The History of Jazz - Ted Gioia

The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century - Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band - Lawrence Gushee

Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development - Gunther Schuller

Blues People: Negro Music in White America - Leroi Jones

Reading Jazz - David Meltzer

Writing Jazz - David Meltzer

Jazz: A History of America’s Music - Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Jazz in American Culture - Peter Townsend

Why Jazz Happened - Marc Myers

The Rough Guide to Jazz 3 - Ian Carr, Brian Priestley, and Digby Fairweather

The History of Music Production - Richard James Burgess

Lost Chords: White Musicians and their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945 - Richard M. Sudhalter

The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band - H.O. Brunn

A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-50 - Jim Godbolt

Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry - Tim Brooks