Quella che segue è una vasta panoramica sulla bibliografia del jazz.^[1] Contiene oltre alla bibliografia in generale, autobiografie, biografie, teoria musicale, cenni sui principali strumenti, fotografia e un paio di case discografiche.

• David Andrew Ake, Jazz Cultures, University of California Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-520-92696-7.
• David Ake, Charles Hiroshi Garrett e Daniel Goldmark, Jazz/Not Jazz: The Music and Its Boundaries, University of California Press, 13 maggio 2012, ISBN 978-0-520-95135-8.
• E. Taylor Atkins, Jazz Planet, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1º novembre 2003, p. 151, ISBN 978-1-57806-609-4.
• Joachim-Ernst Berendt, The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century, 7ª ed., Chicago, Ill., Lawrence Hill Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55652820-0.
• Lars Bjorn, Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60, University of Michigan Press, 2001, ISBN 0-472-06765-6.
• Vladimir Bogdanov (a cura di), All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music, 4ª ed., San Francisco, CA, Backbeat Books [u.a.], 2002, ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2.
• Jean A. Boyd, The Jazz of the Southwest: An Oral History of Western Swing, University of Texas Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-292-70860-0.
• Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley e Chris Parker, Jazz: The Rough Guide, Rough Guides, 1995, ISBN 978-1-85828-137-7.
• Samuel Barclay Charters, Jazz: A History of the New York Scene, Da Capo Press, 1962, ISBN 978-0-306-80225-6.
• Linton Chiswick, Milestones of Jazz: A Chronological History of Jazz Music in Photographs, CLB, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85833-764-7.
• James Lincoln Collier, Jazz, Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-19-535722-6.
• James L. Jr. Conyers, African American Jazz and Rap: Social and Philosophical Examinations of Black Expressive Behavior, McFarland, 26 dicembre 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-6238-4.
• Mervyn Cooke e David Horn, The Cambridge Companion to Jazz, Cambridge Companions to Music, Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-521-66388-5.
• Richard Cook e Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz, Penguin, 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
• Bill Crow, Jazz Anecdotes : Second Time Around, Oxford University Press, 12 agosto 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-972648-6.
• Scott Knowles DeVeaux, The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History, University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-520-21665-5.
• Michael Dregni, Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz, Fulcrum Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-933108-10-0.
• Frank Driggs e Chuck Haddix, Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – A History, Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-530712-2.
• Geoff Dyer, But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz, Canongate Books, 10 maggio 2012, ISBN 978-0-85786-335-5.
• Leonard Feather e Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 18 novembre 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-972907-4.
• Raul A. Fernandez, From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz, University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-520-93944-8.
• Krin Gabbard, Jazz Among the Discourses, Duke University Press, 1º gennaio 1995, ISBN 0-8223-1596-3.
• Krin Gabbard, Representing Jazz, Duke University Press, 1º gennaio 1995, ISBN 0-8223-1594-7.
• Charley Gerard, Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community, Praeger, 1º gennaio 1998, ISBN 978-0-275-96198-5.
• Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz: The First Century, Oxford University Press, 22 ottobre 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-987953-3.
• Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 8 aprile 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-983187-6.
• Ted Gioia, The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0199937394.
• Ted Gioia, West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960, University of California Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-520-21729-4.
• Ira Gitler, Swing to Bop : An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s, Oxford University Press, 7 novembre 1985, ISBN 978-0-19-536411-8.
• Jim Godbolt, A History of Jazz in Britain: 1919 – 1950, Northway Publications, gennaio 2010, ISBN 978-0-9557888-1-9.
• Leslie Gourse, Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists, Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-19-510647-3.
• Daniel Hardie, Jazz Historiography: The Story of Jazz History Writing, iUniverse, 11 dicembre 2013, ISBN 978-1-4917-1444-7.
• Thomas J. Hennessey, From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890–1935, Wayne State University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8143-2179-8.
• Todd S. Jenkins, Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-33313-2.
• Barry Kernfeld (a cura di), The New Grove dictionary of Jazz, 2ª ed., New York, Grove's Dictionaries, 2002, ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
• Barry Kernfeld, What to Listen for in Jazz, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0300072594.
• Bill Kirchner, The Oxford Companion to Jazz, Oxford University Press, 14 luglio 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-518359-7.
• Karl Koenig, Jazz in Print (1859–1929), Pendragon Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-57647-024-4.
• Tom Larson, History and Tradition of Jazz, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7575-8727-6.
• Christopher Meeder, Jazz: The Basics, Routledge, 6 agosto 2012, ISBN 978-1-135-88712-4.
• Mark Miller, Some Hustling This! – Taking Jazz to the World, 1914–1929, The Mercury Press, 2005, ISBN 1-55128-119-8.
• Robin J. Miller, The Jazz History Quilt, AuthorHouse, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4208-3566-3.
• Tim Neely, Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Krause Publications, 28 febbraio 2011, ISBN 978-1-4402-2772-1.
• Mitchell Newton-Matza, Jazz Age: People and Perspectives, ABC-CLIO, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59884-033-9.
• Kathy J. Ogren, The Jazz Revolution, Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-19-536062-2.
• Thomas Owens, Bebop, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-535553-6.
• Dennis Owsley, City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895–1973, Reedy Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-933370-04-0.
• Eric Porter, What Is This Thing Called Jazz?: African American Musicians as Artists, Critics, and Activists, University of California Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-520-92840-4.
• Ben Ratliff, The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music, 1st pbk., New York, Times Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0805090864.
• Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, Oxford University Press, 1968, ISBN 978-0-19-504043-2.
• Arnold Shaw, The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s, Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-506082-9.
• Marshall Winslow Stearns, The Story of Jazz, Oxford University Press, 1956, ISBN 978-0-19-501269-9.
• Frank Tirro, Jazz: A History, Norton, 1993, ISBN 978-0-393-96368-7.
• Peter Townsend, Jazz in American Culture, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2000, ISBN 978-1-57806-324-6.
• Robert Walser, Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History, Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-976577-5.
• Geoffrey C. Ward, Jazz: A History of America's Music, Pimlico, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7126-6769-2.
• Candice Watkins e Arnett Howard, Ohio Jazz: A History of Jazz in the Buckeye State^{[collegamento interrotto]}, The History Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-60949-575-6.
• Scott Yanow, Bebop, Miller Freeman Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-87930-608-3.
• Scott Yanow, Swing, San Francisco, Miller Freeman, 2000, ISBN 978-0879306007.
• Bob Yurochko, A Short History of Jazz, Rowman & Littlefield, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8304-1595-3.

Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writings, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-19-514046-0.
• Michel Boujut, Louis Armstrong, Rizzoli, 1998, ISBN 9780847821310.
• Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, W. W. Norton & Company, 17 aprile 2007, ISBN 978-0-393-33001-4.
• James Lincoln Collier, Louis Armstrong: An American Genius, Oxford University Press, 1983, ISBN 978-0-19-536507-8.
• Gary Giddins e Louis Armstrong, Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong, Da Capo Press, 1º marzo 2009, ISBN 978-0-7867-3145-9.
• Scott Allen Nollen, Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career, McFarland, 1º gennaio 2004, ISBN 978-0-7864-1857-2.
• Ilse Storb, Louis Armstrong: the definitive biography, Peter Lang, 1999, ISBN 9780820431031.
• Teachout, Terry. Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. (2009)
• Nel Yomtov, Louis Armstrong: Jazz Legend^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Capstone Press, Incorporated, 1º luglio 2012, ISBN 978-1-62065-267-1.

Count Basie

• Count Basie, Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN 0-306-81107-3.
• Bill Cole, Miles Davis: the early years, Da Capo Press, 1974, ISBN 978-0-306-80554-7.
• Stanley Dance, The World of Count Basie^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Da Capo Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-306-80245-4.
• Bud Kliment, Count Basie, Holloway House Publishing, 1º gennaio 1994, ISBN 978-0-87067-776-2.
• Ken Vail, Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, 1936-1950, Scarecrow Press, 1º gennaio 2003, ISBN 978-0-8108-4882-5.

