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Jazz Perspectives (Series)

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A wide ranging jazz series providing ground-breaking, in-depth, and insightful studies of the lives and works of jazz musicians. Autobiography, biography, musicology, history, cultural studies, and other adventures in jazz welcome.
Jazz Perspectives is also a journal, too. Go to the Journal's site.

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Open the Door

The Life and Music of Betty Carter

Presents the lifelong influence of Betty Carter's career and her music on the music world

Dameronia

The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron

The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron

Music Is My Life

Louis Armstrong, Autobiography, and American Jazz

A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong’s autobiographical practices

Rhythm is Our Business

Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express

The life and times of famed band leader, entrepreneur, and entertainer Jimmie Lunceford

Someone to Watch Over Me

The Life and Music of Ben Webster

The definitive biography of the great tenor saxophonist Ben Webster

Delightfulee

The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time

Lee Konitz

Conversations on the Improviser's Art

By Andy Hamilton
Foreword by Joe Lovano
Subjects: Music, Jazz, Biography
Series: Jazz Perspectives

With a foreword by Joe Lovano, an oral biography of the preeminent alto saxophonist of cool jazz

Lennie Tristano

His Life in Music

The first biography of one of the most influential but unheralded musicians in jazz history

Lester Young

Revised Edition

A new edition of the musical biography of jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young, with a revised discography