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Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward

By Oliver Soden

Hallelujah!: The extraordinary story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays

By John Warburton

Frank Sinatra

By Esme Hawes

Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

By McDonough, Jimmy

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

By Jan Swafford

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

By Brian Hinton

The Day We Went to War

By Terry Charman

Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King

By Lloyd Bradley (Author and contributor)

Wishing on the Moon: Life and Times of Billie Holiday

By Donald Clarke

Suits Me: The Double Life Of Billy Tipton: The Double Life of Billy Tipton

By Diane Wood Middlebrook

Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music

By Ian Carr

Louis Prima

By Garry Boulard

Lady Sings the Blues

By Billie Holiday

Benny: King of Swing

By Benny Goodman

Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts

By Harriet Vyner, Jools Holland

If Beale Street Could Talk

By James Baldwin

Mister Good Times: The enthralling life story of a legendary DJ

By Norman Jay

Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings

By Peter Pettinger

Meet Me at Jim and Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World

By Gene Lees

Myself When I am Real

By Gene Santoro

Doggin' Around

By Alan Plater

Nat Gonella: A Life in Jazz

By Ron Brown, Digby Fairweather

Lullaby of Birdland: The Autobiography of George Shearing

By george shearing, Alyn Shipton

Over the Top and Back: The remarkable autobiography from a national treasure

By Sir Tom Jones

Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren - Our Bananarama Story

By Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward

Best of Jazz: v. 2: Enter the Giants

By Humphrey Lyttelton

Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing

By Gene Lees

Lady Sings the Blues

By Billie Holiday

That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas

By Tom Clavin