| Bruce Davidson IAJRC Lending Library | |||
| Author(s) | Title | Year and pub. | Comment |
| I. JAZZ BOOKS - THE BROAD VIEW (ANALYSIS, COMPARISON, HISTORY, REFERENCE) - alphabetically by author | |||
| Anderson, Ernest, ed. | Esquire's 1947Jazz Book: Year Book of the Jazz Scene | 1946; Esquire, Inc. | Jazz-related articles and photos |
| Anschell, Bill | Jazz in the Concert Setting: A Study of Barriers to Presenting Jazz in the Concert Hall | Association of College, University, and Community Arts Administrators, Inc. | |
| Berendt, Joachim-Ernst | Jazz: A Photo History | 1978; Schirmer Books | Index; discography |
| Berendt, Joachim E. | The Story of Jazz | 1978; Prentice-Hall Inc. | Photos; discography |
| Berendt, Joachim | The New Jazz Book: A History and Guide | 1962; Hill and Wang | Index; LP discography; photos |
| Berendt, Joachim | The Jazz Book: From New Orleans to Rock and Free Jazz | 1975; Lawrence Hill and Company | Index; LP discography |
| Bied, Dan | Jazz Memories | 1994; Craftsman Press, Inc. | Anecdotal chapters devoted largely to individual artists |
| Bisset, Andrew | Black Roots/ White Flowers: A History of Jazz in Australia | 1987; ABC Enterprises | Index; photos |
| Bisset, Andrew | Black Roots/ White Flowers: A History of Jazz in Australia | 1979; Golden Press | Original hardcover Australian edition |
| Bissonnette, Big Bill | The Jazz Crusade: The Inside Story of the Great New Orleans Jazz Revival of the 1960s | 1992; Special Request Books | Index; photos; info on Jazzology and GHB CDs; includes GHB CD |
| Blesh, Rudi | This Is Jazz: A Series of Lectures Given at the San Francisco Museum of Art | 1943; Jazz Music Books (U.K. printing) | A brief but early English jazz publication; records cited |
| Blesh, Rudi | This Is Jazz: A Series of Lectures Given at the San Francisco Museum of Art | 1943; Private (second) Printing (U.S.) | A brief but early American jazz publication; records cited |
| Blesh, Rudi | Shining Trumpets: A History of Jazz | 1946; Alfred A. Knopf | Subject index; music index; musical examples; list of records |
| Blesh, Rudi | Shining Trumpets: A History of Jazz (Second Edition) | 1958; Alfred A. Knopf | Subject index; music index; musical examples; list of records |
| Blesh, Rudi and Janis, Harriet | They All Played Ragtime (First Edition) | 1950; Borzoi Books | Index; discography; piano rollology; musical compositions |
| Blesh, Rudi and Janis, Harriet | They All Played Ragtime (Fourth Edition) | 1971; Oak Publications | Index; discography; piano rollology; musical compositions |
| Boeckman, Charles | Cool, Hot, and Blue: A History of Jazz for Young People | 1970; Washington Square Press | Index |
| Bogle, Donald | Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars | 1980; Harmony Books | Index; photos |
| Borneman, Ernest | A Critic Looks at Jazz | 1946; Jazz Music Books | Brief relatively early English jazz publication |
| Bowman, Rob | Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records | 1997; Schirmer Books | Index; photos; mainly about artists associated with the label |
| Brody, Charlotte | Brown Lung Cotton Mill Blues: A little history of southern working people and the mills they worked in | 1975; SIOH and Carolina Textile Project | Photos; blues lyrics |
| Buerkle, Jack V. and Barker, Danny | Bourbon Street Black: The New Orleans Black Jazzmen | 1973; Oxford University Press | Index; photos |
| Bushell, Garvin and Mark Tucker | Jazz from the Beginning | 1988; University of Michigan Press | Index; glossary of musicians and performsers; selected discography |
| Carr, Ian, Fairweather Digby, and Priestley, Brian | Jazz: The Essential Companion | 1987; Prentice Hall Press | More like an encyclopedia with short monographs of individual artists |
| Carr, Ian, Fairweather Digby, and Priestley, Brian | Jazz: The Rough Guide; The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums | 1995; The Rough Guides | Appears to be an updated edition of Jazz: The Essential Companion |
| Carter, William | Preservation Hall: Music from the Heart | 1991; W.W. Norton & Company | Index; about New Orleans and its jazz musicians |
| Case, Brian and Britt, Stan | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz | 1978; Harmony Books | Index; monographs on artists with photos and representative record albums |
| Cerulli, Dom, Koral, Burt, and Nasatir, Mort L., eds. | The Jazz Word | 1987; Da Capo Press | Jazzmen, fiction, poetry, humor, critics, etc. |
| Chamberlin, Dorothy and Wilson, Robert, eds. | The Otis Ferguson Reader | 1982; December Press | Literary aspects of jazz; special issue of December Magazine |
| Charters, Samuel | Jazz: New Orleans 1885-1957 | 1958; Jazz Monographs No. 2 | Index; photos; monographs on individual artists by era |
