Bibliography of jazz explained

General and history

• Book: Ake, David Andrew. Jazz Cultures. 2002 . University of California Press. 978-0-520-92696-7.
• Book: Ake. David. Garrett. Charles Hiroshi. Goldmark. Daniel. Jazz/Not Jazz: The Music and Its Boundaries. 13 May 2012. University of California Press. 978-0-520-95135-8.
• Book: Atkins, E. Taylor. Jazz Planet. registration. 151. 1 November 2003. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-57806-609-4.
• Book: Berendt . Joachim-Ernst . The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century . 2009 . Lawrence Hill Books . Chicago, Ill. . 978-1-55652820-0 . 7.
• Book: Bjorn, Lars. Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60. 2001. University of Michigan Press. 0-472-06765-6.
• Book: Bogdanov . Vladimir . All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music . 2002 . Backbeat Books [u.a.] . San Francisco, CA . 978-0-87930-717-2 . 4.
• Book: Boyd, Jean A.. The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing . registration. 1998. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-70860-0.
• Book: Carr. Ian. Fairweather. Digby. Priestley. Brian. Chris Parker. Jazz: The Rough Guide. 1995. Rough Guides. 978-1-85828-137-7.
• Book: Charters, Samuel Barclay. . 1962. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80225-6.
• Book: Chiswick, Linton. Milestones of Jazz: A Chronological History of Jazz Music in Photographs . 1997. CLB. 978-1-85833-764-7.
• Book: Collier, James Lincoln. Jazz. 1995. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-535722-6.
• Book: Conyers, James L. Jr. . African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior. 26 December 2000 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-6238-4.
• Book: Cooke. Mervyn. Horn. David. The Cambridge Companion to Jazz. Cambridge Companions to Music. 2002. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-66388-5.
• Book: Cook. Richard. Morton. Brian. . 2008 . Penguin. 978-0-14-103401-0.
• Book: Crow, Bill. Jazz Anecdotes : Second Time Around. 12 August 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-972648-6.
• Book: DeVeaux, Scott Knowles. The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History. 1999. University of California Press. 978-0-520-21665-5.
• Book: Dregni, Michael. Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz. 2006. Fulcrum Publishing. 978-1-933108-10-0.
• Book: Driggs. Frank. Haddix. Chuck. Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – A History . registration. 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-530712-2.
• Book: Dyer, Geoff. But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz. 10 May 2012. Canongate Books . 978-0-85786-335-5.
• Book: Feather. Leonard. Gitler. Ira. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . registration. 18 November 1999. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-972907-4.
• Book: Fernandez, Raul A.. From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz. 2006. University of California Press. 978-0-520-93944-8.
• Book: Gabbard, Krin. Jazz Among the Discourses. 1 January 1995. Duke University Press. 0-8223-1596-3.
• Book: Gabbard, Krin. Representing Jazz. registration. 1 January 1995. Duke University Press. 0-8223-1594-7.
• Book: Gerard, Charley. Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community . 1 January 1998. Praeger. 978-0-275-96198-5.
• Book: Giddins, Gary. Visions of Jazz: The First Century. registration. 22 October 1998. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-987953-3.
• Book: Gioia, Ted. The History of Jazz. registration. 8 April 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-983187-6.
• Book: Gioia . Ted . . 2012 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 978-0199937394.
• Book: Gioia, Ted. West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. 1998. University of California Press. 978-0-520-21729-4.