Art Blakey

• Alan Goldsher, Hard Bop Academy: The Sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002, ISBN 978-0-634-03793-1.
• Leslie Gourse, Art Blakey, Schirmer Trade Books, ISBN 978-0-85712-837-9.
• John Ramsay, Art Blakey's Jazz Messages, Alfred Music Publishing, 1994, ISBN 978-0-7604-0009-8.

John Coltrane

• David Baker, The Jazz Style of John Coltrane: A Musical and Historical Perspective, Alfred Music Publishing, 1980, ISBN 978-1-4574-9414-7.
• Rachel Barron, John Coltrane: Jazz Revolutionary, Morgan Reynolds, 2002, ISBN 978-1-883846-57-2.
• Leonard Brown, John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music, Oxford University Press, 11 agosto 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-977974-1.
• Bill Cole, John Coltrane^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Da Capo Press, 2001, ISBN 0-306-81062-X.
• Gary Golio, Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, ISBN 978-0-547-23994-1.
• Eric Nisenson, Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest, Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 5 agosto 2009, ISBN 978-0-7867-5095-5.
• Lewis Porter, Chris DeVito, David Wild, Yasuhiro Fujioka e Wolf Schmaler, The John Coltrane Reference, Routledge, 26 aprile 2013, ISBN 978-1-135-09794-3.
• Lewis Porter, John Coltrane: His Life and Music, University of Michigan Press, gennaio 1998, ISBN 978-0-472-10161-0.
• Martin Smith, John Coltrane: jazz, racism and resistance, Redwords, 30 settembre 2003, ISBN 978-1-872208-22-0.
• J.C. Thomas, Chasin the Trane, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 6 giugno 2012, ISBN 978-0-307-82032-7.

Bing Crosby

• Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (2001)
• Giddins, Gary. Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star (2018)

Miles Davis

• Ron Carter, Clark Terry, Lenny White, Greg Tate, Ashley Kahn e Robin D. G. Kelley, Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History, Voyageur Press, 19 novembre 2012, ISBN 978-0-7603-4262-6.
• Ian Carr, Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography, HarperCollins, 1999, ISBN 978-0-00-653026-8.
• Miles Davis, Miles, Simon and Schuster, 15 settembre 1990, ISBN 978-0-671-72582-2.
• John Szwed, So What: The Life of Miles Davis, Random House, 31 maggio 2012, ISBN 978-1-4481-0646-2.
• Keith Waters, The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68, Oxford University Press, 11 febbraio 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-983016-9.

Duke Ellington

• David Bradbury, Duke Ellington, Haus Publishing, 1º gennaio 2005, p. 166, ISBN 978-1-904341-66-6.
• Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, University of Chicago Press, 15 maggio 2010, p. 349, ISBN 978-0-226-11265-7.
• Duke Ellington, Music is My Mistress^{[collegamento interrotto]}, Da Capo Press, 1976, ISBN 978-0-306-80033-7.
• John Franceschina, Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, McFarland, 15 marzo 2001, ISBN 978-0-7864-5026-8.
• Andrea Davis Pinkney, Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, Turtleback Books, 12 dicembre 2006, ISBN 978-1-4177-2883-1.
• Teachout, Terry. Duke. (2013)
• Mark Tucker e Duke Ellington, The Duke Ellington Reader, Oxford University Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-19-509391-9.
• Barry Ulanov, Duke Ellington, Da Capo Press, 1975, ISBN 978-0-306-70727-8.

Bill Evans

• Peter Pettinger, Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Yale University Press, agosto 2002, ISBN 978-0-300-09727-6.
• Keith Shadwick, Bill Evans: Everything Happens to Me, a Musical Biography, Backbeat, 2002, ISBN 978-0-87930-708-0.

