Nightmare in the Pacific: The World War II Saga of Artie Shaw and His Navy Band

Michael Doyle

Mr. P.C: The Life and Music of Paul Chambers

Rob Palmer

Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry

Clark Terry

Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight

Frank R. Hayde

You Just Fight for Your Life: The Story of Lester Young

Frank Büchmann-Møller

Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper

Art Pepper

Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life

Wynton Marsalis

To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road

Wynton Marsalis

Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story

Ray Charles

Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan

Elaine M. Hayes

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

Judith Tick

A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album

Ashley Kahn

My Sax Life: A Memoir (Latino Voices/Vidas)

Paquito D'Rivera

Songs of the Unsung : The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott

Horace Tapscott

to Be or not to Bop: Memoirs- Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong

Ricky Riccardi

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong

Terry Teachout

Chet Baker: The Missing Years, a Memoir by Artt Frank

Artt Frank

As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir

Chet Baker

Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker

James Gavin

Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon

Maxine Gordon

With Billie

Julia Blackburn

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn

David Hajdu

Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter

Michelle Mercer

Beneath the Underdog

Charles Mingus

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Herbie Hancock

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

Aidan Levy

Bird Lives! The high life and hard times of Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker

Ross Russell

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan