Recommended e-books on jazz
Lady Sings the Blues by ISBN: 9780307786166Publication Date: 2011Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation.
The Amazing Bud Powell by ISBN: 9780520955158Publication Date: 2013-05-28Illuminating and multi-layered, The Amazing Bud Powell centralizes Powell's contributions as it details the collision of two vibrant political economies: the discourses of art and the practice of blackness.
Loft Jazz by ISBN: 9780520960893Publication Date: 2016-12-13Loft Jazz provides the first book-length study of this period, tracing its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination.
E-books on jazz, including audiobooks
The library uses several platforms to make e-books available to its cardholders. For e-books (including audiobooks) on jazz, we especially recommend Overdrive as a way to locate and access materials.
To search for e-book titles, follow these steps:
- Head to https://nypl.overdrive.com/
- Click on the "search" button on the right hand side of the screen.
- Then type in the word "jazz", or the name of a favorite performer or sub-genre of jazz. The results page will include filters on the left hand side of the page that allow you to limit to biography, non-fiction, audiobook, etc.
We've provided links to some of our recommendations in the sidebar to the left.
More information on accessing e-books can be found on this page.
E-journals available from home with a NYPL card
The following jazz-related periodicals are available online, including from home:
- Critical studies in improvisation (Guelph, Ont. : University of Guelph)
- International Duke Ellington music society (DEMS) bulletin (Järfälla, Sweden : Duke Ellington Music Society)
- Jazz & culture (Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press)
- Jazz changes : the magazine of the International Association of Schools of Jazz (London)
- Jazz forum (New York [etc.] International Jazz Federation)
- Jazz inside (Elkins Park, Pa. : Eric Nemeyer Corp.)
- Jazz times (Silver Spring, Md)
- Journal of jazz studies ([New Brunswick, N.J.] Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies)
- Latin beat magazine (Gardena, Calif.).
- The Mississippi rag (Minneapolis, Minn.) (2008 issues only)
- The note (Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection)
- Point of departure (Bill Shoemaker)
- The Second line (New Orleans Jazz Club)
Streaming audio
Naxos Music Library, while strongest in classical music, also contains a significant number of jazz and jazz-influenced recordings. Naxos is available from home and via mobile apps for both Android and iOS. Please check the link above for details. Information about how to search in Naxos is available here.