FolkLib Index - Jazz and Big Band Bibliography
          Complete details in order by author and date

(last updated .05-20-2010) - This Site's FAQ | Home Page | Site Maps | Links | Help | E-Mail the Webmaster |
          | Search this site | This Site is Best Viewed With Any Browser | Support Musi-Cal |
          | Wisconsin Jazz Musicians | Wisconsin Big Bands |

          This page lists books that include information about many different Jazz and Big Band recording artists and groups. - Opera Bibliography - Books which contain information about multiple artists in all other genres of music can be found on the Folk Music Bibliography page. Books about specific musicians, Bunny Berigan and Ben Sidran, can be found on the Single Musician Bibliography page.
          Note: This is not meant to be a complete list of every Jazz and Big Band book that exists. I leave that to others such as Eric ter Bals. My list is only those I own and those I have actually seen in local Wisconsin libraries. I have started indexing every Wisconsin musician that appears in these books. If I have no personal access to a book so I can Index it, it won't be listed here.

{..} = Who owns this reference book (see the complete code list in library)

          Complete details in order by author and date (top/bottom of page)
          Short list of all books in order by author and date

#gv - Erlewine, Michael with Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Scott Yanow, eds.   {A}{U}
          All Music Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.), San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman Books, 1998, 1384 p., ISBN: 0-87930-530-4, LC: 2000-268509
      ML156.4 J3 A45 1998 (.U)
1994, 751 p., (1st ed.), ISBN: 0-87930-308-5, LC: 94-11273
1996, 913 p., (2nd ed.), ISBN: 0-87930-407-3, LC: 2001-1271572
2002, 1472 p., (4th ed.), ISBN: 0-87930-717-X, LC: 2002-28031  

#dp - Feather, Leonard.   {F}{U}{AD}
          The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York: Horizon Press, 1955, 360 p., ISBN: none, LC: 55-10774 - Author links
      781.5709 - Fea (.F), ML3561 J3 E55 1955 (.U)

#dh - Feather, Leonard.   {A}{C}{F}{U}
          The New Edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York: Horizon Press, 1960, 527 p., ISBN: none, LC: 55-10774
      Ref 785.42 - F288e (.C), Ref 781.65 - Fea (.F), ML3561 J3 E55 1960 (.U)

#cb - Feather, Leonard.   {A}{C}{U}
          The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties, New York: Horizon Press, 1966, 312 p., ISBN: 0-517-204657, LC: 66-26705
      Ref 785.42 - F288e (.C), Ref ML105 F35 (.U)

#cc - Feather, Leonard & Ira Gitler.   {A}{C}{U}
          The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, New York: Horizon Press, 1976, 393 p., ISBN: 0-8180-1215-3, LC: 76-21196
      Ref 785.42 - F288e (.C), Ref ML105 F36 (.U)  

#hy - Holtje, Steve & Nancy Ann Lee, ed.   {A}
          MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide, Detroit/London: Visible Ink Press, 1998, 1392 p., ISBN: 1-57859-031-0, LC: 97-9713 - Visible Ink Press - front cover  

#dj - Kernfeld, Barry, ed.   {C}{F}{I}
          The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volume One, A-K, New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music Inc., London: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1988, 670 p., ISBN: 0-935859-39-X (set of 2), LC: 87-25452
      Ref 785.4203 - N532 (.C), Ref 781.65 - New (.F), Ref ML 102 - .J3 - N48 - 1998 (.I)

#ch - Kernfeld, Barry, ed.   {C}{F}{I}
          The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volume Two, L-Z, 690 p. (see above "Volume One")

#at - Kinkle, Roger D.   {C}
          The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950, 4 volumes, 2644 p., New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1974, ISBN: 0-87000-229-5, LC: 74-7109
      Ref 780.92 - K554c (.C)  

#bb - McCarthy, Albert, Alun Morgan, Paul Oliver & Max Harrison.   {C}
          Jazz on Record: A Critical Guide to the First 50 Years: 1917-1967, London: Hanover Books, 1968, 416 p., ISBN: none, LC: 68-57794
      Ref 781.57 - J428 (.C)  

#ju - Neely, Tim, ed.   {A}
          Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide, Iola, WI: Krause Publications , 2000, 543 p., ISBN: 0-87341-384-9, LC: 99-68155  

