Presents the lifelong influence of Betty Carter's career and her music on the music world
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices
The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford
The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster
The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time
With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz
The first biography of one of the most influential but unheralded musicians in jazz history
A new edition of the musical biography of jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young, with a revised discography