Ella Fitzgerald

• Ron Fritts e Ken Vail, Ella Fitzgerald: The Chick Webb Years & Beyond, Scarecrow Press, 1º gennaio 2003, ISBN 978-0-8108-4881-8.
• Leslie Gourse, The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary, Schirmer Books, 1998, ISBN 978-0-02-864625-1.
• Bud Kliment, Ella Fitzgerald: Singer, Facts On File, 1º gennaio 1989, ISBN 978-0-7910-0220-9.
• Katherine E. Krohn, Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song, Twenty-First Century Books, 1º gennaio 2001, ISBN 978-0-8225-4933-8.
• Stuart Nicholson, Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition, Routledge, 22 luglio 2014, ISBN 978-1-136-78814-7.
• Tanya Lee Stone, Ella Fitzgerald: A Twentieth Century Life, Viking, 2008, ISBN 978-0-670-06149-5.

Dizzy Gillespie

• Dizzy Gillespie, To Be, Or Not-- to Bop, U of Minnesota Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8166-6547-1.
• Gary Golio, Bird&Diz, Candlewick Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-763-66660-6.
• Piet Koster e Chris Sellers, Dizzy Gillespie: 1953-1987, Micrography, 1988, ISBN 978-90-6419-028-5.
• Alyn Shipton, Groovin' High : The Life of Dizzy Gillespie: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, Oxford University Press, 3 giugno 1999, ISBN 978-0-19-534938-2.
• Ken Vail, Dizzy Gillespie: the Bebop Years, 1937-1952, Scarecrow Press, 1º gennaio 2003, ISBN 978-0-8108-4880-1.

Benny Goodman

• James Lincoln Collier, Benny Goodman and the Swing Era, Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-505278-7.
• Donald Russell Connor, Benny Goodman: Wrappin' it Up, Scarecrow Press, 1º gennaio 1996, ISBN 978-0-8108-3102-5.
• Donald Russell Connor, Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy, Scarecrow Press and the Institute of Jazz Studies, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8108-2095-1.
• Bruce Crowther, Benny Goodman, Apollo, 1988, ISBN 978-0-948820-04-5.
• Ross Firestone, Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life & Times of Benny Goodman, Norton, 1º agosto 1994, ISBN 978-0-393-31168-6.

Billie Holiday

• Magdalena Alagna, Billie Holiday, The Rosen Publishing Group, 1º maggio 2002, ISBN 978-0-8239-3640-3.
• Donald Clarke, Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon, Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 1º aprile 2009, ISBN 978-0-7867-3087-2.
• Gary Golio, Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song, Millbrook, 2017, ISBN 978-1-512-43863-5.
• Meg Greene, Billie Holiday: A Biography, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-313-33629-4.
• David Margolick, Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society and an Early Cry for Civil Rights, Canongate Books, 27 giugno 2013, ISBN 978-1-78211-252-5.
• Robert O'Meally, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, Arcade Publishing, ottobre 1993, ISBN 978-1-55970-200-3.

Pat Metheny

• Cooke, Mervyn. Pat Metheny: The ECM Years (2017)
• Niles, Richard. The Pat Metheny Interviews (2009)

Charles Mingus

• Mario Dunkel, Aesthetics of Resistance: Charles Mingus and the Civil Rights Movement, LIT Verlag Münster, ottobre 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-90254-2.
• Charles Mingus, Beneath the Underdog, Canongate Books, 15 ottobre 1998, ISBN 978-1-84767-616-0.
• Charles Mingus e John F. Goodman, Mingus Speaks, University of California Press, 1º aprile 2013, ISBN 978-0-520-27523-2.
• Gene Santoro, Myself When I am Real : The Life and Music of Charles Mingus: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus, Oxford University Press, 20 luglio 2000, ISBN 978-0-19-802578-8.

Thelonious Monk

• Thomas Fitterling, Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music, Berkeley Hills Books, 1997, ISBN 978-0-9653774-1-6.
• Leslie Gourse, Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk, Music Sales Corporation, 1998, ISBN 978-0-8256-7229-3.
• Robin Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Simon and Schuster, 8 dicembre 2009, ISBN 978-1-4391-9049-4.
• Gabriel Solis, Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making, University of California Press, 1º gennaio 2007, ISBN 978-0-520-94096-3.