#be - Oliver, Paul, Max Harrison & William Bolcom.   {C}
          The New Grove Gospel, Blues and Jazz with Spirituals and Ragtime, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1986, 395 p., ISBN: 0-393-01696-X (hbk.) 0-393-30100-1 (pbk.), LC: 88-128521
      783.7 - O48n (.C)  

#jy - Simon, George T., ed.   {A}{U}
          The Big Bands, Foreward by Frank Sinatra, (7th Printing) London: The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1967, 537 p., ISBN: none, LC: 67-26643 - Author links - FolkLib on-line book index
      ML3561 J3 S527 (.U)

#iz - Swenson, John, ed.   {A}
          The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide, New York: Random House, 1999, 781 p., ISBN: 0-679-76873-4, LC: 98-43120 - front cover  

#dn - Umphred, Neal.   {C}{F}
          Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums, 1949-1969, Iola, WI: Krause, Publications, 1992, 416 p., ISBN: 0-87341-201-X, LC: 92-71452
      Ref 780.266 - U52gj (.C), 780.266075 - Ump (.F)

All the above books in order by author and date
          {A,C,E,F,I,L,U,AD} = Library Codes
  1. #gv.     Erlewine, All Music Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.), 1998 {A}{U}
  2. #dp     Feather, The Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1955 {U}{AD}
  3. #dh.     Feather, The New Edition of the Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1960 {A}{C}{F}{U}
  4. #cb.     Feather, The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties, 1966 {A}{C}{U}
  5. #cc.     Feather & Gitler, The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, 1976 {A}{C}{U}
  6. #hy.     Holtje & Lee, MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide, 1998 {A}
  7. #dj     Kernfeld, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Vol. One, A_K, 1988 {C}{F}{I}
  8. #ch     Kernfeld, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Vol. Two, L-Z, 1988 {C}{F}{I}
  9. #at     Kinkle, The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950, 1974 {C}
  10. #bb     McCarthy, Morgan, Oliver & Harrison, Jazz on Record, 1968 {C}
  11. #ju.     Neely, Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide, 2000, ? ed. {A}
  12. #be     Oliver, The New Grove Gospel, Blues and Jazz with Spirituals and Ragtime, 1986 {C}
  13. #jy     Simon, The Big Bands, 1967 {A}{U}
  14. #iz.     Swenson, The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide, 1999 {A}
  15. #dn     Umphred, Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums, 1949-1969, 1992 {C}{F}