• Book: Gitler, Ira. Swing to Bop : An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s. 7 November 1985. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-536411-8.
• Book: Godbolt, Jim. A History of Jazz in Britain: 1919 – 1950. January 2010. Northway Publications. 978-0-9557888-1-9.
• Book: Gourse, Leslie. Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists. registration. 1996. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-510647-3.
• Book: Hardie, Daniel. Jazz Historiography: The Story of Jazz History Writing. 11 December 2013. iUniverse. 978-1-4917-1444-7.
• Book: Hennessey, Thomas J.. From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890–1935. 1994. Wayne State University Press. 0-8143-2179-8.
• Book: Jenkins, Todd S.. Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-33313-2.
• Book: Kernfeld . Barry . The New Grove dictionary of Jazz . 2002 . Grove's Dictionaries . New York . 1-56159-284-6 . 2.
• Book: Kernfeld . Barry . What to Listen for in Jazz . 1995 . Yale University Press . New Haven . 978-0300072594.
• Book: Kirchner, Bill. The Oxford Companion to Jazz. 14 July 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-518359-7.
• Book: Koenig, Karl. Jazz in Print (1859–1929). 2002. Pendragon Press. 978-1-57647-024-4.
• Book: Larson, Tom. History and Tradition of Jazz. 2011. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 978-0-7575-8727-6.
• Book: Meeder, Christopher. Jazz: The Basics. 6 August 2012. Routledge. 978-1-135-88712-4.
• Book: Miller, Mark. Some Hustling This! – Taking Jazz to the World, 1914–1929. 2005. The Mercury Press. 1-55128-119-8.
• Book: Miller, Robin J.. The Jazz History Quilt. 2005. AuthorHouse. 978-1-4208-3566-3.
• Book: Neely, Tim. Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl. 28 February 2011. Krause Publications. 978-1-4402-2772-1.
• Book: Newton-Matza, Mitchell. Jazz Age: People and Perspectives. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-59884-033-9.
• Book: Ogren, Kathy J.. The Jazz Revolution. 1992. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-536062-2.
• Book: Owens, Thomas. Bebop. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-535553-6.
• Book: Owsley, Dennis. City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895–1973 . 2006. Reedy Press. 978-1-933370-04-0.
• Book: Porter, Eric. What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists . 2002. University of California Press . 978-0-520-92840-4.
• Book: Ratliff . Ben . The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music . 2009 . Times Books . New York . 978-0805090864 . 1st pbk..
• Book: Schuller, Gunther. Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development. 1968. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-504043-2.
• Book: Shaw, Arnold. The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s. 1989. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-506082-9.
• Book: Stearns, Marshall Winslow. The Story of Jazz. 1956. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-501269-9.
• Book: Tirro, Frank. Jazz: A History. 1993 . Norton. 978-0-393-96368-7.
• Book: Townsend, Peter. Jazz in American Culture. registration. 2000. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-57806-324-6.
• Book: Walser, Robert. Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History. 2014. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-976577-5.
• Book: Ward, Geoffrey C.. Jazz: A History of America's Music. 2001. Pimlico. 978-0-7126-6769-2.
• Book: Watkins. Candice. Howard. Arnett. Ohio Jazz: A History of Jazz in the Buckeye State . 2012. The History Press . 978-1-60949-575-6.
• Book: Yanow, Scott. Bebop. 2000 . Miller Freeman Books. 978-0-87930-608-3.
• Book: Yanow . Scott . Swing . 2000 . Miller Freeman . San Francisco . 978-0879306007 .
• Book: Yurochko, Bob. A Short History of Jazz. 1993. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8304-1595-3.