Charlie Parker

• Stanley Crouch, Kansas City Lightning, HarperCollins, 24 settembre 2013, ISBN 978-0-06-231406-2.
• Gary Golio, Bird&Diz, Candlewick Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-763-66660-6.
• The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1º gennaio 1998, ISBN 978-0-313-29168-5.
• Mark Miller, Cool Blues Charlie Parker in Canada, 1953, Nightwood Editions, 1989, ISBN 0-88971-119-4.
• Brian Priestley, Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker, Oxford University Press, 1º maggio 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-532709-0.
• Brian Priestley, Charlie Parker, Spellmount, 1984, ISBN 978-0-88254-906-4.
• Christopher Raschka, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, Scholastic Inc., 1997, ISBN 978-0-531-07095-6.
• Robert George Reisner, Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, Da Capo Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-306-80069-6.
• Carl Woideck, Charlie Parker: His Music and Life, University of Michigan Press, 1998, ISBN 0-472-08555-7.

Art Pepper

• Art Pepper e Laurie Pepper, Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 9 settembre 2009, ISBN 978-0-7867-5157-0.
• Todd Selbert, The Art Pepper Companion: Writings on a Jazz Original, Cooper Square Publishing, LLC, 1º gennaio 2003, ISBN 978-0-8154-1265-6.

Sonny Rollins

• Eric Nisenson, Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation, Perseus Books Group, 2 dicembre 2000, ISBN 978-0-306-80988-0.
• Richard Palmer, Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge, A&C Black, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8264-6916-8.
• Peter Niklas Wilson, Sonny Rollins: The Definitive Musical Guide, Berkeley Hills Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1-893163-06-5.
• The Jazz Style of Sonny Rollins: A Musical and Historical Perspective, Studio P/R, 1980, ISBN 978-1-4574-9416-1.

Fats Waller

• Ed Kirkeby, Duncan P. Schiedt e Sinclair Traill, Ain't Misbehavin': The Story of Fats Waller, Da Capo Press, 1975, ISBN 978-0-306-80015-3.
• Alyn Shipton, Fats Waller, A&C Black, 1º aprile 2005, ISBN 978-0-8264-7619-7.
• Fats Waller, Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller: Performances in Transcription, 1927–1943, A-R Editions, 1º gennaio 2001, ISBN 978-0-89579-467-3.