    "#??" = books to be added above sometime in the future

  16. #??     Balliett, Whitney, Jelly Roll, Jabbo & Fats: 19 Portraits in Jazz, 1983, 197 p., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Toronto, Melbourne - 0-19-503425-2, LC: 82-22557 {A}
    Discographers: Hugues Panassie, Charles Delaunay; Musicians: Sidney Bechet, Tommy Benford, Doc Cheatam, Ornette Coleman, Vic Dickerson, Erroll Garner, Sonny Greer, Lee Konitz, Ellis Larkins, Dave McKenna, Freddie Moore, Michael Moore, Jelly Roll Morton, Jabbo Smith p. 63-73, Fats Waller, Dick Wellstood, Lester Young
  17. #??.     Bogdanov, Woodstra & Erlewine, All Music Guide to Jazz, 2002, 4th ed. {A}{E}{U} - 0-87930-717-X
  18. #??     Carner,
  19. #??     Carr, Ian, Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley, Jazz: The Essential Companion, 1988, 562 p., Simon & Schuster; 1st edition (October 1988), - 0-13-509274-4, 88-2498, {E}
  20. #??.     Carr, Fairweather & Priestley, The Rough Guide to Jazz, 2004, 3rd ed. {A} - 1-84353-256-5
  21. #??     Case & Britt, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1978 {F} - 0-517-53343-X
  22. #??     Chilton, John, Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, 1985, 16 p., Da Capo Press, New York, NY; 4th Rev. Sub edition (May 1985), - 0-306-76271-4, 84-20062 {E} 781.65 C53w
  23. #??     Cook & Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette, 1994 2nd ed., 1514 p. {F}{U} - 0-14-017949-6
              {F} 781.650266 Coo
    1992 1st ed., 1287 p. (1312 p. per Amazon) - 0140153640
              {D} 781.65 C773p
    1996 3rd ed., "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc"
    1998 4th ed., 1745 p. {U} - 0-14-051383-3
              {U} Ref ML156.4 J3 C67 1998
  24. #??.     Dale, The World of Jazz, 1980 {A} - 0-525-70650-X
  25. #??.     Dance, The World of Swing: An Oral History of Big Band Jazz, 2001, 2nd ed. {A} - 0-306-81016-6
              - Author links - FolkLib on-line book index
  26. #??     Delaunay, Charles with Walter E. Schaap & George Avakian (ed.), New Hot Discography: The Standard Directory of Recorded Jazz, 1948, 608 p., Criterion Music Corp.,New York, NY, - ISBN: none, LC: ? [lists 78's only] {U} ML156.4 J3 D42
  27. #??     Erlewine, All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.), 1996 - 0-87930-407-3
  28. #??     Feather, Leonard G., The Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1984, 527 p., Da Capo Press, New York, NY - 0-306-80214-7, LC: 83-26164, {E}
  29. #??     Feather, The Encyclopedia Yearbooks of Jazz, 1993, 190 p., Da Capo Press, New York, NY - 0-306-80529-4, LC: 93-24116, {U}
  30. #??     Feather, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1999 {U} - 0-19-507418-1
  31. #??     Ferguson & Johnson, Mainstream Jazz Reference and Price Guide, 1949-1965, 1984 {F} - 0-89019-085-2
  32. #??     Harris, Rex & Brian Rust, Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide, 1958, 256 p., Penguin Books, Mitchan, Victoria, Australia - ISBN: none, LC: ?, {U} ML156.4 J3 H3
  33. #??     Harrison, Max, Charles Fox & Eric Thacker, The Essential Jazz Records: Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing, 1984, 595 p., Greenwood Press - 0-313-24674-2, LC: 84-7926, {U} ML156.4 J3 H33
  34. #??     Harrison, Max, Eric Thacker & Stuart Nicholson, The Essential Jazz Records: Volume 2: Modernism to Postmodernism, 2000, 889 p., Mansell Publishing Ltd., London, England & New York, NY, - 0-7201-1822-0, LC: 99-40414, {U} ML156.4 J3 H33
