BIOGRAPHIES OF KEY MUSICIANS
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
PUBLISHER |
| Walter C. Allen |
Hendersonia (Fletcher Henderson) |
Walter C. Allen |
| Louis Armstrong |
My Life in New Orleans* |
Prentice-Hall |
| Louis Armstrong |
Louis Armstrong in His Own Words |
Oxford University Press |
| Reid Badger |
A Life in Ragtime (James Reese Europe) |
Oxford University Press |
| Chet Baker/Carol Baker (Introduction) |
As Though I Had Wings : The Lost Memoir |
St Martins Press |
| Whitney Balliett |
American Musicians II : Seventy-Two Portraits in Jazz |
Oxford University Press |
| Count Basie/Albert McCarthy, ed. |
Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie |
Donald File Books |
| Sidney Bechet |
Treat It Gentle |
Da Capo |
| Count Basie/Albert Murray |
Good Morning Blues |
Donald I. Fine, Inc. |
| Monroe Berger |
Benny Carter |
Scarecrow Press |
| Laurence Bergreen |
Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life |
Broadway Books |
| Ian Carr |
Keith Jarrett |
Grafton |
| Ian Carr |
Miles Davis; The Definitive Biography |
Thunder's Mouth Press |
| Nick Catalano |
Clifford Brown |
Oxford University Press |
| Safford Chamberlin |
An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh |
Scarecrow Press |
| S. J. Chambers |
Milestones I & II (Miles Davis) |
Oxford University Press |
| John Chilton |
Billie's Blues (Billie Holiday) |
Stein and Day |
| John Chilton |
Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz |
Oxford University Press |
| John Chilton |
The Song of the Hawk (Coleman Hawkins) |
University of Michigan Press |
| Buck Clayton/Nancy Miller Elliot |
Buck Clayton's Jazz World |
McMillan |
| Donald Clarke |
Wishing on the Moon : The Life and Times of Billie Holiday |
Penguin USA |
| James Lincoln Collier |
Louis Armstrong: American Genius** |
Oxford University Press |
| Susan Curtis |
Dancing to A Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin |
University of Missouri Press |
| Linda Dahl |
Morning Glory, A Biography of Mary Lou Williams |
Pantheon Books |
| Stanley Dance |
The World of Duke Ellington |
Charles Scribner's |
| Stanley Dance |
The World of Count Basie |
Charles Scribner's |
| Stanley Dance |
The World of Earl Hines |
Charles Scribner's |
| Douglas Henry Daniels |
Lester Leaps In: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young |
Beacon Press |
| Miles Davis/Quincy Troupe |
Miles: The Autobiography |
Charles Scribner's |
| Luc Delannoy |
Pres: The Story of Lester Young |
University of Arkansas Press |
| j. de Walk |
Chet Baker: His Life and Music |
Berkeley Hills |
| j. de Walk |
Ben Webster: His Life and Music |
Berkeley Hills |
| Carole Easton |
Straight Ahead: The Story of Stan Kenton |
Morrow |
| Mercer Ellington/Stanley Dance |
Duke Ellington in Person |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Daniel Mark Epstein |
Nat "King" Cole |
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux Press |
| Geoffrey Mark Fidelman |
First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record |
Citadel Press |
| Yasuhiro Fujoika with Lewis Porter/Yoh-Ichi Hamada |
John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography |
Scarecrow Press, Inc. |
| Pops Foster/Tom Stoddard |
The Autobiography of a New Orleans Jazzman |
University of California Press |
| James Gavin |
Deep In A Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker |
Alfred Knopf |
| Dave Gelly |
Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me |
Backbeat Books |
| Gary Giddins |
Celebrating the Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker |
Beech Tree Books |
| Gary Giddins |
Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) |
Dolphin Doubleday |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
To Be or Not to Bop |
Doubleday |
| Benny Goodman |
Benny: The King of Swing |
Thames & Hudson |
| Leslie Gourse |
Straight, No Chaser : The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk |
Schirmer's |
| Leslie Gourse |
Sassy : The Life of Sarah Vaughan |
Da Capo |
| Sharon Andrews Green |