Autobiography and biography

Louis Armstrong

• Book: Armstrong, Louis. Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings. 2001. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-514046-0.
• Book: Boujut, Michel. Louis Armstrong. 1998. Rizzoli. 9780847821310 .
• Book: Brothers, Thomas. Louis Armstrong's New Orleans. 17 April 2007. W. W. Norton & Company. 978-0-393-33001-4.
• Book: Collier, James Lincoln. Louis Armstrong: An American Genius. 1983. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-536507-8.
• Book: Giddins. Gary. Armstrong. Louis. Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong . 1 March 2009. Da Capo Press. 978-0-7867-3145-9.
• Book: Nollen, Scott Allen. Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career. registration. 1 January 2004. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1857-2.
• Book: Storb, Ilse. Louis Armstrong: the definitive biography. 1999. Peter Lang. 9780820431031 .
• Teachout, Terry. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. (2009)
• Book: Yomtov, Nel. Louis Armstrong: Jazz Legend. 1 July 2012. Capstone Press, Incorporated. 978-1-62065-267-1.

Count Basie

• Book: Basie, Count. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie. 2002. Da Capo Press. 0-306-81107-3.
• Book: Cole, Bill. Miles Davis: the early years. 1974. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80554-7.
• Book: Dance, Stanley. The World of Count Basie. 1985. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80245-4.
• Book: Kliment, Bud. Count Basie. 1 January 1994 . Holloway House Publishing. 978-0-87067-776-2.
• Book: Vail, Ken. Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, 1936-1950. 1 January 2003. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-4882-5.

Art Blakey

• Book: Goldsher, Alan. Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers . 2002. Hal Leonard Corporation. 978-0-634-03793-1.
• Book: Gourse, Leslie. Art Blakey. Schirmer Trade Books. 978-0-85712-837-9.
• Book: Ramsay, John. Art Blakey's Jazz Messages. 1994. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-0-7604-0009-8.

John Coltrane

• Book: Baker, David. The Jazz Style of John Coltrane: A Musical and Historical Perspective . 1980. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-4574-9414-7.
• Book: Barron, Rachel. John Coltrane: Jazz Revolutionary. 2002. Morgan Reynolds. 978-1-883846-57-2.
• Book: Brown, Leonard. John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music . 11 August 2010. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-977974-1.
• Book: Cole, Bill. John Coltrane. 2001. Da Capo Press. 0-306-81062-X.
• Book: Golio, Gary. Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 978-0-547-23994-1.
• Book: Nisenson, Eric. Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest. 5 August 2009. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. 978-0-7867-5095-5.
• Book: Porter. Lewis. DeVito. Chris. Wild. David . Yasuhiro Fujioka . Wolf Schmaler . The John Coltrane Reference. 26 April 2013 . Routledge. 978-1-135-09794-3.
• Book: Porter, Lewis. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. January 1998. University of Michigan Press. 978-0-472-10161-0.
• Book: Smith, Martin. John Coltrane: jazz, racism and resistance. 30 September 2003. Redwords. 978-1-872208-22-0.
• Book: Thomas, J.C.. Chasin the Trane. 6 June 2012 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 978-0-307-82032-7.

Bing Crosby

• Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (2001)
• Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star (2018)

Miles Davis

• Book: Carter. Ron. Terry. Clark. White. Lenny . Greg Tate . Ashley Kahn . Robin D. G. Kelley. Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History. 19 November 2012. Voyageur Press. 978-0-7603-4262-6.
• Book: Carr, Ian. Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography. 1999. HarperCollins. 978-0-00-653026-8.
• Book: Davis, Miles. Miles. 15 September 1990 . Simon and Schuster. 978-0-671-72582-2.
• Book: Szwed, John. So What: The Life of Miles Davis. 31 May 2012. Random House. 978-1-4481-0646-2.
• Book: Waters, Keith. The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68. 11 February 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-983016-9.

Duke Ellington

• Book: Bradbury, David. Duke Ellington. 1 January 2005. Haus Publishing. 978-1-904341-66-6. 166.
• Book: Cohen, Harvey G.. Duke Ellington's America. registration. 349. 15 May 2010. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-11265-7.
• Book: Ellington, Duke. Music is My Mistress. 1976 . Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80033-7.
• Book: Franceschina, John. Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. 15 March 2001. McFarland. 978-0-7864-5026-8.
• Book: Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra. 12 December 2006. Turtleback Books. 978-1-4177-2883-1.
• Teachout, Terry. Duke. (2013)
• Book: Tucker. Mark. Ellington. Duke. The Duke Ellington Reader. 1993. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-509391-9.
• Book: Ulanov, Barry. Duke Ellington. 1975. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-70727-8.