| Charters, Samuel | The Bluesmen: The Story and the Music of the Men Who Made the Blues | 1967; Oak Publications | Index; photos; records cited |
| Charters, Samuel | The Country Blues | 1959; Rinehart & Company | Index; photos |
| Charters, Samuel B. and Kunstadt, Leonard | Jazz: A History of the New York Scene | 1981; Da Capo Press | Index; photos |
| Chilton, John | Jazz | 1979: Teach Yourself Books | Index; photos; glossary |
| Clare, John and Brennan, Gail | Boogie Dada & the Cult of Cool | 1995; Univrsity of New South Wales Press | Index; photos; postwar Australian jazz history |
| Clayton, Peter and Gammond, Peter | The Guinness Jazz Companion | 1989; Guinness Books | Index; photos; encyclopedic compendium |
| Coker, Jerry | Listening to Jazz | 1978; Prentice-Hall Inc. | Glossary; list of NY used record dealers! |
| Collier, James | The Making of Jazz: a Comprehensive History | 1978; Delta Books | Index; photos |
| Collier, James Lincoln | Jazz: The American Theme Song | 1993; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Condon, Eddie and Sugrue, Thomas | We Called It Music | 1947; Henry Holt and Company | Index; photos; Eddie Condon discography: a classic |
| Condon, Eddie and Gehman, Richard, eds. | Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz | 1956; The Dial Press | |
| Cook, Bruce | Listen to the Blues | 1973; Charles Scribner's Sons | Index; photos |
| Corenthal, Michael G. | The Iconography of Recorded Sound 1886-1986 | 1986; Yesterday's Memories | Index; mainly about the records themselves |
| Corenthal, Michael G. | The Illustrated History of Wisconsin Music: 1840 to 1990 | 1991; Yesterday's Memories and MGC Publications | All aspects of music, artists, etc. |
| Crouch, Stanley | Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz | 2006; Basic Civitas Books | Collection of jazz-oriented essays by well-known black jazz critic: New 6/27/2008 |
| Crow, Bill | Jazz Anecdotes | 1990; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Dale, Rodney | The World of Jazz | 1980; Basinghill Books Ltd. | Index; directory of artists; many photographs |
| Dance, Stanley | The World of Swing | 1979; Da Capo Press | Index; photos; relevant records; |
| Dankworth, Avril | Jazz: An Intorduction to Its Musical Basis | 1968; Oxford University Press | Indices for musicians and relevant terms; musical examples |
| Daver, Manek | Jazz Graphics | 1991; Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd. | Magazine covers, album covers, record labels; Japanese with some English translation |
| Daver, Manek | Jazz Album Covers: The Rare and the Beautiful | 1994(?); Graphic-Shaw | Japanese publication; text in English and Japanese: Covers from the 78 through LP eras |
| DeLong, Thomas A. | The Century Changing Story of the Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio | 1980; Amber Crest Books, Inc. | Index; photos |
| Dexter, Dave, Jr. | Jazz Cavalcade | 1946; Criterion Music Corp. | Index |
| Dexter, Dave, Jr. | The Jazz Story: From the '90s to the '60s | 1964; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Index; photos; (Capitol LP) discography, "History of Jazz" |
| Dixon, Robert and Godrich, John | Recording the Blues | 1970; Stein and Day | Index; photos; a lot about the records themselves |
| Driggs, Frank and Haddix, Chuck | Kansas City Jazz: from Ragtime to Bebop - a History | 2005; Oxford University Press | Index; notes; photos: New 5/15/2008 |
| Driggs, Frank and Lewine, Harris | Black Beauty, White Heat; A Pictoial History of Classic Jazz: 1920-1950 | 1982; William Morrow and Company, Inc. | Index; photos; the ultimate jazz picture book! |
| Duclos-Arkilovictch, Jonathan | Jazzin' Riviera: 70 Years of Jazz on the Cote d'Azur: A selection of photographs by Pierre Lapijover | 199x(?): ROM Edition | Text in French; many photos; index |
| Dyer, Geoff | But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz | 1996; North Point Press | Anecdotal |
| Feather, Leonard | Inside BeBop | 1949; J.J. Robbins & Sons, Inc. | Limited discography; focus on bebop; original edition |
| Feather, Leonard | The Book of Jazz: A Guide to the Entire Field | 1957; Horizon Press | Index |
| Feather, Leonard | The Book of Jazz: A Guide to the Entire Field, Revised | 1965; Horizon Press | Index |
| Feather, Leonard | From Satchmo to Miles | 1972; Stein and Day | Some photos; largely anecdotal |
| Feather, Leonard | The Pleasures of Jazz: Leading Performers on Their Lives, Their Music, Their Contemporaries | 1976; Horizon Press | |
| Feather, Leonard | Inside Jazz (formerly titled "Inside Bebop") | 1977; Da Capo Press | Limited discography; focus on bebop |
