1) Stomping The Blues by Albert Murray 1982 Vintage books. 6 X9”, 264 pages. Lots of photos. Decade by decade New Orleans to New York approach to the Jazz-Blues story. $5 2) Jazz Is by Nat Hentoff 1984 Limelight Editions 6 X 9 ¼”, 288 pages some photos. $6 3) Frontiers Of Jazz Edited by Ralph de Tolendano 1994 Third Revised Edition Pelican Publishing 6 X 9” ,178 pages $5 4) The Jazz Word Edited by Dom Cerulli, Burt Korall, Mort L. Nasatir 1987 De Capo Press 8 ½ , 240 pages $5 5) Glen Miller & His Orchestra by George T. Simon 1974 De Capo Press 5 ½ X 8 ¼” , 473 pages some photos $7.50 6) Miles Davis a
biography by Ian Carr 1984
(First Quill Edition) 6 X 9”, 310
pages plus 16 pages of photos $11 7) Hamp An Autobiography by Lionel Hampton with James Haskins 1993 6 X 9 1/2”, 286 pages plus 16 pages of photos $8.50 8) Discovering Great Jazz by Stephen M. Stroff 1993 6 X 9” 179 pages including 30 photos, 125 top musicians, 8 periods, 60 essential jazz albums, 140 listening suggestions, etc. $5 9) Stormy Weather The Music And Lives Of A Century Of Jazz Women by Linda Dahl 1992 (second edition). Limelight Editions A definitive work on woman jazz musicians with Discography. 6 X 9 ¼ , 371 pages $13 10) Jazz edited by Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy 1982 Da Capo Press. 5 ½ X 8 ½” 387 pages plus 8 pages of photos. New Perspectives On The History Of Jazz by Twelve Of The World’s Foremost Jazz Critics And Scholars. Cover N- $4 11) In The Moment Jazz In The 1980’s by Francis Davis 1986 Oxford University Press. 5 X 8”, 258 pages $5 12) In The Moment as above crease in cover $3.50 13) The Reluctant Art Five Studies In The Growth Of Jazz by Benny Green 1991 Da Capo m 5 ¼ X 8 ½” , 210 pages $7 14) The Jazz Word by Dom Cerulli, Burt Korall, Mort Nasatir 1960 Ballantine Books. 4 ¼ X 7”, 240 pages N- $3 15) Jazz: A People’s Music by Sidney Finkelstein 1988 International Publisher Edition. 5 ¼ X 8 1/4” , 180 pages $6 16) Lady Sings The Blues By Billie Holiday with William Duffy 1965 Lancer Books. 4 ¼ X 7” 191 pages $9 17) American Singers 27 Portraits In Song by Whitney Balliett 1988 Oxford University Press 6 X9”, 244 pages $6 18) Jazz Panorama Edited by Martin Williams 1964 (First Collier Edition), 4 X 7”, 318 pages plus 6 pages of nice photos (cover E+/N-) $5 19) New York Notes A Journal Of Jazz In The Seventies (1972-1975) by Whitney Balliett 1977 Da Capo Press (1st paperback printing) 5 ½ X 8 ½ 250 pages $6 20) Forces In Motion The Music and Thoughts Of Anthony Braxton by Graham Lock 1988 Da Capo 5 ½ X 8 ½” 412 pages $10 21) Good Morning Blues The Autobiography Of Count Basie as told to Albert Murray 1985 Primus. 5 ½ X 8” 399 pages $7 23) Toward Jazz by Andre Hodier 1986 Da Capo Press 5 ½ X 8 ½”, 224 pages $4.50 24) Dizzy Gillespie by Barry McRae 1988 Universe Books (Jazz Life & Times series) 7 ¼ X 9 ½” , 136 pages $4 25) Bird The Legend Of Charlie Parker edited by Robert Reisner 1979. Da Capo Press. Over 80jazz musicians write about how they remember bird!! 6 ¾ X 10”, 256 pages. (back cover N-) $12 26) Swing Out Great Negro Swing Bands by Gene Fernett 1993 (1st Da Capo edition) 7 ¾ X 10 ¾”, 174 pages with over 140 photographs!!!! $13.50 27) The Art Of Jazz Essays On The Nature And Development Of Jazz. Edited by Martin T. Williams 1960 (First Evergreen Edition). 5 ¼ X 8”, 248 pages. N- (cover slightly dirty) $3 28) The Big Bands Trivia Quiz Book by George T. Simon 1985 First Edition. Harper & Row 6 X 9”, 120 pages. There are 100 questions that are multifaceted (10 to 50 questions per each) including crossword puzzle. Fantastic quiz book to really test your knowledge in great depth. $6.50 29) Benny Goodman by Bruce Crowther 1988 (1st Apollo Press edition). 