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Recently Issued Jazz Books of Note

The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.
NEW Bessie
Chris Albertson / Yale Univ Pr / 314 pages / June, 2003 / [pb] /

— revised edition of Albertson's biography of Bessie Smith



The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 6th Ed.
Richard Cook and Brian Morton / Penguin / 1744 pages / Apr 29, 2003 / [hc] /




Good Vibes
Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz
Terry Gibbs with Gary Ginell / Scarecrow Press / 360 pages / Apr 2003 / [hc] /




Temples of Sound
Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios
William Clark & Jim Cogan / Chronicle / 224 pages / Mar 2003 / [pb] /




Wishing on the Moon
Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon
Donald Clarke / DaCapo / 480 pages / June 2002 / [pb] /




Discography
Discography
Sean Singer / Yale Univ Pr / 96 pages / 1 Nov 2002 / [pb] / [hc]
— jazz-influenced poetry by this year's winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition




buy So What
Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen Of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Alan Goldsher / Hal Leonard / 224 pages / 5 Dec 2002 / [hc] / more info /




buy So What
So What: The Life of Miles Davis
John Szwed / Simon & Schuster / 496 pages / Oct 2002 / [hc] / more info /




buy A Love Supreme
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
Ashley Kahn / Viking Pr / 256 pages / Oct 2002 / [hc] / more info /


The Jazz Discography: CD Version 3.3
Tom Lord / Lord Music Reference / 2002 / [cd] / available from lordisco.com


buy Rat Race Blues
Rat Race Blues: The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce
Noal Cohen & Michael Fitzgerald / Berkeley Hills Books / 456 pages / Feb 2002 / [pb]


Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60
Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert / Univ of Michigan Pr / 400 pages / June 2001 / $17.46 [pb]


buy Miles Beyond buy Miles Davis and American Culture Miles Beyond: Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991
Paul Tingen / Watson-Guptil / 352 pages / May 2001 / $19.96 [hc]

Detailed exploration of Miles Davis's under-appreciated electric period.

Miles Davis and American Culture
Gerald Early, editor / University of Missouri Press / 200 pages / May 2001 / $23.96 [hc] / $15.96 [pb] Collection of essays and papers.

buy The Thelonious Monk Reader The Thelonious Monk Reader
Rob Van Der Bliek, ed. / Oxford Univ Pr / 320 pages / Feb 2001 / $24 [pb]

Brilliant Corners: A Bio-Discography of Thelonious Monk
Chris Sheridan / Greenwood / 560 pages / May 2001 / $99 [hc]

The Blue Note Label: A Discography Revised and Expanded
Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli / Greenwood / 936 pages / March 30, 2001 / $135

Extensive, comprehensive discography of the Blue Note label.

buy The Penguin Guide The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD: 5th edition
Richard Cook and Brian Morton / Penguin / 1638 pages / Feb 2001 / $19.20 [pb]

The best guide to jazz CDs.



buy The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff buy Blue Note Years Calendar 2001 Blue Note: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff
Michael Cuscana, Charlie Lourie / Chronicle / 176 pages / Oct 2000 / $23.96 [pb]

Different photographs than were in the out-of-print similarly-titled book The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff.

Blue Note Years 2001 Calendar
Francis Wolff / Chronicle / June 2000 / $12.55 [calendar]



buy Kind of Blue buy the Making of Kind of Blue Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece
Ashley Kahn / Da Capo / 224 pages / Sept 2000 / $18.40 [hc]

The complete story of the creation of the legendary jazz album.

The Making of Kind of Blue: Miles Davis and His Masterpiece
Eric Nisenson / St Martins / 192 pages / Nov 2000 / $18.36 [hc]



The Cutting Edge: The Music of Sonny Rollins
Richard Palmer / Hull University / Dec 2000 / $19.95 [pb]


buy The Oxford Companion to Jazz The Oxford Companion to Jazz
Bill Kirchner (ed.) / Oxford Univ Pr / 808 pages / Oct 2000 / $39.96 [hc]

Massive book covering the full history of jazz with essays by leading critics.

buy Arcana Arcana: Musicians on Music
John Zorn (ed.) / Granary Books / 320 pages / April 2000 / $19.96 [pb]

Essays by musicians, including many Zorn-related ones such as Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Marc Ribot, etc.

buy Kind of Blue Chet Baker: His Life and Music
Jeroen De Valk / Berkely Hills / 306 pages / August 2000 / $14.35 [pb]



buy Kind of Blue Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus
Gene Santoro / Oxford Univ / June 2000 / $24 [hc]



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