Recs if you like The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America...

from artists to songs to streaming, a list of nonfiction works on the ins and outs and cultural impact of all things music

books about or inspired by jazz. includes memoirs, histories, biographies and fiction.

Memoirs and biographies about jazz musicians!

This list contains 1 book from each of the 50 states (author or topic), Presidents & First Ladies, other American authors & works of note. The good, the bad, the ugly - a lot has happened in 250 years.