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Most Read This Week Tagged "Jazz"

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
Wild Women and the Blues
Can't We Be Friends
The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
Deep Cuts
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year
Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories
Enter the Blue
Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins
Święta tradycja, własny głos. Opowieści o amerykańskim jazzie
Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
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Jazz Books

The History of Jazz
Miles: The Autobiography
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
How to Listen to Jazz
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Beneath the Underdog
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
Lady Sings the Blues
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire
The Great Gatsby
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece
VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY: The First Century
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
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Lists

Up From the Cradle of Jazz by Jason BerryGeorge Lewis by Tom BethellJammin' at the Margins by Krin GabbardBlowin' Hot And Cool by John GennariBill Russell's American Music by Mike Hazeldine
Historicism - Jazz on Jazz
9 books — 1 voter
Big Freedia by Big FreediaI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesCreole by Sybil KeinBlack Life in Old New Orleans by Victor Block
New Orleans (nonfiction)
97 books — 35 voters

Five Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkTaste of Tremé by Todd-Michael St. PierreCreating the Big Easy by Anthony J. StanonisUntold by Lynette Norris WilkinsonSpirit World by Michael P. Smith
New Orleans History and Culture
138 books — 4 voters
Myself When I am Real by Gene SantoroQueen of Bebop by Elaine M. HayesThe Amazing Bud Powell by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Soul on Soul by Tammy KernodleMorning Glory by Linda Dahl
Jazz Music, However
111 books — 7 voters

Ballet Boy by Anfaney GladwinBody Run by David J. BunnellForsaken Island by Sharon HinckTutu Much by Airin EmeryHidden Current by Sharon Hinck
Best Dance Books
19 books — 27 voters
Never Enough by Lauren DaneBlindsight by Tina WainscottBeautiful Scars by Shiloh WalkerOver the Line by Cindy GerardHotter Than Wildfire by Lisa Marie Rice
Best Singers in Contemporary Romance
119 books — 10 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Jazz”

Miles Davis
“ I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light. ”
― Miles Davis
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Vera Nazarian
“ If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple. ”
― Vera Nazarian
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Videos Tagged “Jazz”

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Waiting On The Lord
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Groups Tagged "Jazz"

Q & A with Holly Weiss, author of Crestmont Join debut author, Holly Weiss, as she discusses her historical fiction novel, Crestmont. Holly …more
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A Journey Through The New Testament A study of the history and stories of the New Testament, based in part on Yale University's open…more
2 members, last active 14 years ago
Two Drink Minimum Readers A drinking club with a reading problem.
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Rock Novel Book Club Have you ever read a rock book where you could practically hear the music blaring off the page? …more
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