Bill Evans

• Book: Pettinger, Peter. Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings. August 2002. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-09727-6.
• Book: Shadwick, Keith. Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me, a Musical Biography . registration. 2002. Backbeat. 978-0-87930-708-0.

Ella Fitzgerald

• Book: Fritts. Ron. Vail. Ken. Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond . 1 January 2003. Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-4881-8.
• Book: Gourse, Leslie. The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary . registration. 1998. Schirmer Books. 978-0-02-864625-1.
• Book: Kliment, Bud. Ella Fitzgerald: Singer. 1 January 1989 . Facts On File. 978-0-7910-0220-9.
• Book: Krohn, Katherine E.. Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song. 1 January 2001. Twenty-First Century Books. 978-0-8225-4933-8.
• Book: Nicholson, Stuart. Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition . 22 July 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-136-78814-7.
• Book: Stone, Tanya Lee. Ella Fitzgerald: A Twentieth Century Life. 2008. Viking. 978-0-670-06149-5.

Dizzy Gillespie

• Book: Gillespie, Dizzy. To Be, Or Not-- to Bop. 2009. U of Minnesota Press. 978-0-8166-6547-1.
• Book: Golio, Gary. Bird&Diz. 2016 . Candlewick Press. 978-0-763-66660-6.
• Book: Koster. Piet. Sellers. Chris. Dizzy Gillespie: 1953-1987. registration. 1988. Micrography. 978-90-6419-028-5.
• Book: Shipton, Alyn. Groovin' High : The Life of Dizzy Gillespie: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie . 3 June 1999. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-534938-2.
• Book: Vail, Ken. Dizzy Gillespie: the Bebop Years, 1937-1952. 1 January 2003. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-4880-1.

Benny Goodman

• Book: Collier, James Lincoln. Benny Goodman and the Swing Era. 1989. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-505278-7.
• Book: Connor, Donald Russell. Benny Goodman: Wrappin' it Up. 1 January 1996. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-3102-5.
• Book: Connor, Donald Russell. Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy. registration. 1988. Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies. 978-0-8108-2095-1.
• Book: Crowther, Bruce. Benny Goodman. 1988. Apollo. 978-0-948820-04-5.
• Book: Firestone, Ross. Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life & Times of Benny Goodman. registration. 1 August 1994. Norton. 978-0-393-31168-6.

Billie Holiday

• Book: Alagna, Magdalena. Billie Holiday. 1 May 2002. The Rosen Publishing Group. 978-0-8239-3640-3.
• Book: Clarke, Donald. Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon. 1 April 2009. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. 978-0-7867-3087-2.
• Book: Golio, Gary. Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song. 2017. Millbrook. 978-1-512-43863-5.
• Book: Greene, Meg. Billie Holiday: A Biography. 2007. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-33629-4.
• Book: Margolick, David. Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights . 27 June 2013. Canongate Books. 978-1-78211-252-5.
• Book: O'Meally, Robert. Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday. October 1993. Arcade Publishing. 978-1-55970-200-3.

Pat Metheny

• Cooke, Mervyn. Pat Metheny: The ECM Years (2017)
• Niles, Richard. The Pat Metheny Interviews (2009)

Charles Mingus

• Book: Dunkel, Mario. Aesthetics of Resistance: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement . October 2012. LIT Verlag Münster . 978-3-643-90254-2.
• Book: Mingus, Charles. Beneath the Underdog. 15 October 1998. Canongate Books . 978-1-84767-616-0.
• Book: Mingus. Charles. Goodman. John F.. Mingus Speaks. 1 April 2013. University of California Press. 978-0-520-27523-2.
• Book: Santoro, Gene. Myself When I am Real : The Life and Music of Charles Mingus: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus . registration. 20 July 2000. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-802578-8.

