I get many e-mails asking about books that explain and explore early Jazz. So here is a place on JASS.COM that features these important books. Find out more about the books by clicking on the link.
- Historic Photos of New Orleans Jazz., by Thomas L Morgan
- From Cakewalks to Concert Halls : An Illustrated History of African American Popular Music, From 1895-1930, by Thomas L Morgan & William Barlow
- Black Musical Theatre : From Coontown to Dreamgirls by Allen Woll
- Jazz: A History of the New York Scene, by Samuel Charters
- Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 by Tim Brooks
- Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, And the Dark Pathway to Blues And Jazz by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff
- Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff
- Early Jazz : Its Roots and Musical Development by Gunther Schuller
- Black Manhattan by James Weldon Johnson
- Who's Who of Jazz : Storyville to Swing Street by John Chilton
- Black Magic : A Pictorial History of the African-American in the Performing Arts by Langston Hughes
- Great for a younger reader - The First Book of Jazz by Langston Hughes
- Chicago Jazz : A Cultural History, 1904-1930 by William Howland Kenney
- Storyville, New Orleans, Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red-Light District by Al Rose
- Black Beauty, White Heat : A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz 1920-1950 The Frank Driggs Collection
- Jazz Dance : The Story of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall Stearns
- Whether you're searching for a long-lost children's book or a first printing of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on vinyl, find it at Alibris!
