jazz musicians

Biography of Oscar Peterson, the most recorded pianist of any music genre, examining his early life and what led him to the jazz music scene.

Colorful images and song lyrics tell the story of the Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all-girl swing band that performed across the country during World War II.

Examines the lives and careers of sixty legendary jazz artists including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music.

Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and presents biographical profiles of the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.

Profiles ten notable jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

Playing the coronet is the first thing that twelve-year-old Paulie Horvath has taken seriously, but his obsession with becoming a jazz musician leads him into conflict with his parents and into the tough underworld of Chicago in the 1920s.

350 photographs present a visual record of the composers, players, arrangers, and personalities who have made jazz music one of the preeminent art forms of the modern age.

Presents profiles of forty-nine musicians who have had a significant influence on the development of jazz; grouped in six categories according to musical style, each with an introductory essay on the history of the era. Includes discographies and references.

Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music.