Jazz, Blues and World

The best books related to jazz, blues and world music

Biographies, label histories, essays and illustrated books on jazz, blues and world music.

Jazz may be the best-documented music of the twentieth century: meticulous discographies, interviews, analysis, musicians' memoirs. Blues and world music have a more scattered literature, often harder to find — and all the more worth having.

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  • My Country is Music The Beginning of Free Improvisation in Quebec

  • RÉSONANCE_S Recueil

  • NOW JAZZ NOW 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings 1960-80

  • How Music Works David Byrne

  • Sac Résonance Tote

  • Resonance Gift Card

  • 1000 tunes from Quebec and French-speaking America Volume 1

  • Cosmic Music The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane

  • Nina Simone's Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found

  • Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece

  • Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal, First Edition

  • Jazz libre et la révolution québécoise : Musique-action, 1967-1975

  • 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

  • Paco and Jazz

  • Why Sound Matters

  • How to Listen to Jazz

  • The Bastard Instrument: A Cultural History of the Electric Bass

  • Analogous Stories

  • Kosmos: Une aventure québécoise au temps du rock progressif

  • A Love Supreme: The Story Of John Coltrane's Signature Album

  • Tokyo Jazz Joints

  • Weird Music That Goes On Forever: A Punk's Guide to Loving Jazz

  • Soundtrack to the Revolution: Free Jazz and Leftist Nationalism in Quebec 1967-1975

  • The Cover Art of Blue Note Records: The Collection: The Collection