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Art Pepper -   Notes From a Jazz Survivor

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 Recent Quality Books by some of our Greatest Contemporary Authors

Some Great Books On Jazz

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• Celebrating the Duke : And Louis, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy and Other Heroes

  by Ralph J. Gleason, Studs Terkel, IRA Gitler (Introduction)

• But Beautiful : A Book About Jazz

  by Geoff Dyer

• Bill Evans : How My Heart Sings

  by Peter Pettinger (Hard Cover Edition)

• Bill Evans : How My Heart Sings

  by Peter Pettinger (Soft Cover Edition)

• American Musicians II : Seventy-Two Portraits in Jazz

  by Whitney Balliett

• Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Recommended for 4 to 8 year old readers)
• Ella Fitzgerald : A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz
• Dizzy Gillespie and the Birth of Bebop
• Dance of the Infidels: Bud Powell
• Monk
• 52nd Street, the Street of Jazz (A Da Capo Paperback) by Arnold Shaw
• Around About Midnight : A Portrait of Miles Davis by Eric Nisenson
• Big Book of Jazz
• The Melody Lingers on : Scenes from the Golden Years of West Coast Jazz by Jo Brooks Fox, Jules L. Fox
• Straight Life : The Story of Art Pepper / by Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper
• Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow - - - -A Must Read For All Jazz Fans - Highly Recommended by The Jazz Zine
• Lady Day's Diary; The Life of Billie Holiday, 1937-1959 by Ken Vail
• From Birdland to Broadway : Scenes from a Jazz Life by Bill Crow..........Watch for an upcoming review on The Jazz Zine
• Beneath the Underdog : His World As Composed by Mingus by Charles Mingus, Nel King (Editor)
• Louis Armstrong : An Extravagant Life by Laurence Bergreen
• Jazz Poetry Anthology by Sascha Feinstein, Yusef Komunyakaa (Editor)......
• The Jazz Zine Jazz Poetry Page
• It's About Time : The Dave Brubeck Story by Fred M. Hall
• Traps the Drum Wonder : The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme, Rebeats Press
• Chasin' the Trane : The Music and Mystique of John Coltrane by J. C. Thomas
• Beyond Category : The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington by John Edward Hasse
• Lush Life : A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu
• Mysterious Thelonious by Chris Raschka, Christopher Raschka
• Leader of the Band : The Life of Woody Herman by Gene Lees, Graham Lees
• The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc (1996) by Richard Cook, Brian Morton
• The Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard G. Feather
• The Birth of Bebop By Scott Deveaux
• The Murder of Jazz By Eric Nisenson
• John Coltrane, A Biography by, Cutbent O. Simpkins
• Downbeat - 60 years of jazz, by, Frank Alkyer
• Great Jazz Drummers - by, Ronald Spagnardi
• High Times, Hard Times - By Anita O'Day
• Jazz, The Rough Guide - Great Book On Jazz Biographies

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  Recent Quality Books by some of our Greatest Contemporary Authors

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• Home Sausage Making by Charles G. Reavis, Constance Oxley (Translator)
• A Patchwork Planet: By Anne Tyler
• Now and Then : From Coney Island to Here by Joseph L. Heller
• Italian Pride : 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian , Fred and Steve Moramarco
• A Short History of Rudeness : Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America by Mark Caldwell
• The Best American Sports Writing of the Century by David Halberstam (Introduction), Glenn Stout
• Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell
• 100 Years of Cinema by Bruce Hershenson (Compiler)
• The Carbohydrate Addict's Gram Counter by Richard Ferdinand Heller, Rachael F. Heller
• Carbohydrate Addict's Program for Success : Taking Charge of Your Life and Your Weight (Companion Workbook) by Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller (Contributor)
• The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet : The Lifelong Solution to Yo-Yo Dieting by Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller
• The Carbohydrate Addict's Lifespan Program
• 101 Dalmations Animated Storybook
• The Big Book of Bugs!
• Cocina Criolla
• Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook

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CDs Now Available from Amazon. Com - Top Recommendations from The Jazz Zine

