Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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- Kansas City lightning, the rise and times of Charlie Parker, by Stanley Crouch
- Thelonious Monk, the life and times of an American original, Robin D.G. Kelley
- Ella, the life and times of Ella Fitzgerald, Sid Colin
- Beyond category, the life and genius of Duke Ellington, John Edward Hasse
- Finding Bix, the life and afterlife of a jazz legend, Brendan Wolfe
- Easily slip into another world, a life in music, Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards
- Duke Ellington, James Lincoln Collier
- Dizzy Gillespie and the birth of bebop, by Leslie Gourse
- Glenn Miller and his orchestra, by George T. Simon
- Castles made of sound, the story of Gil Evans, Larry Hicock
- Chasin' the Bird, the life and legacy of Charlie Parker, Brian Priestley
- Music makes me, Fred Astaire and jazz, Todd Decker
- Lush life, a biography of Billy Strayhorn, David Hajdu
- Miles beyond, the electric explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, by Paul Tingen
- No ordinary man, a Parabola Films production ; producer, Sarah Spring ; written by Amos Mac & Aisling Chin-Yee ; directed by Aisling Chin-Yee & Chase Joynt ; produced by Sarah Spring
- In good time, the piano jazz of Marian McPartland, produced, directed and edited by Huey ; a production of Films By Huey
- Louis Armstrong, an American genius, James Lincoln Collier
- Just a lucky so and so, the story of Louis Armstrong, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- 3 shades of blue, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the lost empire of cool, James Kaplan
- Before John was a jazz giant, a song of John Coltrane, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Sean Qualls
- Deep in a dream, the long night of Chet Baker, James Gavin
- The history of bones, a memoir, John Lurie
- Duke, a life of Duke Ellington, Terry Teachout
- Pat Patrick, American musician and cultural visionary, Bill Banfield
- The big bands, George T. Simon ; with a foreword by Frank Sinatra
- Coltrane, the story of a sound, Ben Ratliff
- Good things happen slowly, a life in and out of jazz, Fred Hersch
- What a wonderful world, the magic of Louis Armstrong's later years, Ricky Riccardi
- Leader of the band:, the life of Woody Herman, Gene Lees
- Dizzy Gillespie and the be-bop revolution, Raymond Horricks ; selected discography by Tony Middleton
- The world of Count Basie, Stanley Dance
- Beneath the underdog, his world as composed by Mingus, edited by Nel King
- One long tune, the life and music of Lenny Breau, Ron Forbes-Roberts ; foreword by Gene Lees
- Jazz from the beginning, by Garvin Bushell as told to Mark Tucker ; introduction by Lawrence Gushee ; new preface by Stanley Crouch
- Horn of plenty;, the story of Louis Armstrong,, by Robert Goffin, translated from the French by James F. Bezou
- Louis Armstrong, master of modernism, Thomas Brothers
- Swing, swing, swing, the life & times of Benny Goodman, by Ross Firestone
- Bird, the life and music of Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix
- Saxophone Colossus, the life and music of Sonny Rollins, Aidan Levy
- Q, the autobiography of Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones
- Jazz, my music, my people, by Morgan Monceaux ; foreword by Wynton Marsalis
- Dave Brubeck, a life in time, Philip Clark
- Groovin' high, the life of Dizzy Gillespie, Alyn Shipton
- Suits me, the double life of Billy Tipton, Diane Wood Middlebrook
- Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, Thomas Brothers
- Louis Armstrong, in his own words, selected writings, Louis Armstrong ; edited and with an introduction and appendix by Thomas Brothers ; annotated index by Charles Kinzer
- Strayhorn, an illustrated life, edited by A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger
- Jelly's blues, the life, music, and redemption of Jelly Roll Morton, Howard Reich and William Gaines
- Milestones, the music and times of Miles Davis, Jack Chambers ; with a new introduction
- Jazz stars, edited by Richard Rennert ; introduction by Coretta Scott King