Thelonious Monk

• Book: Fitterling, Thomas. Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music. 1997. Berkeley Hills Books. 978-0-9653774-1-6.
• Book: Gourse, Leslie. Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk . 1998. Music Sales Corporation. 978-0-8256-7229-3.
• Book: Kelley, Robin. Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original . 8 December 2009. Simon and Schuster . 978-1-4391-9049-4.
• Book: Solis, Gabriel. Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making . 1 January 2007. University of California Press . 978-0-520-94096-3.

Charlie Parker

• Book: Crouch, Stanley. Kansas City Lightning. 24 September 2013. HarperCollins. 978-0-06-231406-2.
• Book: Golio, Gary. Bird&Diz. 2016 . Candlewick Press. 978-0-763-66660-6.
• Book: The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography. 1 January 1998. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29168-5.
• Book: Miller, Mark. Cool Blues Charlie Parker in Canada, 1953. 1989. Nightwood Editions. 0-88971-119-4.
• Book: Priestley, Brian. Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker. registration. 1 May 2007. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-532709-0.
• Book: Priestley, Brian. Charlie Parker. 1984. Spellmount. 978-0-88254-906-4.
• Book: Raschka, Christopher. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. 1997. Scholastic Inc.. 978-0-531-07095-6.
• Book: Reisner, Robert George. Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker. 1977. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80069-6.
• Book: Woideck, Carl. Charlie Parker: His Music and Life. 1998. University of Michigan Press. 0-472-08555-7.

Art Pepper

• Book: Pepper. Art. Pepper. Laurie. Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper. 9 September 2009. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. 978-0-7867-5157-0.
• Book: Selbert, Todd. The Art Pepper Companion: Writings on a Jazz Original. 1 January 2003. Cooper Square Publishing, LLC. 978-0-8154-1265-6.

Sonny Rollins

• Book: Nisenson, Eric. Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation. 2 December 2000. Perseus Books Group. 978-0-306-80988-0.
• Book: Palmer, Richard. Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge. 2004. A&C Black. 978-0-8264-6916-8.
• Book: Wilson, Peter Niklas. Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide. 2001. Berkeley Hills Books. 978-1-893163-06-5.
• Book: The Jazz Style of Sonny Rollins: A Musical and Historical Perspective. 1980. Studio P/R. 978-1-4574-9416-1.

Fats Waller

• Book: Kirkeby. Ed. Schiedt. Duncan P.. Traill. Sinclair. Ain't Misbehavin': The Story of Fats Waller. 1975. Da Capo Press. 978-0-306-80015-3.
• Book: Shipton, Alyn. Fats Waller. 1 April 2005 . A&C Black. 978-0-8264-7619-7.
• Book: Waller, Fats. Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller: Performances in Transcription, 1927–1943 . 1 January 2001. A-R Editions . 978-0-89579-467-3.

