Fiction With Jazz Themes:

Such Sweet Thunder, Vincent O. Carter

Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel in Blues and Swing, Stanley Crouch

Oh, Play That Thing, Roddy Doyle

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz, Geoff Dyer

Do or Die: A Mali Anderson Mystery, Grace F. Edwards

Perfect Sax, Jerrilyn Farmer

After Havana, Charles Fleming

The Best of Jackson Payne, Jack Fuller

Chasing The Devil's Tail, David Fulmer

Swing, Rupert Holmes

Man with an Axe, Jon A. Jackson

Trumpet, Jackie Kay

Atet, A.D., Nathaniel Mackey

Killing Cousins, Rett MacPherson

Shackling Water, Adam Mansbach

The Fisher King [electronic resource], Paule Marshall 
ONLINE

Looking for Chet Baker, Bill Moody

The Sound of the Trumpet, Bill Moody

Twelve Bar Blues, Patrick Neate

Blue Bossa, Bart Schneider

1929, Frederick Turner

China, Alan Wall

The Polish Lover, Anthony Weller

Record Palace, Susan Wheeler

No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again, Edgardo Vega Yunqué

A Sampling of Nonfiction Titles on Jazz:

Composers’ Voices from Ives to Ellington: An Oral History of American Music,
Vivian Perlis  780.922 PER

Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots Of American Jazz, Blues, Rock, & Country Music,
Gene Santoro  781.64 SAN

Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to The U.S.: With More Than 900 Hot Clubs, Cool Joints, Landmarks, and Legends, from Boogie-Woogie to Bop and Beyond,
Christiane Bird  781.65 BIR

Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook  781.65 COO

Jazz and Its Discontents: A Francis Davis Reader, Francis Davis  781.65 DAV

Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop-- A History, Frank Driggs  781.65 DRI

Living With Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings, Ralph Ellison  781.65 ELL

Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century, Gary Giddins  781.65 GID

Jazz Planet, E. Taylor Atkins, editor  781.65 JAZ

Jazz on the River, William Howland Kenney  781.65 KEN

Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life, Wynton Marsalis  781.65 MAR

Living with Jazz, Dan Morgenstern  781.65 MOR

Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, Ben Ratliff  781.65 RAT

The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz, Loren Schoenberg  781.65 SCH

Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War,
Penny M. Von Eschen  781.65 VON

Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years, Scott Yanow  781.65 YAN

A New History of Jazz, Alyn Shipton  781.6509 SHI

Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood, A.J. Albany 781.65092 ALB

Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings Of Jazz, Joshua Berrett  781.65092 BER

One O'clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils,
Douglas Henry Daniels  781.65092 DAN

Just for a Thrill: Lil Harden Armstrong, First Lady of Jazz, James L. Dickerson  781.65092 DIC

Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians, Wayne Enstice  781.65092 ENS

Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band, Lawrence Gushee  781.65092 GUS

Tonight at Noon: A Love Story, Sue Graham Mingus  781.65092 MIN

A Jazz Odyssey: The Life of Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson  781.65092 PET

The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time: Ranking, Analysis & Photos,
Gene Rizzo  781.65092 RIZ

Jazz in Black & White: The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt, Duncan Schiedt 
OVERSIZE 781.65092 SCH

Giants of Jazz, Studs Terkel  781.65092 TER

Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide, Peter N. Wilson  781.65092 WIL

Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris,
Jeffrey H. Jackson 781.650944 JAC

Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce,
Alfred Appel, Jr. 781.953 APP

Classic Jazz [the musicians & recordings that shaped jazz, 1895-1933],
Scott Yanow  781.653 YAN

Miles Beyond: The Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991, Paul Tingen  788.92165 TIN

The Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet, Scott Yanow  788.92165 YAN

I, Wabenzi: A Souvenir, Rafi Zabor  813.54 ZAB

Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, James Gavin  B BAKER

So What: The Life Of Miles Davis, John Szwed  B DAVIS

Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way: A Biography, Peter J. Levinson  B DORSEY

Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie, Donald L. Maggin  B GILLESPIE

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones  B JONES

Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela, Hugh Masekela  B MASEKELA

Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton, Howard Reich  B MORTON

Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend, Michael Dregni  B REINHARDT

Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, David Ritz  B SCOTT

What is This Thing Called Jazz? [electronic resource]: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, Eric Porter  ONLINE

Jazz Cultures [electronic resource], David Ake  ONLINE

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volumes 1, 2, and 3, Barry Kernfeld, editor
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 1
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 2
REF 781.65 NEW VOL. 3

Jazz Sound Recordings:

There are too many to list. Browse the compact disc collection beginning at 781.65 for Jazz and 781.654 for Big Bands, or search for your favorite artist with the online catalog. Cannot find what you want? Ask at Information Services for help finding jazz sound recordings.

