Jazz: An American Original

Fiction With Jazz Themes:

Kiss and Tell, Loretta Brabant

Such Sweet Thunder, Vincent O. Carter

Of Song and Water, Joseph Coulson

Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel in Blues and Swing, Stanley Crouch

Oh, Play That Thing, Roddy Doyle  AUDIO BOOK FIC DOYLE

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz, Geoff Dyer

Perfect Sax, Jerrilyn Farmer

Jass, David Fulmer

Swing: A Mystery, Rupert Holmes

Atet, A.D., Nathaniel Mackey

Killing Cousins, Rett MacPherson

Shackling Water, Adam Mansbach

Shades of Blue, Bill Moody

After Dark, Haruki Murakami

Twelve Bar Blues, Patrick Neate

Early Bright, Ami Silber

China, Alan Wall

Record Palace, Susan Wheeler

No Matter How Much You Promise To Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again, Edgardo Vega Yunqué

A Sampling of Nonfiction Titles on Jazz:

The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions, Quincy Jones  780.92 JON

Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock, & Country Music, Gene Santoro  781.64 SAN

Jazz and Its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader, Francis Davis  781.65 DAV

Living With Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings, Ralph Ellison  781.65 ELL

Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century, Gary Giddins  781.65 GID

Jazz Planet, edited by E. Taylor Atkins  781.65 JAZ

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Robin D.G. Kelley 
781.65 KEL

The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz, Gerald Majer  781.65 MAJ

Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life, Wynton Marsalis 
781.65 MAR

Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters With Miles Davis, edited by Paul Majer Jr.
781.65 MIL

Living With Jazz, Dan Morgenstern  781.65 MOR

Jazz: A Critic's Guide To the 100 Most Important Recordings, Ben Ratliff  781.65 RAT

Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, Scott Yanow  781.65 YAN

To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters From the Road, Wynton Marsalis  781.65023 MAR

Blowin’ Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics, John Gennari  781.6509 GEN

A New History of Jazz, Alyn Shipton  781.6509 SHI

Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz, Joshua Berrett  781.65092 BER

Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, Thomas Brothers  781.65092 BRO

Satchmo: The Wonderful World and Art of Louis Armstrong, Steven Brower 
781.65092 BRO

Jazzwomen: Conversations With Twenty-One Musicians, Wayne Enstice  781.65092 ENS

Follow Your Heart: Moving With the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues, Joe Evans  781.65092 EVA

A Jazz Odyssey: The Life of Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson  781.65092 PET

Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, Ben Ratliff  781.65092 RAT

Song For My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White,
Tom Sancton  781.65092 SAN

Jazz in Black & White: The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt, Duncan Schiedt 
OVERSIZE 781.65092 SCH

Giants of Jazz, Studs Terkel  781.65092 TER

Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide, Peter N. Wilson  781.65092 WIL

The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music, Ben Ratliff  781.650922 RAT

A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz, Samuel Charters  781.65976335 CHA

Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce, Alfred Appel, Jr.  781.953 APP

Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music, Eunmi Shim  786.2165092 SHI

Miles Beyond: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, Paul Tingen  788.92165 TIN

Chet Baker: His Life and Music, Jeroen de Valk  788.92165 VAL

The Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet, Scott Yanow  788.92165 YAN

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout  B ARMSTRONG

Deep In a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, James Gavin  B BAKER

So What: The Life Of Miles Davis, John Szwed  B DAVIS

Tommy Dorsey: Livin’ in a Great Big Way: A Biography, Peter J Levinson  B DORSEY

Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela, Hugh Masekela  B MASEKELA

Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend, Michael Dregni  B REINHARDT

What is This Thing Called Jazz? [electronic resource]: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, Eric Porter  ONLINE

Jazz Cultures [electronic resource], David Ake  ONLINE

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, edited byBarry Kernfeld
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 1
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 2
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 3

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Jazz Sound Recordings:

There are too many to list. Browse the compact disc (CD) collection beginning at 781.65 for Jazz and 781.654 for Big Bands, or search for your favorite artist with the online catalog. For help finding jazz or other sound recordings, Ask Us!

