Doc Severinsen story, a film by Kevin Bright and Jeff Consiglio
- Glenn Miller and his orchestra,, by George T. Simon
- You fascinate me so, the life and times of Cy Coleman, Andy Propst ; with a foreword by Shelby Coleman
- Chasin' the Bird, the life and legacy of Charlie Parker, Brian Priestley
- Miles beyond, the electric explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, Paul Tingen
- Monk, Laurent de Wilde ; translated by Jonathan Dickinson
- Too marvelous for words, the life and genius of Art Tatum, James Lester
- Bunk Johnson, his life & times, Christopher Hillman
- Buddy Rich, jazz legend, produced by Paul Siegel and Rob Wallis ; co-produced and written by Bruce H. Klauber
- Stan Getz, a life in jazz, Donald L. Maggin
- Pat Patrick, American musician and cultural visionary, Bill Banfield
- The lady swings, memoirs of a jazz drummer, Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice ; foreword by Carol Sloane
- The woodchopper's ball, the autobiography of Woody Herman, Woody Herman and Stuart Troup
- Swing, swing, swing, the life & times of Benny Goodman, Ross Firestone
- One long tune, the life and music of Lenny Breau, Ron Forbes-Roberts ; foreword by Gene Lees
- Miles, the autobiography, Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
- Beneath the underdog, his world as composed by Mingus, edited by Nel King
- Quincy Jones, Raymond Horricks ; selected discography by Tony Middleton
- Trumpet blues, the life of Harry James, Peter J. Levinson
- Ornette Coleman, a harmolodic life, John Litweiler
- Straight, no chaser, the life and genius of Thelonious Monk, Leslie Gourse
- Let the good times roll, the story of Louis Jordan and his music, John Chilton
- The importance of being Eric Dolphy, Raymond Horricks ; with discography by Tony Middleton
- Universal tonality, the life and music of William Parker, Cisco Bradley
- 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
- John Coltrane, his life and music, Lewis Porter
- Drummin' men, the heartbeat of jazz, the swing years, Burt Korall ; foreword by Mel TormeĢ
- Jazz women at the keyboard, by Mary Unterbrink
- Open sky, Sonny Rollins and his world of improvisation, Eric Nisenson
- James P. Johnson, a case of mistaken identity, Scott E. Brown ; a James P. Johnson discography, 1917-1950 [by] Robert Hilbert
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