Jass.com: Jazz Books

Books About Early Jazz

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.

My Favorites

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
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

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