Books about jazz
The most-published jazz books by topic, from Open Library.
Theory, harmony & improvisation
First Year Charts Collection for Jazz EnsembleAlfred Publishing · 2001
Quincy JonesClarence Bernard Henry · 2013- Miles Davis OmnibookMiles Davis · 2014
Ways of the handDavid Sudnow · 1978
Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble a Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and…Steinel Mike · 2000
Urban bluesCharles Keil · 1966
Creative Jazz ImprovisationScott D. Reeves · 1989- New Jazz ConceptionsRoger Fagge, Nicolas Pillai · 2016
Jazz TheoryDariusz Terefenko · 2014
Jazz improvisationJohn Mehegan · 1959
Writing JazzNicholas M. Evans · 2000
Inside British jazzHilary Moore · 2007
Rhythm ChangesAlan Stanbridge · 2012
Popular piano self-taughtWin Stormen · 1956
The jazz ensemble director's manualRichard Lawn · 1981
Jazz & bluesGraham Vulliamy · 1982
Luck's In My CornerTodd Bryant Weeks · 2008
Interaction, Improvisation, and Interplay in JazzRobert Hodson · 2007
Reading JazzJacques Rizzo · 1989
Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz GuitarMickey Baker · 1955
Improvising jazzJerry Coker · 1964
ImprovisingLarry Coryell · 2007
Music theory through improvisationEd Sarath · 2010- Jews and JazzCharles B. Hersch · 2016
- Routledge Companion to Jazz StudiesTony Whyton, Nicholas Gebhardt, Nichole Rustin · 2018
- Experimentation in Improvised JazzAndrys Onsman, Burke, Robert · 2018
- Free Jazz, Harmolodics and Ornette ColemanStephen Rush · 2016
- Voices FoundChris Tonelli · 2019
Expertise in Jazz Guitar ImprovisationStein Helge Solstad · 2020- Jazz and PsychotherapySimeon Alev · 2020
- Jazz on the LinePetter Frost Fadnes · 2020
The Blues ScalesDan Greenblatt · 2004- Routledge Companion of Jazz and GenderJames Reddan, Monika Herzig, Michael Kahr · 2022
Path to Jazz ImprovisationEmile Cosmo, Laura De Cosmo · 2003
The dance workshopRobert Cohan · 1986- Artistic Research in JazzMichael Kahr · 2021
Biographies & memoirs
Cartas de relaciónHernán Cortés · 1524
His Eye Is on the SparrowEthel Waters, Charles Samuels · 1951
Lady sings the bluesBillie Holiday, William Dufty · 1956
My adventures as a spyRobert Baden-Powell · 1915
Miles DavisIan Carr · 1981
Really the bluesMezz Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, Barry Gifford · 1946
BirdRobert Reisner · 1962
Ella FitzgeraldStuart Nicholson · 1993
BessieChris Albertson, CHRIS ALBERTSON, [name missing] · 1972
The John Coltrane referenceChris DeVito, Lewis Porter · 2008
The HornesGail Lumet Buckley, Lena Horne · 1986
Stormy weatherLinda Dahl · 1984
Charlie Parker Played Be BopChristopher Raschka · 1992
Bird LivesRoss Russell · 1972
Mister Jelly RollAlan Lomax · 1950
Deep in a DreamJames Gavin · 2002
Giants of jazz ; sketches by Robert GalsterStuds Terkel · 1957
To Me It's WonderfulEthel Waters · 1972
The big bandsGeorge Thomas Simon · 1967
WISHING ON THE MOONDonald Clarke · 1994
Laurence OlivierDonald Spoto · 1991
High times, hard timesAnita O'Day, George Eells · 1981
Who's who of jazzChilton, John · 1970
Stomping the bluesAlbert Murray · 1976
Steps in timeFred Astaire · 1959
33 MenJonathan Franklin · 2011
Suits MeDiane Wood Middlebrook · 1998
The world of Duke EllingtonStanley Dance · 1970
QQuincy Jones · 2001
Jazz masters of the fortiesIra Gitler · 1966
Celebrating BirdGary Giddins · 1987
New Orleans jazzAl Rose · 1967
Duke Ellington and his worldLawrence, A. H. · 1999
Modern art and the death of a cultureRookmaaker, H. R. · 1970
Notes and tonesArt Taylor · 1977
Men of popular musicDavid Ewen · 1944
History & criticism
Richard Wagner über Tristan und IsoldeRichard Wagner, Nicholas John, Andrew Porter, John Luke Rose · 1800
Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-EspagneAlexander von Humboldt · 1811
Blues peopleAmiri Baraka · 1963
Gigs (After the Law)Paul Chevigny, Paul Chevigny · 1991
The story of jazzMarshall Winslow Stearns · 1956
JazzHenry Martin, Keith Waters · 2001
Introduction to jazz historyDonald D. Megill, Richard S. Demory · 1984
The jazz sceneEric Hobsbawm · 1959
Strange fruitDavid Margolick, Hilton Als · 2000
JazzPaul Tanner, David W. Megill, Maurice Gerow · 1988
The Jazz LifeNat Hentoff · 1961
JazzNat Hentoff · 1959
Genre in popular musicFabian Holt · 2007
A handbook of jazzBarry Ulanov · 1957
As serious as your lifeValerie Wilmer · 1977
Kind of BlueAshley Kahn · 2000
What was the Gold Rush?Joan Holub · 2013
Grosse JazzbuchJoachim Ernst Berendt · 1974
Creating jazz counterpointVic Hobson · 2014
JazzGary Giddins · 2009
JazzGrover Sales · 1984
Experiencing JazzRichard J. Lawn · 2012
Jazz Style in Kansas City and the SouthwestRoss Russell · 1971
JazzLewis Porter, Michael Ullman, Edward Hazell, Ed Hazell · 1992
Marian McPartland's Jazz WorldMarian McPartland · 2002
Jazz and the white AmericansNeil Leonard · 1962
The making of jazzJames Lincoln Collier · 1978
JazzChristopher Meeder · 2007
Jazz stylesMark C. Gridley · 2003
Black musicAmiri Baraka · 1967
The sound of surpriseWhitney Balliett · 1959- Jazz SellsMark Laver · 2015
Free jazz/Black powerPhilippe Carles · 2015
Uncommon peopleEric Hobsbawm · 1998
JazzFrank Tirro · 1977
Chroniques de jazzBoris Vian, Lucien Malson · 1967
Reference & discographies
Jazz StylesMark C. Gridley · 1978
The Jazz DiscographyTom Lord · 1992
Tin Pan AlleyDavid A. Jasen · 1988
Concise Guide to JazzMark C. Gridley · 1992
The Penguin guide to jazz on CD, LP, and cassetteRichard Cook, Richard Cook, Brian Morton · 1992
Free JazzJeff Schwartz · 2018
Blues fell this morningOliver, Paul · 1960
The Cotton ClubJames Haskins, James Haskins · 1977
Jazz in the moviesDavid Meeker · 1972
Hommes et problèmes du jazzAndré Hodeir · 1954
The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixtiesLeonard Feather · 1966
The encyclopedia of jazzLeonard Feather · 1955
A study of jazzPaul Tanner · 1964- Miles DavisClarence Bernard Henry · 2017
Concise Guide to JazzMark C. Gridley · 2010
The essential jazz recordsMax Harrison · 1984
They all played ragtimeRudi Blesh · 1950
Jazz research and performance materialsEddie S. Meadows · 1995
Shining TrumpetsRudi Blesh · 1953- The blue book of Tin Pan AlleyJack Burton · 1950
Global JazzClarence Bernard Henry · 2021- Count Basie and his orchestraRaymond Horricks · 1957
The Negro and his musicAlain LeRoy Locke · 1936
EllingtoniaW. E. Timner · 1988- JazzEddie S. Meadows · 2013
The literature of jazzDonald Kennington · 1970- Jazz eraStanley Dance · 1961
Classic JazzScott Yanow · 2001
The rock revolutionArnold Shaw · 1969
A bibliography of jazzAlan P. Merriam · 1954- Dansk jazzlitteratur--litteratur om dansk jazzNiels Fink Ebbesen · 1980
The official guide to jazz dancingAllen Dow, Mike Michaelson · 1980- Rhythm on recordHilton R. Schleman · 1936
The Penguin guide to jazz on CDRichard Cook, Richard Cook, Brian Morton · 2000
The Blue Note labelMichael Cuscuna · 1988- JazzAndré Hodeir · 1956
Photography
A pictorial history of jazzOrrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer, Jr. · 1955
Jazz IsNat Hentoff · 1976
The golden age of jazzWilliam P. Gottlieb · 1979- DetroitJon Milan · 2009
Mina Loy, Twentieth-Century Photography, and Contemporary Women PoetsLinda A. Kinnahan · 2017
A Moment's NoticeCarol Friedman · 1983- Jazz West CoastWilliam Claxton, Hitoshi Namekata · 1955