              [Within the chronological periods organization of these books, the album titles and artists are in no discernable order that I could determine. All albums by the same artist are not in the same place.]
  35. #??     Kernfeld, Barry, The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz, 1995, 588 p., Blackwell Publishers; 2nd Rev. Ed. - 0-631-20075-4, LC: 95-762 {U} ML156.4 J3 B66
  36. #??.     Kernfeld, Barry, The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz, 1996, 588 p., Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition - 0-631-19552-1, LC: ?
  37. #??.     Kernfeld, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (in one volume), 1994 {A} - 0-312-11357-9
  38. #??     Kernfeld, Barry, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (in three volumes), 2001, 3300 p., Grove Publications; 2nd Rev. Ed. - 0-33369189-X, LC: 2001-040794, {U} Ref ML102 J3 N48
    1988 (1st ed.), Volume 1: A-Fuzz
  39. #??     Koerner, Swing Kings, 1997, {E} - 1-56799-358-3
  40. #??.     Knopper, MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide, 1998 {A} - 1-57859-048-5
  41. #??.     Knopper, MusicHound Swing: The Essential Album Guide, 1999 {A} - 1-57859-091-4
  42. #??     Lyons & Perlo, Jazz Portraits, The Lives and Music of the Jazz Masters, 1989 {F} - 0-688-04946-X
  43. #??     Lyttelton, The Best of Jazz: Basin Street to Harlem: Jazz Masters and Masterpieces, 1917-1930, 1978 {U} - 0-8008-0727-8
  44. #??     Lyttelton, The Best of Jazz II: Enter the Giants, 1931-1944, 1981 {U} - 0-8008-0728-6
  45. #??     McRae, The Jazz Handbook, 1987 {E} - 0-8161-9096-8
  46. #??.     Morgenstern & Meyer, Living With Jazz: A Reader, 2004 {A} - 0-375-42072-X
  47. #??     Neely, Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide, 2004 {F} - 0-87349-804-6
  48. #??     Panassie, Hugues, Guide to Jazz, 1991 {U} - ISBN: ?
  49. #??     Panassie, Hugues & Madeleine Gautier, Guide to Jazz, 1956, 312 p., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston / The Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, ISBN: none, 56-10291 {U} ?
  50. #??     Piazza, The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz, 1995 {U} - 0-87745-489-2
  51. #??     Rust, Brian Rust's Guide to Discography, 1980 {F} - 0-313-22086-7
  52. #??.     Schoenberg, Loren, The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz, Foreward by Wynton Marsalis, 2002, 304 p., Perigee Trade; 1st ed. - 0-399-52794-X, LC: ?, {A}
  53. #??.     Sidran, Talking Jazz: An Illustrated Oral History, 1992 {A} - 1-56640-074-0
  54. #??     Stroff, Discovering Great Jazz: A New Listener's Guide to the Sounds and Styles of the Top Musicians and their Recordings on CDs, LPs, and Cassettes, 1991 {F} - ISBN: ?
  55. #??     Terkel, Giants of Jazz, 2002 {F} (1st ed. 1957) - 1-56584-769-5
  56. #??.     Walker, The Big Band Almanac, 1978 {A} - 0-378-01991-0 - FolkLib on-line book index
  57. #??     Wilson, The Collector's Jazz: Modern, 1959 {F} - ISBN: none
  58. #??     Wynn, Erlewine, Bogdanov & Woodstra, All Music Guide to Jazz, 1994, (1st ed.) {E}{U} - 0-87930-308-5
  59. #??.     Yanow, Third Ear: Bebop, 2000 {A} - 0-87930-608-4
  60. #??.     Yanow, Third Ear: Classic Jazz: The Musicians & Recordings That Shaped Jazz, 1895-1933, 2001 {A} - 0-87930-659-9
  61. #??     Yanow, Third Ear: Swing, 2000 {A}{F} - 0-87930-600-9
  62. #??.     Yanow, Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound of Jazz Trumpet, 2001 {A} - 0-87930-640-8

