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Jazz Musicians United States Biography
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3 shades of blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool


Kaplan, James, 1951- author.
New York : Penguin Press, 2024. 2024

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African rhythms : the autobiography of Randy Weston


Weston, Randy, 1926-2018
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010. 2010

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American musicians : fifty-six portraits in jazz


Balliett, Whitney.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. 1986

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American singers


Balliett, Whitney.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1979. 1979

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Before John was a jazz giant : a song of John Coltrane


Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
New York : Henry Holt, 2008. 2008

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Beneath the underdog; his world as composed by Mingus


Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
New York : Knopf, 1971. 1971

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Benny Goodman and the Swing Era


Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. 1989

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Benny, king of swing : a pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's personal archives


Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
New York : W. Morrow, 1979. 1979

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Benson : the autobiography


Benson, George, 1943- author.
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014] 2014

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Better git it in your soul : an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus


Gabbard, Krin, author.
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] 2016

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Better git it in your soul : an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus


Gabbard, Krin, author.
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] 2016

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Beyond category : the life and genius of Duke Ellington


Hasse, John Edward, 1948-
New York, N.Y. ; London : Simon & Schuster, [1993] 1993

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Bill Frisell, beautiful dreamer : the guitarist who changed the sound of American music


Watson, Philip (Journalist), author.
London : Faber & Faber, 2022. 2022

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Bird lives : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker


Russell, Ross, author
New York : Da Capo Press, 1996. 1995

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Bird : the life and music of Charlie Parker


Haddix, Chuck.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013] 2013

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Bird : the life and music of Charlie Parker


Haddix, Chuck.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013. 2013

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Bix : 'ain't none of them play like him yet'



New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2022] 2022

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Blues all day long : the Jimmy Rogers story


Goins, Wayne E., author.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014] 2014

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Blues all day long : the Jimmy Rogers story


Goins, Wayne E., author.
Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014. 2014

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Brother Ray : Ray Charles' own story


Charles, Ray, 1930-2004.
New York : Dial Press, [1978] 1978

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A call to assembly : the autobiography of a musical storyteller


Ruff, Willie.
New York, NY : Viking, 1991. 1991

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Charles Mingus : triumph of the underdog.



[United States] : MVD, 2018. 2018

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Chasin' the bird : the life and legacy of Charlie Parker


Priestley, Brian, 1946-
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006

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Chet Baker : his life and music


Valk, Jeroen de, 1958-
Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Hills Books ; [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed to the trade by, Publishers Group West, [2000] 2000

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Clark


Terry, Clark.
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011] 2011

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Clark : the autobiography of Clark Terry


Terry, Clark.
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011] 2011

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Coltrane : a biography


Simpkins, Cuthbert Ormond, 1947-
Baltimore, MD : Black Classic Press, 1989. 1989

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Coltrane : the story of a sound


Ratliff, Ben.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 2007

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Count Basie


Mattern, Joanne, 1963-
Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, [2013] 2013

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Crazeology : the autobiography of a Chicago jazzman


Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1989] 1989

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Dave Brubeck : a life in time


Clark, Philip (Music journalist), author.
New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2020. 2020

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Deep in a dream : the long night of Chet Baker


Gavin, James, 1964-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2002] 2002

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Deep in a dream : the long night of Chet Baker


Gavin, James, 1964-
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2011. 2011

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Dizzy : the life and times of John Birks Gillespie


Maggin, Donald L.
New York : HarperEntertainment, [2005] 2005

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Drew's blues : a sideman's life with the big bands


Page, Drew, 1905-1990.
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [1980] 1980

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Drummin' men : the heartbeat of jazz, the swing years


Korall, Burt.
New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1990] 1990

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Duke : a life of Duke Ellington


Teachout, Terry, author.
New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013] 2013

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Duke : a life of Duke Ellington


Teachout, Terry, author.
New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2014] 2014

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Duke : a portrait of Duke Ellington


Jewell, Derek.
New York : Norton, [1977] 1977

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Duke Ellington


Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-
New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. 1987

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Duke Ellington and his world : a biography


Lawrence, A. H.
New York : Routledge, 2001. 2001

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Duke Ellington : his life in jazz with 21 activities


Stein Crease, Stephanie.
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009. 2009

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Duke Ellington : his life in jazz with 21 activities


Stein Crease, Stephanie.
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009. 2009

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The Duke Ellington primer


Travis, Dempsey J.
Chicago : Urban Research Press, [1996] 1996

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Duke Ellington : the piano prince and his orchestra


Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
New York : Jump at the Sun / Hyperion Books for Children, 2007. 2007

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Easily slip into another world : a life in music


Threadgill, Henry, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 2023

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Ella Fitzgerald


McGill, Sara Ann.
[Toledo, Ohio] : Great Neck Publishing, 2005. 2005

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Ella Fitzgerald : the tale of a vocal virtuosa


Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
[Weston, CT] : Weston Woods/Scholastic, 2003. 2003

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Ella : the life and times of Ella Fitzgerald


Colin, Sid.
London : Elm Tree Books, 1986. 1986

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