Jazz: A History of America's Music
Ken Burns' companion book
to the PBS video.
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Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
by Louis Armstrong
Read about the interesting
life of one of the great
jazz artists of all time.
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Music Is My Mistress
by Duke Ellington
The autobiography of a jazz
great and one of the most
important American composers.
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Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues
by Wynton Marsalis
Life on the road with a jazz band.
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The Oxford
Companion to Jazz
Sixty essays about
the history of jazz.
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What to Listen for in Jazz
Learn how to understand
the basic elements and
get more out of jazz.
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