Videorecordings About Jazz or With a Jazz Theme:

Note: These are in order by title. Please check call numbers or Ask Us! for help finding them.

Anatomy of a Murder [DVD videorecording]  DVD ANA

Anita O’Day [DVD videorecording]: The Life of a Jazz Singer  781.65 ANI

Billie Holiday [DVD videorecording]: The Genius of Lady Day  781.65 BIL

Billie Holiday [DVD videorecording]: The Ultimate Collection  DVD BIL

Brubeck Returns To Moscow [DVD videorecording]  DVD BRU

Calle 54 [DVD videorecording]  DVD CAL

Chicago [DVD videorecording]  DVD CHI

Chick Corea, Rendezvous in New York [DVD videorecording]: Three Quartets Band 
DVD CHI

The Cotton Club [DVD videorecording]  DVD COT

Count Basie [DVD videorecording]: Swinging at His Best  DVD COU

Dave Brubeck [DVD videorecording]: Featuring Paul Desmond  DVD DAV

Dave Brubeck [DVD videorecording]: Live in ’64 & ’66  781.65 BRU

De-Lovely [DVD videorecording]  DVD DE

Diana Krall [DVD videorecording]: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival  DVD DIA

Dianne Reeves [DVD videorecording]: Live in Montreal  DVD DIA

Dizzy Gillespie [DVD videorecording]: A Night in Chicago  DVD DIZ

Duke Ellington [DVD videorecording]: Live at the Tivoli Gardens (1971) Parts One and Two  DVD DUK

Duke Ellington [DVD videorecording]: Live in ’58  781.65 ELL

Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies [DVD videorecording]  DVD SOP

Ella Fitzgerald [DVD videorecording]: Live at Montreux 1969  DVD ELL

Ella Fitzgerald [DVD videorecording]: The Legendary First Lady of Song  781.65092 ELL

From the Royal Festival Hall [DVD videorecording]: The Dizzy Gillespie United Nation Orchestra  DVD FRO

Good Evening, Ev’rybody [DVD videorecording]: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong  DVD GOO

Harry Connick, Jr. [DVD videorecording]: The New York Big Band Concert  DVD HAR

Hot Flash [DVD videorecording]: The Documentary  781.643 HOT

Jam Miami [DVD videorecording]: A Celebration of Latin Jazz  DVD JAM

The John Coltrane Quartet [DVD videorecording]  DVD JOH

Legends of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis [DVD videorecording]  DVD LEG

Louis Armstrong [DVD videorecording]: Live in Australia 1964  DVD LOU

Love Me Or Leave Me [DVD videorecording]  DVD LOV

The Marsalis Family [DVD videorecording]: A Jazz Celebration  DVD MAR

Miles Davis [DVD videorecording]: The Cool Sound of Jazz  DVD MIL

Modern Jazz Quartet [DVD videorecording]:  35th Anniversary Concert  DVD MOD

Nancy Wilson at Carnegie Hall  DVD NAN

Norah Jones and the Handsome Band [DVD videorecording]: Live in 2004  DVD NOR

Preservation Hall Jazz Band [DVD videorecording]: A Night in New Orleans  DVD PRE

Quincy Jones [DVD videorecording]: The 75th Birthday Celebration: Live at Montreux 2008  DVD QUI (set)

Ray Charles Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival [DVD videorecording]  DVD RAY

Rosemary Clooney [DVD videorecording]  DVD ROS

Satchmo [DVD videorecording]: Louis Armstrong  781.65092 SAT

Stardust Memories [DVD videorecording]: Nat King Cole  DVD STA

Taking a Chance on Love [DVD videorecording]: Jane Monheit in Concert  DVD TAK

This Joint is Jumpin’ [videorecording]: Stompin’ Classics From the Big Band Era, 
781.65 THI

The Unforgettable Nat “King” Cole [DVD videorecording]  DVD UNF 

When I Fall in Love [DVD videorecording]: The One and Only Nat King Cole  DVD WHE

The World According to John Coltrane [DVD videorecording]  781.65092 WOR

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