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The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,891 ratings — published 1997
Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,432 ratings — published 1989
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,459 ratings — published 1992
How to Listen to Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,623 ratings — published 2016
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,630 ratings — published 2009
Beneath the Underdog (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,953 ratings — published 1971
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,596 ratings — published 2024
Lady Sings the Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,071 ratings — published 1956
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,426 ratings — published 2002
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 494 ratings — published 2012
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by (shelved 41 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 638 ratings — published 1998
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,166,089 ratings — published 1925
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,412 ratings — published 2000
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
by (shelved 37 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 802 ratings — published 1973
VISIONS OF JAZZ: THE FIRST CENTURY: The First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 — 402 ratings — published 1998
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 — 984 ratings — published 2007
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.14 — 689 ratings — published 2018
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 501 ratings — published 1992
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,369 ratings — published
As Serious As Your Life: John Coltrane and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 685 ratings — published 1977
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,084 ratings — published 1980
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,002 ratings — published 2013
The Jazz Theory Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,074 ratings — published 1995
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,673 ratings — published 2014
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 — 761 ratings — published 1996
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 628 ratings — published 1998
Jazz: A History of America's Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 591 ratings — published
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 — 321,032 ratings — published 2009
Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 — 247 ratings — published 1994
Coming Through Slaughter (Vintage International)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.86 — 7,196 ratings — published 1976
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.03 — 433 ratings — published 2006
Blues People: Negro Music in White America (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,496 ratings — published 1963
Black Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.11 — 590 ratings — published 1966
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 907 ratings — published 1998
Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.01 — 438 ratings — published 1993
Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 — 660 ratings — published 2008
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 — 192 ratings — published 1955
Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.71 — 17,921 ratings — published 2011
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.89 — 679 ratings — published 2013
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 — 989 ratings — published 2009
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.11 — 110 ratings — published 1968
Music is My Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.98 — 459 ratings — published 1973
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.17 — 255 ratings — published 1953
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.61 — 461,643 ratings — published 1957
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Board Book)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.04 — 811 ratings — published 1992
Notes and Tones: Musician-to-Musician Interviews (Expanded Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.46 — 287 ratings — published 1977
to Be or not to Bop: Memoirs- Dizzy Gillespie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.25 — 196 ratings — published 1979
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.91 — 41,415 ratings — published 1992
The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.29 — 113 ratings — published 1997
“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.”
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“Life is a lot like jazz - it's best when you improvise.”
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