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book cover image for Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus, ISBN=9780520963740Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus
ISBN: 9780520963740
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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Subjects: Mingus Charles 1922–1979; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Double bassists -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, ISBN=9780252095177Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
ISBN: 9780252095177
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press
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Subjects: Parker Charlie 1920–1955; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Blues All Day Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story, ISBN=9780252096495Blues All Day Long: The Jimmy Rogers Story
ISBN: 9780252096495
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press
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Subjects: Rogers Jimmy; Guitarists -- United States -- Biography; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Carla Bley, ISBN=9780252093395Carla Bley
ISBN: 9780252093395
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press
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Subjects: Bley Carla; Composers -- United States -- Biography; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker, ISBN=9781452940786Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
ISBN: 9781452940786
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
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Subjects: Parker Charlie 1920–1955; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry, ISBN=9780520949782Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry
ISBN: 9780520949782
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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Subjects: Terry Clark; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Trumpet players -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron, ISBN=9780472028818Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
ISBN: 9780472028818
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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Subjects: Dameron Tadd 1917–1965; Composers -- United States -- Biography; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for David Baker: A Legacy in Music, ISBN=9780253005243David Baker: A Legacy in Music
ISBN: 9780253005243
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press
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Subjects: Baker David 1931–; Composers -- United States -- Biography; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Fats Waller, ISBN=9781452957135Fats Waller
ISBN: 9781452957135
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
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Subjects: Waller Fats 1904-1943; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Pianists -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend, ISBN=9781609385071Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend
ISBN: 9781609385071
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Iowa Press
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Subjects: Beiderbecke Bix 1903–1931; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues, ISBN=9780252091131Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues
ISBN: 9780252091131
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Illinois Press
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Subjects: Evans Joe 1916–; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Rhythm and blues musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC, ISBN=9780472122837Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
ISBN: 9780472122837
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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book cover image for I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues, ISBN=9781512801781I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues
ISBN: 9781512801781
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
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Subjects: Bernhardt Clyde E. B.; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, ISBN=9781439902004I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath
ISBN: 9781439902004
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
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Subjects: Heath Jimmy; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for It''s About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story, ISBN=9781610752107It''s About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story
ISBN: 9781610752107
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Arkansas Press
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Subjects: Brubeck Dave; Jazz musicians -- United states -- Biography;
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book cover image for Let’s Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver, ISBN=9780520941427Let’s Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver
ISBN: 9780520941427
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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Subjects: Silver Horace 1928–; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Pianists -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz, ISBN=9780300127478Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz
ISBN: 9780300127478
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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Subjects: Armstrong Louis 1901–1971; Whiteman Paul 1890–1967; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Music Is My Life: Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz, ISBN=9780472028504Music Is My Life: Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz
ISBN: 9780472028504
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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Subjects: Armstrong Louis 1901-1971; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Jazz -- History and criticism; Autobiography;
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book cover image for Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz, ISBN=9780520950061Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz
ISBN: 9780520950061
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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book cover image for Pres: The Story of Lester Young, ISBN=9781610753265Pres: The Story of Lester Young
ISBN: 9781610753265
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Arkansas Press
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Subjects: Young Lester 1909–1959; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Quincy Jones: His Life in Music, ISBN=9781621039662Quincy Jones: His Life in Music
ISBN: 9781621039662
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi
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Subjects: Jones Quincy 1933–; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones, ISBN=9780816678617Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones
ISBN: 9780816678617
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
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Subjects: Jones Jo 1911–1985; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster, ISBN=9780472025985Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster
ISBN: 9780472025985
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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Subjects: Webster Ben; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, ISBN=9780520971622Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
ISBN: 9780520971622
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press
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Subjects: Gordon Dexter 1923–1990; Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for That''s Got ''Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, ISBN=9781604733716That''s Got ''Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman
ISBN: 9781604733716
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi
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book cover image for The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor, ISBN=9780253009173The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor
ISBN: 9780253009173
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press
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Subjects: Taylor Billy 1921–2010; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for The Jazz Pilgrimage of Gerald Wilson, ISBN=9781496816061The Jazz Pilgrimage of Gerald Wilson
ISBN: 9781496816061
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Mississippi
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book cover image for Whisper Not: The Autobiography of Benny Golson, ISBN=9781439913352Whisper Not: The Autobiography of Benny Golson
ISBN: 9781439913352
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
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Subjects: Golson Benny; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography; Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography;
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book cover image for You Can`t Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat, ISBN=9780300142952You Can`t Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat
ISBN: 9780300142952
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press
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