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Mysterious Thelonious

By Chris Raschka, Raschka

Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell

By David Yaffe

Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties

By Lucy Moore

Another Hour On A Sunday Morning

By Julia Scheeres

Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth

By Professor John Szwed

Coltrane: The Story of a Sound

By Ben Ratliff

This Storm

By James Ellroy

Amy, My Daughter

By Mitch Winehouse

Lady Sings the Blues

By Billie Holiday

Louis Prima

By Garry Boulard

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

By Tom Clavin

The Thirties: An Intimate History of Britain

By Gardiner, Juliet

The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women

By James Ellroy

The Best of Jazz

By Humphrey Lyttelton

The Cold Six Thousand

By James Ellroy

Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

By Jeff McMillan

Electric Don Quixote: Story of Frank Zappa

By Neil Slaven

Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins

By Aidan Levy

Nina Simone

By David Brun-Lambert

America Over the Water

By Shirley Collins

Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank Sinatra

By Barbara Sinatra

A Fine Kind of Madness: Biography of Ronnie Scott

By Rebecca Scott, Spike Milligan

Vincent O'Brien - The Official Biography

By Ivor Herbert, Jacqueline O'Brien

London: Immigrant City

By Nazneen Khan-Ostrem, Alison McCullough

Amy Winehouse

By Kate Solomon

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

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

Frank Sinatra

By Esme Hawes

Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now

By Brian Hinton