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Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
Jeremy F. Lane
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
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Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
Jeremy F. Lane
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Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
Jeremy F. Lane
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
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Charlie Parker
His Music and Life
Revised Edition
Carl Woideck
A fresh take on Charlie Parker’s artistic evolution and major achievements as a jazz improviser, in time for his centennial
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Charlie Parker
His Music and Life
Revised Edition
Carl Woideck
A fresh take on Charlie Parker’s artistic evolution and major achievements as a jazz improviser, in time for his centennial
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Jazz from Detroit
Mark Stryker
Mark Stryker celebrates Detroit’s profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.
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Jazz from Detroit
Mark Stryker
Mark Stryker celebrates Detroit’s profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.
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Uncharted
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Bill Bruford
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
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Uncharted
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Bill Bruford
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
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Uncharted
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Bill Bruford
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
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The Jazz Republic
Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Jonathan O. Wipplinger
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century

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The Jazz Republic
Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Jonathan O. Wipplinger
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century

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The Jazz Republic
Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Jonathan O. Wipplinger
Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century

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John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
Christopher Coady
The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
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John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
Christopher Coady
The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
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John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music
Christopher Coady
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Blues, How Do You Do?
Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Christian O’Connell
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver

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Blues, How Do You Do?
Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Christian O’Connell
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver

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Blues, How Do You Do?
Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
Christian O’Connell
Examines the role of black American music abroad in the post–WWII era through the lens of one of the period’s most prolific and influential blues scholars, Paul Oliver
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After Django
Making Jazz in Postwar France
Tom Perchard
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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After Django
Making Jazz in Postwar France
Tom Perchard
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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After Django
Making Jazz in Postwar France
Tom Perchard
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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Dameronia
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
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Dameronia
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
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Dameronia
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Paul Combs
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10. Cover image for 'Music Is My Life'
Music Is My Life
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Music Is My Life
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
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Music Is My Life
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
Daniel Stein
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Head Hunters
The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album
Steven F. Pond
The story of one of the most influential and controversial jazz recordings of the twentieth century
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Paper 2010 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "Head Hunters" to Cart
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Hazel Scott
The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Karen Chilton
The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate
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Hazel Scott
The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Karen Chilton
The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate
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Highbrow/Lowdown
Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class
David Savran

The culture clash that permanently changed American theater

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The Music of Django Reinhardt
Benjamin Givan

An in-depth analysis of the music and life of a gypsy music legend

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Paper 2009 $33.50 Available Add Paper for "The Music of Django Reinhardt" to Cart
15. Cover image for 'Ellington Uptown'
Ellington Uptown
Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and the Birth of Concert Jazz
John Howland

Explores a little-discussed yet truly hybrid American musical tradition lost between the canons of authentic jazz and classical music

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16. Cover image for 'New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History'
New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History
Bruce Boyd Raeburn

A fascinating and insightful study of the development of New Orleans jazz and its effect on jazz history

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New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History
Bruce Boyd Raeburn

A fascinating and insightful study of the development of New Orleans jazz and its effect on jazz history

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Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Eddy Determeyer

The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford

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Rhythm is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
Eddy Determeyer

The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford

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Someone to Watch Over Me
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
Frank Büchmann-Møller

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster

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Someone to Watch Over Me
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
Frank Büchmann-Møller

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster

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Delightfulee
The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
Jeffery S. McMillan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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Delightfulee
The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
Jeffery S. McMillan
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
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Haunted Heart
A Biography of Susannah McCorkle
Linda Dahl
The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird
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Lee Konitz
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
Andy Hamilton
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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Paper 2007 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart
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Lee Konitz
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
Andy Hamilton
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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Paper 2007 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart
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Lee Konitz
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
Andy Hamilton
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
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Paper 2007 $28.95 Available Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart
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The Last Miles
The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991
George Cole
The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century
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Paper 2007 $25.95 Available Add Paper for "The Last Miles" to Cart
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Lennie Tristano
His Life in Music
Eunmi Shim
The first biography of one of the most influential but unheralded musicians in jazz history
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Hardcover 2007 $49.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Lennie Tristano" to Cart
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The André Hodeir Jazz Reader
André Hodeir
A selection of the best writings on jazz by André Hodeir, one of the world's most influential jazz critics
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Paper 2006 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "The André Hodeir Jazz Reader" to Cart
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Lester Young
Revised Edition
Lewis Porter
A new edition of the musical biography of jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young, with a revised discography
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Paper 2005 $21.95 Available Add Paper for "Lester Young" to Cart
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