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
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
Jazz Dance by Marshall W. StearnsFootwork by Sarah PetronioThe Story of Jazz by Marshall W. StearnsSammy by Sammy Davis Jr.Tap! by Rusty E. Frank
Tap Dance Resources
39 books — 1 voter
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsMina and the Undead by Amy McCawThe Awakening by Kate ChopinZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best New Orleans Books
428 books — 350 voters

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom RobbinsWaltz With Evil by P.D. RozziBlack Mamba Boy by Nadifa MohamedHula by Lisa   SheaBallet Master by Cassie Mint
Types of Dance - Titles
159 books — 12 voters
Dark Notes by Pam GodwinThe Q by Beth BrowerSin & Discipline by Lily  WhiteThe Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer WolffRhapsody by Kenya Wright
Musicians with classical leanings
15 books — 2 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
Total Jazz by BlutchMonk! by Youssef DaoudiAmerican Splendor by Harvey PekarChasin' the Bird by Dave ChisholmHot Jazz by Hunt Emerson
Jazz Illustrated
10 books — 3 voters


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