| Feather, Leonard | The Passion for Jazz | 1980; Horizon Press | Some photos; largely anecdotal |
| Feather, Leonard | The JAZZ Years: Earwitness to an Era | 1987; Da Capo Press | Index; photos |
| Feather, Leonard | Jazz: An Exciting Story of Jazz Today | ca. 1958; Trend Books | Photos; Down Beat Polls; ads for stereo and mono LPs |
| Fernett, Gene | A Thousand Golden Horns: The Exciting Age of America's Greatest Dance Bands | 1966; The Pendell Company | Photos; partial list of theme songs; selected personnel |
| Ferris, William | Blues from the Delta: An Illustrated Documentry on the Music and Musicians of the Mississippi Delta | 1979; Anchor Books | Index; photos; discography |
| Finkelstein, Sidney | Jazz: A People's Music | 1948; The Citadel Press | Index |
| Fox, Charles | The Jazz Scene | 1972; Hamlin Publishing Group, Ltd. | Index; many photos; some text |
| Fox, Ted | Showtime at the Apollo: 50 Years of Great Entertainment from Harlem's World-Famous Theatre | 1983; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston | Index; photos |
| Francis, Andre | Jazz | 1960; Grove Press, Inc. | Photos; glossary; beginner's record library |
| Friedwald, Will | Stardust Melodys: A Biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs | 2002; Pantheon Books | |
| Garment, Leonard | Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklin, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond | 1997; Times Books (Random House) | Index; photos |
| Gault, Lon A. | Ballroom Echoes: Take a Trip Down Memory Lane to U.S. Big Band Ballrooms Past and Present | 1989; Andrew Corbet Press | Indices for ballrooms and cities |
| Gennari, John | Blowin' Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics | 2006; University of Chicago Press | Index; notes: New 6/18/2008 |
| Giddins, Gary | Riding on a Blue Note: Jazz and American Pop | 1981; Oxford University Press | Index; discography |
| Giddins, Gary | Rhythm-A-Ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 80's | 1985; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Gillenson, Lewis W., Ed. | Esquire's World of Jazz | 1962; Esquire, Inc.; Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers | Index; photos; discography |
| Gillenson, Lewis W., Ed. | Esquire's World of Jazz | 1975; Thomas Y. Crowell Company | Index; photos; discography |
| Gioia, Ted | The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture | 1988; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Gioia, Ted | West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960 | 1992; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Gitler, Ira | Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s | 1985; Oxford University Press | Index; photos |
| Gleason, Ralph J. | Jam Session: An Anthology of Jazz | 1958; G.P. Putnam's Sons | Photos |
| Godbolt, Jim | All This and 10% | 1976; Robert Hale | Index; photos |
| Godbolt, Jim | A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950 | 1984; Quartet Books | Subject and tune indices; select discograpy |
| Goddard, Chris | Jazz Away from Home | 1979; Paddington Press, Ltd. | Index; photos |
| Goffin, Robert | Jazz: From the Congo to the Metropolitan | 1944; Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. | |
| Gold, Robert S. | Jazz Talk: A Dictionary of the Colorful Language That Has Emerged from America's Own Music | 1873; Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. | Appears to be an updated edition of A Jazz Lexicon |
| Gold, Robert S. | A Jazz Lexicon | 1964; Alfred A. Knopf | Dictionary format |
| Goldberg, Isaac | Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of Amaerican Popular Music | 1961; Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. | Index; originally published in 1930 |
| Goldblatt, Burt | Newport Jazz Festival: The Illustrated History | 1977; The Dial Press | Photos; disccography; programs 1954- |
| Gordon, Max | Live at the Village Vanguard | 1983; Da Capo Press | Photos |
| Gordon, Robert | Jazz West Coast | 1986; Quartet Books | Index; photos; annotated discography |
| Gottlieb, William P. | The Golden Age of Jazz: On-Location Portraits of More Than 200 Outstanding Musicians from the Late '30s Through the '40s | 1979; Simon and Schuster | Index; many photos |
| Gridley, Mark C. | Jazz Styles: History and Analysis; Second Edition | 1985; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Index; photos; annotated discography |
| Gridley, Mark C. | Concise Guide to Jazz; Second Edition | 1998; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Index; photos; glossary |
| Grossman, William L., and Farrell, Jack W. | The Heart of Jazz | 1956; New York University Press | Index; photos |
| Guralnick, