Suggested Bibliography for the Jazz Journalists Association
a partial list of our members' and colleagues' works, and other important books on jazzA work in progress. If you're a member and we've missed your book, please send an e-mail to hman@jazzhouse.org and include author, title, publisher, date and ISBN.
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| P-Z | |
| Tom Piazza | |
 | Understanding Jazz: Ways to Listen Random House, 2005 ISBN: 1400063698 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted August 10, 2012 |
 | Blues Up And Down: Jazz In Our Time St. Martin's Press, 1998 ISBN: 031220132X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 |
| Roberta Piket | |
Jazz Piano Vocabulary, Volume 5: The Mixolydian Mode Muse Eek Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 1594899584 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted November 25, 2012 | |
 | Jazz Piano Vocabulary, Volume 4: The Lydian Mode Muse Eek Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 1594899568 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 |
 | Jazz Piano Vocabulary, Volume 3: The Phrygian Mode Muse Eek Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 1594899541 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Jazz Piano Vocabulary, Volume 2: The Dorian Mode Muse Eek Publishing, 2003 ISBN: 189094498X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
 | Jazz Piano Vocabulary, Volume 1: The Major Scale Muse Eek Publishing, 2003 ISBN: 1594899525 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| Marc PoKempner | |
 | Down at Theresa's: Chicago Blues: The Photographs of Marc Pokempner Prestel Verlag, 2000 ISBN: 3791323008 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted December 28, 2000 |
| Bob Porter and Michel Ruppli | |
Clef Verve MGM Era, Vol. 2 Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986 ISBN: 0313256942 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 | |
The Clef/Verve Labels: A Discography: Vol. I, The Norman Granz Era Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986 ISBN: 0313256934 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 | |
The Clef/Verve Labels: A Discography: Vol. I, The Norman Granz Era: Vol. II: The MGM Era Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986 ISBN: 0313252947 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 | |
 | The Savoy Label: A Discography, Vol. 2 Greenwood Publishing Group, 1980 ISBN: 031321199X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Prasad, Anil | |
 | Innerviews: Music Without Borders Abstract Logix, 2010 ISBN: 978-0578015187 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| Sergio Pujol | |
Jazz Al Sur: La Musica Negra En la Argentina Planeta Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 9500425394 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 | |
| Peter Pullman | |
 | Ebook Wail: The Life of Bud Powell  Peter Pullman, LLC, 2012 ISBN: None -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Richie Quirino | |
 | Pinoy Jazz Traditions Anvil Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 9712715183 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 |
| Doug Ramsey | |
 | Edited by Malcolm Harris Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond  Parkside Publications, 2005 ISBN: 0961726679 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Foreword by Gene Lees Jazz Matters : Reflections on the Music and Some of Its Makers  University of Arkansas Press, 1989 ISBN: 1557280606 -> Please share your reader review |
| Paul Roland | |
 | Consultant and editor Jazz Singers: The Great Song Stylists in Their Own Words (with photos)  Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000 ISBN: 082308342X -> Please share your reader review |
| Robert Rusch | |
 | Jazz Talk: The Cadence Interviews Carol Publishing Group, 1984 ISBN: 0818403578 -> Please share your reader review |
| Randall Sandke | |
 | Foreword by Ed Berger Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics and Business of Jazz  Scarecrow Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0810866522 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Ben Sandmel and Rick Olivier | |
 | Zydeco! University Press of Mississippi, 1999 ISBN: 1578061164 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 26, 2012 |
| Russel Sanjek and David Sanjek | |
 | American Popular Music Business In The 20th Century Oxford University Press, 1991 ISBN: 0195058283 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted December 29, 2000 |
| Gene Santoro | |
 | Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock &
Country Music Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN: 0195156072 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Myself When I Am Real: The Life And Music Of Charles Mingus Oxford University Press, 2000 ISBN: 0195147111 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Stir It Up: Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz Oxford University Press, 1997 ISBN: 0737298618 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Paperback edition Dancing in Your Head: Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Beyond  Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN: 0195101235 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| Bart Schneider | |
 | Blue Bossa Viking, 1999 ISBN: 0140275703 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
| Gunther Schuller | |
The Swing Era Oxford University Press, 1988 ISBN: 0195071409 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 | |
 | Early Jazz Oxford University Press, 1986 ISBN: 0195040430 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted March 19, 2013 |
| Chris Sheridan | |
 | Brilliant Corners: A Bio-Discography of Thelonious Monk Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001 ISBN: 0313302391 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 24, 2012 |
 | DIS Here: A Bio-Discography of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000 ISBN: 0313302405 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Count Basie: A Bio-Discography Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996 ISBN: 0313249350 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 |
| Alyn Shipton | |
 | Hi-De-Ho: The Life of Cab Calloway Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0195141535 -> Please share your reader review |
 | 2nd edition A New History of Jazz  Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007 ISBN: 0826417892 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 |
 | Out of the Long Dark: The Life of Ian Carr Equinox Publishing, 2006 ISBN: 1845532228 -> Please share your reader review |
 | And George Shearing Lullaby of Birdland  Continuum International Publishing, 2004 ISBN: 0862460151 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted October 8, 2012 |
 | With Malcolm Letts, translator Handful of Keys: Conversations with 30 Jazz Pianists  Routledge, 2004 ISBN: 041972574 -> Please share your reader review |
Jazz Makers: Vanguards of Sound Oxford University Press, 2002 ISBN: 0195126890 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 | |
 | Fats Waller: Cheerful Little Earful Continuum Publishing Group, 2002 ISBN: 0826457967 -> Please share your reader review -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Editor, and Danny Barker Buddy Bolden and the Last Days of Storyville  Continuum International Publishing, 2001 (Paperback reprint) ISBN: 0826457029 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
 | And Alan Groves Glass Enclosure: The Life of Bud Powell  Continuum International Publishing, 2001 (Paperback reprint) ISBN: 0826447465 -> Please share your reader review |
 | A New History of Jazz Continuum International, 2001 ISBN: 0826447546 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Groovin' High: The Life Of Dizzy Gillespie Oxford University Press, 1999 ISBN: 0195091329 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted March 19, 2013 -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Editor, and Adolphus 'Doc' Cheatham I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home: The Life of Doc Cheatham  Continuum International Publishing, 1998 (Paperback edition) ISBN: 0304703168 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| With Barry Dean Kernfeld, Editor New Grove Dictionary of Jazz  Grove's Dictionaries, 1993 ISBN: 093585939X -> Please share your reader review | |
| Editor, and Danny Barker Life in Jazz  Oxford University Press, 1986 ISBN: 0195205111 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 26, 2012 | |
| Bill Smith | |
| With Malcolm M.S. Harris, Editor Jazz Clarinet  Parkside Publications, 1993 ISBN: 0961726652 -> Please share your reader review | |
Imagine the Sound No. 5: The Book Nightwood Editions, 1985 ISBN: 0999711038 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 24, 2012 | |
| Sam Stephenson | |
 | The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957 – 1965 Alfred A. Knopf, and Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, 2009 ISBN: 978-0307267092 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| W. Royal Stokes | |
 | Growing Up With Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk About Their Lives
and Careers Oxford University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0195159276 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
 | Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians About Their Careers in Jazz Oxford University Press, 2000 ISBN: 0195081080 -> Please share your reader review -> Excerpt -> JazzHouse.org review |
 | Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson Temple University Press, 1996 ISBN: 0830056831 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> Excerpt -> JazzHouse.org review & selected photos |
 | The Jazz Scene Oxford University Press, 1993 ISBN: 0195082702 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted February 1, 2013 |
| Richard Sudhalter | |
 | Lost Chords: White Musicians and their Contribution to Jazz 1915-1945 Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN: 019514838X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
| Charles Suhor | |
 | Foreword by Dan Morgenstern Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years through 1970  Scarecrow Press, Inc., April 2001 ISBN: 0810839075 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| John Szwed | |
 | Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World Viking, 2010 ISBN: 978-0670021994 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005 ISBN: 0182238826 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Paperback edition So What: The Life of Miles Davis  Simon & Schuster, 2004 ISBN: 0684859831 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 24, 2012 |
 | Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz Hyperion, 1999 ISBN: 0786884967 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra Da Capo, 1998 ISBN: 0306808552 -> Please share your reader review -> JazzHouse.org review |
| Lee Tanner | |
 | Introduction by Nat Hentoff The Jazz Image: Masters of Jazz Photography  H.N. Abrams Books, 2006 ISBN: 0810957493 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
 | Foreword by Nat Hentoff Images of Jazz  Friedman, Michael Publishing Group, 1998 ISBN: 1567993672 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 31, 2013 |
 | And Ben Sidran Talking Jazz: An Oral History  Da Capo Press, 1995 (Revised edition) ISBN: 0306806134 -> Please share your reader review |
| Editor, with Jeff Kaliss and Gene Lees Dizzy: John Birks Gillespie in His 75th Year  Pomegranate Communications, 1993 ISBN: 1566403960 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 | |
Jazz: A Book of Postcards Pomegranate Communications, 1990 ISBN: 0876544359 -> Please share your reader review | |
 | Lee Tanner's Jazz Photographs Pomegranate Communications, 1990 ISBN: 1566404045 -> Please share your reader review |
| Yuval Taylor | |
 | Editor, from correspondence of Will Friedwald, Ted Gioia, Jim Macnie, Peter Margasak, Stuart Nicholson, Ben Ratliff, John F. Szwed, Greg Tate, Peter Watrous, K. Leander Williams The Future of Jazz  A Cappella Books, 2002 ISBN: 1556524463 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
| Terry Teachout | |
 | Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 ISBN: 978-0151010899 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
| Neil Tesser | |
 | The Playboy Guide to Jazz Plume, 1998 ISBN: 0452276489 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 -> Excerpt -> JazzHouse.org review |
| Mark Tucker | |
 | Editor The Duke Ellington Reader  Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN: 0195093917 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Sherrie Tucker | |
 | Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s Duke University Press, 2000 ISBN: 0822324857 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
| John R. Tumpak | |
 | When Swing Was the Thing: Personality Profiles of the Big Band Era Marquette University Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0874620245 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Jack Vartoogian | |
 | And Linda Vartoogian, Photographers, with Adam McGovern Musichound World: The Essential Album Guide, With CD  Visible Ink Press, 2000 ISBN: 1578590396 -> Please share your reader review |
| With Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre Afropop: An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary African Music  Book Sales, Inc., 1995 ISBN: 0785804439 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 | |
| Norman Weinstein | |
 | A Night In Tunisia: Imaginings Of Africa In Jazz Proscenium Publishers, 1993 ISBN: 0879101679 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 6, 2012 |
| Florence Wetzel | |
 | And Perry Robinson Perry Robinson: The Traveler  iUniverse, 2002 ISBN: 0595215386 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted September 5, 2012 -> Excerpt |
| Kevin Whitehead | |
 | New Dutch Swing Billboard Books, 2000 ISBN: 0823083489 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 -> JazzHouse.org review |
| David Whiteis | |
 | Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories University of Illinois Press, 2006 ISBN: Hardbound 025203068, Paperbound 0252073096 -> Please share your reader review |
| Scott Yanow | |
 | Jazz: A Regional Exploration (Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music Series) Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005 ISBN: 0313328714 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 26, 2012 |
 | Jazz on Film: The Complete Story of the Musicians and Music Onscreen Backbeat Books, 2004 ISBN: 0879307838 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Jazz on the Record: 1917-1976 Backbeat Books, 2001 ISBN: 0879307552 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 |
 | Classic Jazz: The Musicians and Recordings That Shaped Jazz,
1895-1933 Backbeat Books, 2001 ISBN: 0879306599 -> Reader reviews - 2, latest September 6, 2012 |
 | Afro-Cuban Jazz Back Beat Books, 2000 ISBN: 087930619X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 24, 2012 |
 | Swing Back Beat Books, 2000 ISBN: 0879306009 -> Reader reviews - 4, latest May 18, 2012 |
 | Bebop Back Beat Books, 2000 ISBN: 0879306084 -> Please share your reader review |
 | Trumpet Kings Back Beat Books, 1999 ISBN: 1567998550 -> Reader reviews - 2, latest November 10, 2011 |
 | Duke Ellington Friedman, Michael Publishing Group, 1999 ISBN: 1567998550 -> Reader reviews - 2, latest November 10, 2011 |
| Rafi Zabor | |
 | The Bear Comes Home Norton, 1998 ISBN: 039331863X -> Reader reviews - 1, posted May 2, 2004 |
| Michael Zwerin | |
 | The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir Yale University Press, 2005 ISBN: 0300108060 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 24, 2012 |
 | Swing Under the Nazis Cooper Square, 2000 ISBN: 815410751 -> Please share your reader review |
Close Enough for Jazz Salem House Publishers, 1984 ISBN: 0704324008 -> Reader reviews - 1, posted January 25, 2012 | |
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