• Noah Baerman, Mastering Jazz Keyboard, Alfred Music Publishing, 1998, ISBN 978-0-88284-914-0.
• David Baker, Jazz Pedagogy: A Comprehensive Method of Jazz Education for Teacher and Student, Alfred Music Publishing, 1981, ISBN 978-1-4574-2614-8.
• Shelly Berg, Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory, Teacher's Answer Key: Book & 3 CDs, Alfred Music, 1º ottobre 2006, ISBN 978-0-7390-4263-2.
• Paul F. Berliner, Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation, University of Chicago Press, 5 ottobre 2009, ISBN 978-0-226-04452-1.
• Jerry Coker, Elements of the jazz language for the developing improvisor, Alfred Music Publishing, 1991, ISBN 978-1-57623-875-2.
• Willie Hill, Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator's Handbook and Resource Guide, Alfred Music, gennaio 2002, ISBN 978-0-7579-9125-7.
• Fisher Jody, Complete Jazz Guitar Method: Beginning Jazz Guitar, Alfred Music Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4574-0828-1.
• Mark Levine, The Jazz Piano Book, O'Reilly Media, 12 gennaio 2011, ISBN 978-1-4571-0144-1.
• Mark Levine, The Jazz Theory Book, O'Reilly Media, 12 gennaio 2011, ISBN 978-1-4571-0145-8.
• Eric Marienthal, Ultimate Jazz Play-Along (Jam with Eric Marienthal): B-Flat, Book & CD, Alfred Music, 1º luglio 1997, ISBN 978-1-57623-940-7.
• Doug Munro, The 21st Century Pro Method: Jazz Guitar/Swing to Bebop, Alfred Music Publishing, 1999, ISBN 978-0-7692-8931-1.
• Michael Orta, Jazz Etudes for Piano, Alfred Music Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4574-0369-9.
• John La Porta, 10 Easy Jazz Duets: For Flute, Guitar, Violin, Vibraphone, Piano: C Edition, Alfred Music, 1º aprile 1996, ISBN 978-0-7692-3333-8.
• Ken Prouty, Knowing Jazz: Community, Pedagogy, and Canon in the Information Age, U. Press of Mississippi, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61703-164-9.
• Ricker Ramon, Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation, Alfred Music Publishing, 27 novembre 1999, ISBN 978-1-4574-9410-9.
• Robert Rawlins e Nor Eddine Bahha, Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians, Hal Leonard, 1º gennaio 2005, ISBN 978-0-634-08678-6.
• Jacques Rizzo, Reading Jazz - Alto Sax: The New Method for Learning to Read Written Jazz Music, Alfred Music, 1º luglio 1997, ISBN 978-0-7692-1425-2.
• William Russo, Composing for the Jazz Orchestra, University of Chicago Press, gennaio 1961, ISBN 978-0-226-73209-1.
• Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook: Essential Jazz Piano Skills for All Musicians, Alfred Music, 1º dicembre 2007, ISBN 978-0-7390-4795-8.
• Michele Weir, Jazz singer's handbook: the artistry and mastery of singing jazz, Alfred Music Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7390-3387-6.
• Kenny Werner, Effortless Mastery, Jamey Aebersold Jazz, gennaio 1996, ISBN 978-1-56224-003-5.
• Alfred York, Andrew York's Jazz Guitar for Classical Cats: Improvisation: The Classical Guitarist's Guide to Jazz, Alfred Music, 1º novembre 2006, ISBN 978-0-7390-1133-1.
• Jazz improvisation: the best way to develop solos over classic changes : [for C instruments], Alfred Music Publishing, 1996, ISBN 978-1-57623-654-3.
• For Saxes Only!: 10 Jazz Duets for Saxophone, Alfred Music Publishing, 1º aprile 2001, ISBN 978-0-7579-0483-7.

• Herlin Riley, Johnny Vidacovich e Dan Thress, New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming, Alfred Music Publishing, 1995, ISBN 978-0-89724-921-8.

• Joe Barth, Voices in Jazz Guitar, Pacific, MO, Mel Bay, 2006, ISBN 0786676795.
• Jim Carlton, Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists, Pacific, MO, Mel Bay, 2009, ISBN 978-078665123-8.
• James Sallis (a cura di), The Guitar in Jazz: An Anthology, Lincoln, Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1996, ISBN 9780803242500.
• Scott Yanow, The Great Jazz Guitarists: The Ultimate Guide, San Francisco, Backbeat, 2013, ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.

• Billy Taylor, Jazz Piano: A Jazz History, W.C. Brown Co. Publishers, 1983, ISBN 978-0-697-09959-4.

• Scotty Barnhart, The World of Jazz Trumpet, Hal Leonard, 2005, ISBN 978-0-634-09527-6.

• Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Jazz, a Photo History, Schirmer Books, 1º dicembre 1979, ISBN 978-0-02-870290-2.
• K. Heather Pinson, The Jazz Image: Seeing Music Through Herman Leonard's Photography, U. Press of Mississippi, 2010, ISBN 978-1-60473-495-9.

• (EN) Rick Kennedy, Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Records and the Rise of America's Musical Grassroots, Rev. & expanded, Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-253-00747-6.
• (EN) Rick Kennedy e Randy McNutt, Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music, Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0253214348.