5 X 7 ¾”, 128 pages plus 8 pages of photos. $4 30) Every Day The Story Of Joe Williams by Leslie Gore 1985 Da Capo Press. 5 ½ X 8 ½” , 208 pages plus 16 pages of photos. $6.50 31) The View From Within Jazz Writings 1948-1987 by Orin Keepnews. 1990 Oxford University Press. 5 ¼ X 8”, 238 pages $6.50 32) Satchmo My Life In New Orleans by Louis Armstrong. 1986 Da Capo Press. 5 ¼ X 8 ¼, 240 pages including 8 pages of photos. $8 33) Meet Me At Jim & Andy’s Jazz Musicians And Their World by Gene Lees 1990 Oxford University Press. 5 ½ X 8”, 265 pages $5 34) Eight Lives In Jazz Combo: U.S.A. by Rudi Blesh. 1978 Hayden Book Co. (Louis, Bechet, Teagarden, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Krupa, Charlie Christian, Eubie Blake). 5 ½ X 8 ¼”, 240 pages plus 8 pages of photos. $9 35) The Pleasures Of Jazz Leading Performers On Their Lives, Their Music, Their Contemporaries by Leonard Feather. 1976 Delta Books. 5 ½ X 8”, 192 pages plus 16 pages of photos. Feather talks with F. Hubbard, Bigard, H. Hancock, Corea, Hines, Norman Granz, Sarah Vaughan, Norvo, M. Ferguson, Mulligan, Brubecks, Dizzy, Woody, Anita, Yusef, etc $6 36) Louis Armstrong by Hugues Panassie. 1980 Da Capo Press. 5 ¼ X 8 ½”, 148 pages plus 24 pages of photos. $8 37) Jazz: America’s Classical Music by Grover Sales. 1984. Prentice Hall. 6 X 9”, 246. There are about 45 photos in book. $6 38) Jazz Edited by Nat Hentoff & Albert J. McCarthy 1975 Da Capo Press. 5 ¼ X 8 ½”, 387 pages plus 8 pages of photos. New Perspectives On The History Of Jazz by Twelve Of The World’s Foremost Jazz Critics And Scholars. $7 39) The Great Jazz Pianists by Len Lyons. 1989 Da Capa Press. 6 X 9”, 321 pages. (includes Mary Lou Williams, Sun Ra, Horace Silver, Rowles, Shearing, Jamal, O. Peterson, Red Garland, Paul Bley, M. McPartland, Toshiko, Byard, Zawinul, Jarrett, C. Taylor, M. Tyner, Ran Blake, etc. cover N/N- $7.50 41) Jazzmen edited by Frederic Ramsey, Jr and Charles Edward Smith c. 1960 edition from Harvest Books. 5 ¼ X 8”, 360 pages plus 32 pages of photos. Book N/N-, has ex libris and inscriptions on inside covers. $7 42) Black Talk by Ben Sidran 1986 Da Capo Press . 5 ¼ X 8 ¼”, 201 pages. Has some Photos. Cover is N- and has a crease. $4 43) The Story Of Jazz by Marshall Stearns 1963 Mentor Books. 4 ¼ X 7”, 272 pages plus 12 pages of photos. Cover N-, writing on cover $2.50 44) Louis Armstrong by Albert McCarthy 1961 Perpetua Book (Kings of Jazz series) 5 ¼ X 8”, 86 pages cover N/N-, cover has mailing label $3 45) Kings Of Jazz Series of books: Eleven (11) individual books: Dizzy Gillespie by Michael James, Louis Armstrong by Albert McCarthy, Bix Beiderbecke by Burnette James, Charlie Parker by Max Harrison, King Oliver by Martin Williams, Fats Waller by Charles Fox, Bessie Smith by Paul Oliver, Johnny Dodds by G.E. Lambert, Jelly Roll Morton by Martin Williams, Miles Davis by Michael James, Duke Ellington by G. E. Lambert. Each book is 5 ¼ X 8”, average 86 pages. Each Each is the 1961 Perpetua Edition except Ellington (1970 Perpetua) and Jelly Roll Morton (1963 Perpetua). Each book contains a selective discography Great cover art of each musician! Sold as Set of 11 books. $68 46) Blues Who’s Who A Biographical Dictionary Of Blues Singers by Sheldon Harris 1985 Da Capo Press. 8 ¼ X 11”, 775 pages. There are 571 selected biographies of Blues Singers. Also, many photos throughout. Book in New condition, some stains Outside on bottom pages seen from outside book at bottom. $14
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1) Hardbound Books
2) Paperback/Soft Cover Books
3) Jazz Magazines/Publications
a) Down Beat
b) Jazz Journal
c) Coda
d) Cadence
e) Various
4) Jazz Discographies
5) Various Literature/publications