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 was typed by Armstrong. It now appears that much of what is here is his own words and not those of an editor or a ghost writer.

 **This biography is very controversial. It is included here because of the information that Collier unearthed about Armstrong, not because of its interpretations.
 
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