Instruction

• Book: Baerman, Noah. Mastering Jazz Keyboard. 1998. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-0-88284-914-0.
• Book: Baker, David. Jazz Pedagogy: A Comprehensive Method of Jazz Education for Teacher and Student . 1981. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-4574-2614-8.
• Book: Berg, Shelly. Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory, Teacher's Answer Key: Book & 3 CDs . 1 October 2006. Alfred Music. 978-0-7390-4263-2.
• Book: Berliner, Paul F.. Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation. 5 October 2009. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-04452-1.
• Book: Coker, Jerry. Jerry Coker. Elements of the jazz language for the developing improvisor. 1991. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-57623-875-2.
• Book: Hill, Willie. Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator's Handbook and Resource Guide . January 2002. Alfred Music. 978-0-7579-9125-7.
• Book: Jody, Fisher. Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-4574-0828-1.
• Book: Levine, Mark. The Jazz Piano Book. 12 January 2011. O'Reilly Media . 978-1-4571-0144-1.
• Book: Levine, Mark. The Jazz Theory Book. 12 January 2011. O'Reilly Media . 978-1-4571-0145-8.
• Book: Marienthal, Eric. Ultimate Jazz Play-Along (Jam with Eric Marienthal): B-Flat, Book & CD . 1 July 1997. Alfred Music. 978-1-57623-940-7.
• Book: Munro, Doug. The 21st Century Pro Method: Jazz Guitar/Swing to Bebop. 1999. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-0-7692-8931-1.
• Book: Orta, Michael. Jazz Etudes for Piano. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-4574-0369-9.
• Book: Porta, John La. 10 Easy Jazz Duets: For Flute, Guitar, Violin, Vibraphone, Piano: C Edition . 1 April 1996. Alfred Music. 978-0-7692-3333-8.
• Book: Prouty, Ken. Knowing Jazz: Community, Pedagogy, and Canon in the Information Age . 2012. U. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-61703-164-9.
• Book: Ramon, Ricker. Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation. 27 November 1999 . Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-4574-9410-9.
• Book: Rawlins. Robert. Bahha. Nor Eddine. Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians . registration. 1 January 2005. Hal Leonard . 978-0-634-08678-6.
• Book: Rizzo, Jacques. Reading Jazz - Alto Sax: The New Method for Learning to Read Written Jazz Music . 1 July 1997. Alfred Music. 978-0-7692-1425-2.
• Book: Russo, William. Composing for the Jazz Orchestra. January 1961. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-73209-1.
• Book: Weir, Michele. Jazz Piano Handbook: Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians . 1 December 2007. Alfred Music . 978-0-7390-4795-8.
• Book: Weir, Michele. Jazz singer's handbook: the artistry and mastery of singing jazz . 2005. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-0-7390-3387-6.
• Book: Werner, Kenny. Effortless Mastery. January 1996. Jamey Aebersold Jazz . 978-1-56224-003-5.
• Book: York, Alfred. Andrew York's Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats: Improvisation: The Classical Guitarist's Guide to Jazz. 1 November 2006. Alfred Music . 978-0-7390-1133-1.
• Book: Jazz improvisation: the best way to develop solos over classic changes : [for C instruments] . 1996. Alfred Music Publishing. 978-1-57623-654-3.
• Book: For Saxes Only!: 10 Jazz Duets for Saxophone. 1 April 2001 . Alfred Music Publishing. 978-0-7579-0483-7.

Instruments – history

Drums

• Book: Riley. Herlin. Vidacovich. Johnny. Thress. Dan. New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming. 1995. Alfred Music Publishing . 978-0-89724-921-8.

Guitar

• Book: Barth . Joe . Voices in Jazz Guitar . 2006 . Mel Bay . Pacific, MO . 0786676795.
• Book: Carlton . Jim . Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists . 2009 . Mel Bay . Pacific, MO . 978-078665123-8.
• Book: Sallis . James . The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology . 1996 . Univ. of Nebraska Press . Lincoln . 9780803242500.
• Book: Yanow . Scott . The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide . 2013 . Backbeat . San Francisco . 978-1-61713-023-6.

Piano

• Book: Taylor, Billy. Jazz Piano: A Jazz History. 1983. W.C. Brown Co. Publishers. 978-0-697-09959-4.

Trumpet

• Book: Barnhart, Scotty. The World of Jazz Trumpet. 2005. Hal Leonard. 978-0-634-09527-6.

Photography

• Book: Berendt, Joachim-Ernst. Jazz, a Photo History. 1 December 1979. Schirmer Books. 978-0-02-870290-2.
• Book: Pinson, K. Heather. The Jazz Image: Seeing Music Through Herman Leonard's Photography . 2010. U. Press of Mississippi . 978-1-60473-495-9.

Record labels

• Book: Kennedy . Rick . Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots . 2013 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, Indiana . 978-0-253-00747-6 . Rev. & expanded.
• Book: Kennedy . Rick . McNutt . Randy . Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music . registration . 1999 . Indiana University Press . Bloomington, Indiana . 978-0253214348.