Jazz
1. 
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2014 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2013 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" |
1.
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2014 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2013 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" |
1.
Music, "Race," and Intellectuals in France, 1918-1945
A groundbreaking study of the reception of jazz among French-speaking black intellectuals between 1918 and 1945
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2014 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2013 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" | |
| Audio Download | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Audio Download, "Jazz and Machine-Age Imperialism" |
2. 
His Music and Life
Revised Edition
A fresh take on Charlie Parker’s artistic evolution and major achievements as a jazz improviser, in time for his centennial
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2020 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Charlie Parker" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2020 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Charlie Parker" |
2.
His Music and Life
Revised Edition
A fresh take on Charlie Parker’s artistic evolution and major achievements as a jazz improviser, in time for his centennial
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2020 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Charlie Parker" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2020 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Charlie Parker" |
3. 
Mark Stryker celebrates Detroit’s profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2019 | $39.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Jazz from Detroit" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2019 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Jazz from Detroit" |
3.
Mark Stryker celebrates Detroit’s profound influence on jazz from the mid-20th century through the present day.
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2019 | $39.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Jazz from Detroit" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2019 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Jazz from Detroit" |
4. 
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2018 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2018 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Uncharted" |
4.
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2018 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2018 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Uncharted" |
4.
Creativity and the Expert Drummer
Renowned rock drummer Bill Bruford analyzes the creative processes of drumming, using his own— and other famous musicians’— expertise and insights
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2018 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2018 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Uncharted" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Uncharted" |
5. 
The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2016 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2016 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" |
5.
The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2016 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2016 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" |
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| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2016 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2016 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music" |
6. 
Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Blues, How Do You Do?" |
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Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Blues, How Do You Do?" |
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Paul Oliver and the Transatlantic Story of the Blues
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Blues, How Do You Do?" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Blues, How Do You Do?" |
7. 
Making Jazz in Postwar France
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "After Django" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "After Django" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "After Django" |
7.
Making Jazz in Postwar France
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "After Django" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "After Django" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "After Django" |
7.
Making Jazz in Postwar France
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
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "After Django" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2015 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "After Django" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "After Django" |
8. 
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
8.
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
8.
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
9. 
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $46.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life" |
9.
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $46.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life" |
9.
Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $46.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $94.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Music Is My Life" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Music Is My Life" |
10. 
The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC
The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2010 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Hazel Scott" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2017 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Hazel Scott" |
10.
The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC
The first biography of an important but overlooked African American pianist, singer, actor, and civil-rights advocate
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2010 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Hazel Scott" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2017 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Hazel Scott" |
11. 
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2008 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Rhythm Is Our Business" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Rhythm Is Our Business" |
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Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2008 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Rhythm is Our Business" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Rhythm is Our Business" |
12. 
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2008 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Someone to Watch Over Me" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
12.
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2008 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Someone to Watch Over Me" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
13. 
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2007 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2007 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lee Konitz" |
13.
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2007 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2007 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lee Konitz" |
13.
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2007 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2007 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lee Konitz" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2018 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lee Konitz" |
14. 
A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2004 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Four Jazz Lives" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Four Jazz Lives" |
14.
A revival of a classic oral biography of four nearly overlooked jazz giants
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2004 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Four Jazz Lives" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Four Jazz Lives" |
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