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Miles: The Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.21 � 15,821 ratings � published 1989
The History of Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.09 � 5,254 ratings � published 1997
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.24 � 3,133 ratings � published 1992
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 � 2,485 ratings � published 2009
How to Listen to Jazz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.07 � 2,233 ratings � published 2016
Beneath the Underdog (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.84 � 3,806 ratings � published 1971
John Coltrane: His Life and Music (The Michigan American Music Series)
by (shelved 43 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 � 604 ratings � published 1998
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.93 � 5,622,791 ratings � published 1925
Lady Sings the Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.04 � 7,177 ratings � published 1956
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.25 � 1,341 ratings � published 2002
Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 � 1,316 ratings � published 2000
Visions of Jazz: The First Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 � 389 ratings � published 1998
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.36 � 1,293 ratings � published 2024
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.47 � 456 ratings � published 2012
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
by (shelved 34 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.18 � 776 ratings � published 1973
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.44 � 497 ratings � published 1992
Coltrane: The Story of a Sound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 � 918 ratings � published 2007
Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.33 � 1,004 ratings � published 1980
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.21 � 1,307 ratings � published
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.13 � 640 ratings � published 2018
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.88 � 943 ratings � published 2013
As Serious As Your Life: John Coltrane and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.32 � 612 ratings � published 1977
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.05 � 309,379 ratings � published 2009
The Jazz Theory Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 27 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.45 � 1,050 ratings � published 1995
Jazz: A History of America's Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.16 � 578 ratings � published
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.06 � 574 ratings � published 1998
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.02 � 420 ratings � published 2006
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 � 729 ratings � published 1996
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.22 � 1,481 ratings � published 2014
Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.70 � 17,466 ratings � published 2011
Ascension: John Coltrane And His Quest (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.01 � 417 ratings � published 1993
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.89 � 652 ratings � published 2013
Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.27 � 241 ratings � published 1994
Black Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.10 � 520 ratings � published 1966
Coming Through Slaughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.87 � 6,796 ratings � published 1976
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 � 961 ratings � published 2009
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.26 � 183 ratings � published 1955
to Be or not to Bop: Memoirs- Dizzy Gillespie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.24 � 185 ratings � published 1979
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 � 872 ratings � published 1982
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.61 � 432,176 ratings � published 1957
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Board Book)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.04 � 795 ratings � published 1992
Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.95 � 612 ratings � published 2008
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.17 � 241 ratings � published 1953
Blues People: Negro Music in White America (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 � 2,328 ratings � published 1963
The Birth Of Bebop: A Social And Musical History (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.31 � 107 ratings � published 1997
Myself When I am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.72 � 203 ratings � published 2000
Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 3.74 � 129 ratings � published 2006
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development (The ^AHistory of Jazz)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.11 � 102 ratings � published 1968
Jazz Baby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as jazz)
avg rating 4.15 � 1,034 ratings � published 2007
“A psychic friend could come in very handy." I reshuffled my cards.
"I predict I will," she said.”
― Graffiti Moon
"I predict I will," she said.”
― Graffiti Moon
“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”
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