Jazz
by Geoffrey C. Ward | 
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development
by Gunther Schuller | 
Improvising Jazz
by Jerry Coker | 
Kind Of Blue
by Ashley Kahn | 
Big Bangs
by Howard Goodall | 
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
by Bill Brewster |
Yeah Yeah Yeah
by Bob Stanley |
The Chitlin' Circuit
by Preston Lauterbach | 
Respect Yourself
by Robert Gordon |
The Jazz Theory Book
by Mark Levine | 
Coltrane
by Ben Ratliff | 
How Music Works
by David Byrne |
Thelonious Monk
by Robin Kelley | 
But Beautiful
by Geoff Dyer |
This is Uncool
by Garry Mulholland | 
Blues People
by Leroi Jones | 
Sweet Soul Music
by Peter Guralnick | 
Can't Stop Won't Stop
by Jeff Chang | 
Cuba and Its Music
by Ned Sublette | 
The Jazz Standards
by Ted Gioia |
Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world, and it was born in one of the most colorful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Bolden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its long, winding odyssey across America and around the world, giving flower to a thousand different forms - swing, bebob, cook jazz, jazz-rock fusion - and a thousand great musicians. Now, in "The History of Jazz, " Ted Gioia tells the story of this music as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which jazz evolved.