You may also listen to contemporary jazz through your computer! Naxos Music Library provides streaming music that you can download to your computer. It includes jazz, classical, new age, world and pop and rock. Over 90 United States and international jazz artists are included, such as Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Lina Nyberg, Los Angeles Jazz Quartet, Art Tatum, and more.

Naxos Music Library can be accessed remotely from home or office with a St. Charles Library Card and PIN number.

Videorecordings About Jazz, or With Jazz Themes:

Entertainment DVDs and VHS Videorecordings:

The Cotton Club [DVD videorecording]  DVD COT

The Lou Rawls Show [DVD videorecording]: with Duke Ellington  DVD LOU

Love Me Or Leave Me [DVD videorecording]  DVD LOV

Midnight Sun [DVD videorecording]: Cirque Du Soleil and the Montreal International Jazz Festival  DVD MID

Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies [DVD videorecording]  DVD SOP

Accent on the Offbeat [videorecording]  VIDEO ACC

Round Midnight [videorecording]  VIDEO ROU

Nonfiction DVDs and VHS Videorecordings, on the Nonfiction shelves:

Sousa to Satchmo [videorecording]: Marsalis on the Jazz Band  781.17 SOU

Buena Vista Social Club [videorecording]  781.6214 BUE

An Evening with Nat King Cole [DVD videorecording]  781.64 EVE

On the Road with Duke Ellington [DVD videorecording]: A Rare Visit Behind the Scenes with an American Jazz Legend  781.654 ON

Tell It Like It Is [DVD videorecording] The Neville Brothers  781.64 TEL

Three Mo' Tenors [DVD videorecording]: Live In Concert  781.64 THR

When I Fall in Love [DVD videorecording]: The One And Only Nat King Cole  781.64 WHE

Ray Charles Live [DVD videorecording]: In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony  781.643 RAY

Blue Note [videorecording]: A Story of Modern Jazz  781.65 BLU

Bob James Live at Montreux [DVD videorecording]  781.65 BOB

Bobby McFerrin: Try This at Home [DVD videorecording]  781.65 BOB

Brubeck Returns To Moscow [DVD videorecording]  781.65 BRU

Calle 54 [DVD videorecording]  781.65 CAL

Chick Corea, Rendezvous in New York [DVD videorecording]: Three Quartets Band  781.65 CHI

Dave Brubeck [DVD videorecording]: Featuring Paul Desmond  781.65 DAV

Diana Krall [DVD videorecording]: Live at the Montréal Jazz Festival  781.65 DIA

Dianne Reeves [DVD videorecording]: Live in Montreal  781.65 DIA

Dizzy Gillespie [DVD videorecording]: A Night in Chicago  781.65 DIZ

Duke Ellington [DVD videorecording]: Copenhagen 1965 Parts One and Two  781.65 DUK

Ella Fitzgerald Live at Montreux 1969 [DVD videorecording]  781.65 ELL

The Eye Is Never Filled [DVD videorecording]: Ken Nordine  781.65 EYE

Jam Miami [DVD sound recording]: A Celebration of Latin Jazz  781.65 JAM

The Last of the Blue Devils [DVD videorecording]  781.65 LAS

Live in New Orleans [DVD videorecording]: Norah Jones  781.65 LIV

Lou Rawls [DVD videorecording]  781.65 LOU

The Marsalis Family [DVD videorecording]: A Jazz Celebration  781.65 MAR

Miles Electric [DVD videorecording]: A Different Kind of Blue  781.65 MIL

One of These Nights [DVD videorecording]  781.65 ONE

Preservation Hall Jazz Band [DVD videorecording]: A Night in New Orleans  781.65 PRE

Sound of Jazz [DVD videorecording]  781.65 SOU

The Story of Jazz [videorecording]  781.65 STO

Taking a Chance on Love [DVD videorecording]: Jane Monheit in Concert  781.65 TAK

Sarah Vaughan [videorecording]: The Divine One  781.65092 SAR

Satchmo [DVD videorecording]: Louis Armstrong  781.65092 SAT

Swingin' the Blues [videorecording] Count Basie  781.65092 SWI

Thelonious Monk [videorecording]: American Composer  781.65092 THE

The world according to John Coltrane [DVD videorecording]  781.65092 WOR

The Big Band Sound of WWII [videorecording]  781.654 BIG

Count Basie [DVD videorecording]: Swinging at His Best  781.654 COU

Harry Connick, Jr. [DVD videorecording]: The New York Big Band Concert  781.654 HAR

Bird Now [videorecording]  781.655 BIR

Going Places New Orleans [videorecording]  917.6335 GOI

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