PoPsieMichael Randolph · 2007
JazzWilliam Claxton · 1987
Hot Jazz SpecialJonny Hannah · 2005
Spanish Harlem's Musical LegacySilvio H. Alava · 2007
Black beauty, white heatFrank Driggs · 1981
The cat on a hot thin grooveGene Deitch · 2003- New Orleans jazzEdward J. Branley · 2014
New York City jazzElizabeth Dodd Brinkofski · 2013
JazzlifeWilliam Claxton · 2006
The early years of the Les Paul legacy, 1915-1963Robb Lawrence · 2008- Samutphāp khrōngkān tām phrarātchadamriOffice of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretar; Thailand, Committee For The Rattanakosin Bicentennail Celebration · 1982
- The Gibson Les PaulDave Hunter · 2014
Pathways to unknown worldsCorbett, John, Anthony Elms, Terri Kapsalis · 2007
The architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and companyJoanna Lombard, Joanna Lombard, Beth Dunlop · 2005- SunburstTony Bacon · 2014
The Les Paul Guitar Book A Complete History Of Gibson Les Paul GuitarsTony Bacon · 2009
Jazz fiction
On The RoadJack Kerouac · 1957
L'Écume des joursBoris Vian · 1963
Hija de la fortunaIsabel Allende · 1998
Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul Curtis, Reginald André Jackson, Alberto Jimenez Rioja, aa · 1994
Every dead thingJohn Connolly · 1999
The UnquietJohn Connolly · 1990
By The Great Horn SpoonSid Fleischman · 1963
The killing kindJohn Connolly · 2001
Black Angel, TheJohn Connolly · 2005
The ReapersJohn Connolly · 2008
Coming Through SlaughterMichael Ondaatje · 1976
The white roadJohn Connolly · 2002
Dark hollowJohn Connolly · 2000
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, The tie-inOscar Hijuelos, Elvira Lindo, oscar hijuelos · 1989
The LoversJohn Connolly · 2009
Gray MountainJohn Grisham · 2014
Young Man With a HornDorothy Baker · 1938
The burning soulJohn Connolly · 2011
The WhisperersJohn Connolly · 2010
The wrath of angelsJohn Connolly · 2012
The Wolf in WinterJohn Connolly · 2014
Central ParkGuillaume Musso · 2014
Ben's TrumpetRachel Isadora · 1979
El invierno en LisboaAntonio Muñoz Molina · 1989
Oh, Play That Thing (Jack Crossman Adventures)Roddy Doyle · 2004
Tori AmosTori Amos · 1992
A good night for ghostsMary Pope Osborne · 2009
TrumpetJackie Kay · 1998
But BeautifulGeoff Dyer, Cruz Rodríguez Juiz · 1991
Mama Don't AllowThacher Hurd · 1984
Half-blood bluesEsi Edugyan · 2011
BassaxofonJosef Škvorecký · 1977
Twelve bar bluesPatrick Neate · 2001
Mistress of justiceJeffery Deaver · 1992
Jazz CountryNat Hentoff · 1965
Man Walking on Eggshells (Old School Books)Herbert Simmons · 1962
General
Henry ManciniHenry Mancini, Brent Edstrom · 2011
Combo Blasters for Pep BandJohn Wasson · 1996
Charlie Brown ChristmasVince Guaraldi · 2001
KlapheckKonrad Klapheck · 1972
Jump into jazzMinda Goodman Kraines, Esther Pryor · 1983
Sounds and scoresHenry Mancini · 1962- Articulate Jazz MusicianCaleb Chapman, Jeff Coffin · 2013
Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington · 1995
Jazz and BluesHal Leonard Corp. · 1999
Boogie and Jazz Piano StylesDebra Wanless · 2010
Jazz StandardsTake the Lead Plus · 2002
The 20th CenturyHal Leonard Corp. · 2001
Smooth JazzHal Leonard Corp. · 2003
Sonny RollinsSonny Rollins · 2005
Blackening EuropeHeike Raphael-Hernandez · 2003
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin · 2003
Jazz Gems for TwoHal Leonard Corp. · 2001
Jazz Favorites for TwoHal Leonard Corp. · 2001- Jazz Standards for VocalistDave Wolpe · 2008
Modern jazz danceFred Traguth · 1977- Singin' with the Jazz ComboDave Wolpe · 2013
UpMichael Giacchino · 2009- Challenging Jazz Duets, Vol 1Richard Byrd · 2017
- Jazz Transatlantic, Volume IGerhard Kubik · 2017