    "#??" = books to be added to the Single Musician Bibliography sometime in the future

  63. #??     Clancy & Kenton. Woody Herman: Chronicles of the Herds, 1995 (no discography) {F} - 0-02870496-7
  64. #0005     Dupuis, Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend of Jazz, 2005 ( Selected Discography p. 327-346) {A}
  65. #??     Herman & Stroup, The Woodchopper's Ball: The Autobiography of Woody Herman, 1990 (no discography) {F} - 0-525-24853-6
  66. #??     Lees, Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman, 1995 (no discography) {F} - 0-19-505671-X
  67. #??     Shaughnessy, Les Paul: An American Original, 1993 (discography *) {AD}
  68. #0004     Sidran, A Life in The Music, 2003 (discography p. 315, 24 1971-2002 solo albums only, no mention of session work, band membership, or various artists collections appearances) {A}
  69. #??     Voce, Woody Herman, 1986 (selected discography *) {AD} - 0948820039
              * I have not yet seen a copy of this book so I don't know the "complete" or "selected" status of any included discography

    Other books which are not primarily about Jazz musicians:

  70. #ir     Corenthal, The Illustrated History of Wisconsin Music: 1840-1990 - 150 Years of Melodies and Memories, 1991 {A}
  71. #dg     DeCurtis, Henke & George-Warren, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, 1992 {A}
          Non-Jazz: BoDeans 71 --- Chordettes 133 --- Commander Cody 156 --- Go-Go's 285 (w/Jane Wiedlin) --- Jerry Harrison 309 --- Highwaymen 320 (w/Steve Butts) --- Holy Modal Rounders 326 (w/Peter Stampfel) --- Joy of Cooking 383 (w/Toni Brown) --- Keedy 389 --- Kevn Kinney 402 --- Steve Miller 475 --- The New Christy Minstrels 503 (w/Dave Ellingson) --- Righteous Brothers 590 (w/Bobby Hatfield) --- Boz Scaggs 621 --- Three Dog Night 707 (w/Joe Schermie) --- Violent Femmes 741-2 --- Jane Wiedlin 765 Jazz
  72. #??     George-Warren, Romanowski & Pareles, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century, 2001 6th ed. {A}
          Non-Jazz: Luther Allison 13 --- Adrian Belew 64 --- BoDeans 96 --- Kim Carnes 149-50 (w/Dave Ellingson --- Commander Cody 202-3 --- Go-Go's 379-80 (w/Jane Wiedlin) --- Holy Modal Rounders 440 (w/Peter Stampfel) --- Joy of Cooking 513 (w/Toni Brown) --- Steve Miller Band 651-3 --- Michael Martin Murphey 677 --- Tracy Nelson 686 --- The New Christy Minstrels 691 (w/Dave Ellingson) --- Righteous Brothers 824 (w/Bobby Hatfield) --- Boz Scaggs 860-1 --- Talking Heads 969-70 (w/Jerry Harrison) --- Three Dog Night 989-90 (w/Joe Schermie) --- Timbuk 3 992 --- Violent Femmes 1038 Jazz
  73. #ba     Marsh & Swenson, The New Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1983 {A}{C}{F}
          Non-Jazz: Luther Allison 8 --- Bad Boy 23 --- Chi Coltrane 109 --- Commander Cody 109-10 --- Go-Go's 200 (w/Jane Wiedlin) --- Holy Modal Rounders 230 (w/Peter Stampfel) --- Joy of Cooking 267 (w/Toni Brown) --- Steve Miller Band 336 --- Michael Murphey 350 --- Tracy Nelson 355 --- Righteous Brothers 423 (w/Bobby Hatfield) --- Boz Scaggs 448 --- Sweetbottom 500 --- Three Dog Night 512 (w/Joe Schermie) Jazz
  74. #iv     Masino, Famous Wisconsin Musicians, 2003 {A}
  75. #ha     Myers, Do You Hear That Beat: Wisconsin Pop/Rock in the 50's & 60's, 1994 {A}
  76. #kw     Myers, On That Wisconsin Beat: More Pop/Rock/Soul/Country in the 50's & 60's, 2006 {A}
  77. #fo     Romanowski, George-Warren & Pareles, The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Completely Revised and Updated, 1995, 3rd ed. {A}
          Non-Jazz: Luther Allison 15 --- Adrian Belew 66 --- BoDeans 99 --- Commander Cody 205 --- Go-Go's 381-3 (w/Jane Wiedlin) --- Holy Modal Rounders 449 (w/Peter Stampfel) --- Joy of Cooking 526 (w/Toni Brown) --- Steve Miller 665-6 --- Michael Martin Murphey 689 --- Tracy Nelson 698-9 --- The New Christy Minstrels 703-4 (w/Dave Ellingson) --- Righteous Brothers 834-5 (w/Bobby Hatfield) --- Boz Scaggs 875-6 --- Talking Heads 979-80 (w/Jerry Harrison) --- Three Dog Night 1002-3 (w/Joe Schermie) --- Timbuk 3 1006 Jazz
  78. #kx     Tobler, ed., Who's Who in Rock & Roll, 1991 {A}
          Non-Jazz: Commander Cody 72 --- Go-Go's 136 (w/Jane Wiedlin) --- Steve Miller 202-3 --- Righteous Brothers 264-5 (w/Bobby Hatfield) --- Three Dog Night 314-5 (w/Joe Schermie) Jazz

Non-Jazz Wisconsin musicians mentioned above:

          Luther Allison - Bad Boy - Adrian Belew - The BoDeans - Dave Ellingson - Toni Brown - Steve Butts - The Chordettes - Chi Coltrane - Commander Cody - Jerry Harrison - Bobby Hatfield - Keedy - Kevn Kinney - Steve Miller - Michael Martin Murphey - Tracy Nelson - Boz Scaggs - Joe Schermie - Peter Stampfel - Sweetbottom - Timbuk 3 - Violent Femmes - Jane Wiedlin - Glenn Yarbrough

Library Codes - (aka Who owns the books listed above) 

 {A} = I own
 {C} = Oshkosh Public Library
 {D} = Neenah Public Library
 {E} = Menasha Public Library
 {F} = Appleton Public Library
 {I} = UW Oshkosh - Polk Library
 {L} = Fond du Lac Public Library
 {U} = Lawrence University - Mudd Library
{AD} = UW-Madison - Mills Music Library

Known links to this page:

URL: http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/bibliog8.shtml
Please send additions and/or corrections to Doug Henkle: henkle@pobox.com
P.O. Box 1447, Oshkosh, WI 54903-1447

Copyright © 2008-2010 Douglas H. Henkle, All Rights Reserved.