• Artist Title
• Geri Allen The Gathering
• Chet Baker Plays and Sings Billie Holiday
• Chet Baker At Capolinea
• Gato Barbieri Caliente
• Kenny Barron Peruvian Blue
• Kenny Barron Soft Spoken Here
• Count Basie The Complete Decca Rercordings
• Andy Bey -Ballads, Blues & Bey
• Randy Brecker Into The Sun
• Dave Brubeck Triple Play Box Set
• The 40th Anniversary Tour...U.K. Dave Brubeck
• Gary Burton Departure
• Donald Byrd In Paris V1
• Betty Carter At The Village Vanguard
• Cyrus Chestnut Cyrus Chestnut
• Soultrane John Coltrane
• Resolution:... John Coltrane
• Conte Condoli Conte Candoli Quintet
• Chick Corea Alive
• Eddie Costa Eddie Costa Quintet
• Ronnie Cuber Love For Sale
• Paquito D'Rivera Portrait of Cuba
• Desmond Blue Paul Desmond
• Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans
• Gil Evans & Ten
• Tal Farlow Tal Farlow
• Clare Fischer Piano Excursion
• Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Nnenna Freelon Maiden Voyage
• Maybeck Duets Hal Galper, Jeff Johnson
• Stan Getz People Time
• Stan Getz The Ultimate Stan Getz
• Stan Getz Live At The Opera House
• Terry Gibbs The Dream Band
• Gipsy Kings Allegria
•  Live Gipsy Kings
• Dexter Gordon Go
• Lane Hall Brazil Nativo
• Slide Hampton Jazzmasters
• Speak Like A Child Herbie Hancock
• Roy Hargrove Crisol Habana
• Susie Hansen - Solo Flight
• Dave Holland Points Of View
• Bill Holman Further Adventures
• Bill Holman The Music of Thelonious Monk
• Shirley Horn I Remember Miles CD
• Shirley Horn You Wont Forget Me
• Freddie Hubbard Priceless Jazz Collection
• Chubby Jackson The Happy Monster
• Milt Jackson Aint But A Few Of Us Left
• Lee Konitz Alone Together
• Diana Krall Love Scenes
• Joe Lovano Trio Fascination
• Stan Kenton Best of Stan Kenton
• Christian McBride A Family Affair
• John McLaughlin Time Remembered...Plays Bill Evans
• Jackie McLean New and Old Gospel
• Manhattan Nocturne Charles McPherson
• Shelly Manne At The Blackhawk V 5
• Wynton Marsalis Standard Time -The Midnight Blues V 5
• Bob Mintzer Art Of The Big Band
• Brew Moore The Brew Moore Quartet
• Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker Original Quartet - 2 Box Set
• Mark Murphy Songbook [BOX SET]
• Jackie Paris Jackie Paris
• Anita O'Day At Vine Street Live
• Anita O'Day Time For Two Anita O'Day, Cal Tjader
• Anita O'Day Verve Jazz Masters 49
• Speak No Evil [Remaster] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] Wayne Shorter
• Leon Parker Above and Beyond
• Don Patterson Steady comin' at 'ya
• Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner A Closer View
• Oscar Peterson Trio Plus 1
• Art Pepper and Zoot Sims Art and Zoot
• Danilo Perez Central Avenue
• Dave Pike Bophead
• Dave Pike Got the Feeling
• Flip Phillips Live At The Helm
• Bud Powell The Giant of Jazz
• Ruth Price With Shelly Manne at The Mannehole
• Tito Puente Live At Birdland DanceMania 99
• Joshua Redman Timeless Tales
• Joshua Redman Freedom In The Groove
• Max Roach Alone Together Best of Mercury
• Shorty Rogers Yesterday, Today and Forever
• Claudio Roditi Claudio, Rio and Friends
• Wallace Roney Misterios
• Frank Rosolino Fond Memories
• Gonzalo Rubalcaba Antiguo
• Poncho Sanchez Memories of Cal Tjader
• Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]
• Gary Smulyan Homage to Pepper Adams
• Horace Silver Hardbop Grandpop
• Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers
• Zoot Sims Bucky Pizzarelli Elegiac
• Jack Sheldon Playing For Change
• Clark Terry Having Fun
• Lotus Flower Steve Turre
• McCoy Tyner Priceless Jazz Collection
• Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh Intuition
• Chucho Valdez Bele Bele in La Habana
• Vocal Sampling Live In Berlin
• Sarah Vaughan (With Clifford Brown)
• Sunny Wilkinson Sunny Wilkinson
• Gerald Wilson Theme For Monterey
• Gerald Wilson Suite Memories: Reflections
• Phil Woods The Rev and I

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