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Argomenti generali	Il jazz · Jazz (parola) · Jazz band · Big band · Improvvisazione · (Improvvisazione jazz) · Jam session · Canto Scat · Swing performance · Basso jazz · Jazz drumming · Chitarra jazz · Corno francese nel jazz · Jazz piano · Trombone jazz · Jazz violino · Jazz vocale · Donne nel jazz
Generi	Afrobeat · Jazz d'avanguardia · Bebop · (Hard bop · Neo-bop · Post-bop) · Cape jazz · Jazz da camera · Cool jazz · Dixieland · Flamenco jazz · Nuevo flamenco · Folk jazz · Free jazz · (Free funk · Free improvisation · Punk jazz) · Gypsy jazz · Fusion · Jazz rap · Latin jazz · (Jazz afrocubano) · M-Base · Mainstream jazz · Marabi · Jazz modale · Nu jazz · Jazz sinfonico · Trio d'organo · Progressive jazz · Scat · Ska jazz · Smooth jazz · Soul jazz · (Sacred jazz) · Stride · Swing · (Swing revival) · Third Stream · Jazz tradizionale · West Coast Jazz
Sottogeneri	Acid jazz · Jazz-funk · Jazz spirituale · Crossover jazz · Jazz brasiliano · New Orleans jazz · Pop-jazz · Ragtime
Generi derivati	Electric blues · Funk · Rap · Reggae · Rock and roll · Soul
Case discografiche	ACT · Argo · Atlantic · Auand · Bethlehem · Biograph · Blue Note · Brunswick · BYG · Candid · Capitol · Chiaroscuro · Cobblestone · Columbia · Commodore · Contemporary · Chronological · Coral · CTI · Denon · Derby · Dial · Document · ECM · El Saturn · ESP-Disk · Flying Dutchman · Freedom · Groove Merchant · Impulse! · India Navigation · Inner City · JMT · Landmark · Mack Avenue · Mainstream · Mapleshade · Milestone (Discografia) · MPS · Muse · Norgran · Okeh · Ogun · Palcoscenico · Prestige · Red · Renington · Riverside · Rune Grammofon · Savoy · Scepter · Stax · SteepleChase · Strata-East · Verve · Vocalion · Volt · Vroommm · Winter & Winter · Yazoo
Strumenti del jazz	Basso elettrico · Pianoforte · Batteria · Clarinetto · Flauto da concerto · Sassofono · Tromba · Cornetta · Trombone · Tuba · Chitarra · Violino · Contrabbasso · Banjo · Organo Hammond · Percussioni · Vibrafono · Voce · Vocalist
Festival jazz	Appleby · Amougies · Berlino · Beaches (Toronto) · Cape Town · Chicago · Copenhagen · Crossroads Guitar Festival · Jazz Etno Funky Festival · Giacarta · Jazz à Juan · Leopoli · Londra · Monterey · Montreal · Montreux · New Orleans · Newport · Nizza · North Sea · Pori · Praga · Saint Lucia · Festival Internazionale del Jazz di Sanremo · Stoccolma · Taphros · Toronto · Vancouver · Winnipeg
Cultura	Funerale jazz · Jazz poetry · Jazz royalty · Teoria del jazz · Rare groove · Second line
Scene regionali	Africano Etiope · Malawiano · Sudafricano · (Cape jazz · Marabi) · Zimbabwe Asiatico Armeno · Jazz azero · (Mugham) · Indiano · (Indo jazz · Sitar) · Iraniano · Giapponese Europeo Balcanico · (Bulgaro) · Belga · Britannico · (British dance band) · Continental European · Cecoslovacco · Danese · Paesi Bassi · Free jazz europeo · Francese · Tedesco · Italiano · Polacco · (Yass) · Spagnolo · (Flamenco jazz) · Svedese Americano Baltimora · Chicago · Kansas City · New Orleans · New York · West Coast Nord Americano Canadese · Haitiano (mini-jazz) · Latin jazz (Jazz afrocubano) Sudamericano Brasiliano · Latin jazz · Jazz samba Dell'Oceania Australiano Mondiale Ethno jazz
Storia	Bibliografia del jazz · Blues · British dance band · Ragtime · Età del jazz · Jazz continentale · Straight-ahead jazz
Correlati	Acid jazz · Contradanza · Blues · (Jump blues · New Orleans blues) · Banda di ottoni · Exotica · Plugg · Quiet Storm · Ragtime · (Novelty ragtime) · Sophisti-pop · Africa occidentale · Western swing · Glossario teorico e tecnico della musica occidentale · Locali jazz nel mondo · Jazz club
Film	Bird · Il cantante di jazz (film 1927) · Round Midnight - A mezzanotte circa

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