Grant Green: Rediscovering the Genius of the Electric Guitar |
Miller Freeman Books |
| Fred M. Hall |
It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story |
University of Arkansas Press |
| David Hajdu |
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn |
Farrar Straus Giroux |
| John Edward Hasse |
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington |
Simon and Schuster |
| Hampton Hawes/Don Asher |
Raise Up Off Me |
Da Capo |
| Robert Hilbert |
Pee Wee Russell : The Life of a Jazzman |
Oxford University Press |
| Milt Hinton/David Berger |
Bass Line |
Temple University Press |
| Larry Hicock |
Castles Made of Sound; The Story of Gil Evans |
Da Capo |
| Derek Jewell |
Duke: A Portrait of Duke Ellington |
W. W. Norton |
| Max Jones/John Chilton |
Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story 1900-1971 |
Da Capo |
| Jerome Klinkowitz |
Listen: Gerry Mulligan |
Schirmer Books |
| John Kruth |
Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
Welcome Rain Publishers |
| James Lester |
Too Marvelous for Words: The Life and Genius of Art Tatum |
Oxford University Press |
| Gene Lees |
Oscar Peterson |
Prima Publishing |
| John Litweiler |
Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life |
Wm. Morrow and Co. |
| Alan Lomax/Jelly Roll Morton |
Mr. Jelly Lord |
Evergreen |
| Donald L. Maggin |
Stan Getz : A Life in Jazz |
William Morrow & Company |
| Bill Milkowski |
The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorious |
Miller Freeman |
| Stuart Nicholson |
Billie Holiday |
Northeastern Univ Press |
| Eric Nisenson |
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation |
St. Martin's Press |
| Francis Paudras |
Dance of the Infidels: A Portrait of Bud Powell |
Da Capo |
| Art Pepper |
Straight Life |
Da Capo |
| Oscar Peterson |
A Jazz Odyssey |
Continuum |
| Peter Pettinger |
Bill Evans : How My Heart Sings |
Yale University Press |
| Lewis Porter |
John Coltrane: His Life and Music |
University of Michigan Press |
| Roy Porter |
There and Back |
Louisiana State University Press |
| Lewis Porter |
Lester Young |
Twayne Publishers |
| Brian Priestley |
Charles Mingus, A Musical Autobiography |
Oxford University Press |
| Ken Rattenbury |
Duke Ellington: Jazz Composer |
Yale University Press |
| Robert Reisner |
Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker |
Da Capo |
| Gene Santoro |
Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus |
Oxford University Press |
| Artie Shaw |
The Trouble with Cinderella |
Da Capo |
| Allyn Shipton |
Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie |
Oxford University Press |
| V. Simosko and B. Tepperman |
Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography and Discography |
Da Capo |
| Rex Stewart/Claire P. Gordon, ed. |
Boy Meets Horn |
University of Michigan Press |
| Richard Sudhalter |
Bix: Man and Legend (Bix Beiderbecke) |
Quartet Books |
| John F. Szwed |
So What: The Life of Miles Davis |
Simon and Schuster |
| John F. Szwed |
Space is the Place: The Life and Times of Sun Ra |
Pantheon Books |
| Paul Tingen |
Miles Beyond: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis |
Billboard Books |
| Quincy Troupe |
Miles and Me |
University of California Press |
| Mark Tucker |
Ellington: The Early Years |
University of Illinois Press |
| Mark Tucker |
The Duke Ellington Reader |
Oxford University Press |
| Steve Voce |
Woody Herman |
Apollo |
| Maurice Waller/Anthony Calabrese |
Fats Waller |
Cassell |
| Laurent De Wilde |
Monk |
Marlowe |
| Richard Williams |
Miles Davis: The Man in the Green Shirt |
Henry Holt Press |
| Peter Niklas Wilson |
Ornette Coleman: His Life and Music |
Berkeley Hills Press |
| Teddy Wilson with Arie Lighthart/Humphrey van Loo |
Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz |
Cassell |
| Carl Woideck |
Charlie Parker: His Music and Life |
University of Michigan Press |
Notes:
**This biography is very controversial. It is included here because
of the information that Collier unearthed about Armstrong, not because
of its interpretations.