Musical Books about Jazz Musicians

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Straight Life
Art Pepper

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Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Terry Teachout

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Coming Through Slaughter
Michael Ondaatje

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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Robin Kelley

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The Bear Comes Home
Rafi Zabor

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Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
David Hajdu

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Hear me talkin' to ya
Nat Shapiro

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The bass saxophone
Josef Škvorecký

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Four Lives in the Bebop Business
A. B. Spellman

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Visions of Jazz
Gary Giddins

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As serious as your life
Val Wilmer

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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
Geoff Dyer

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The History of Jazz
Ted Gioia

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Really the blues
Mezz Mezzrow

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Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan
E. Taylor Atkins

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Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
John Szwed

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Celebrating Bird
Gary Giddins

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Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
John Szwed

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The Song of the Hawk: The Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins
John Chilton

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What Jazz is: An Insider's Guide to Understanding and Listening to Jazz
Jonny King

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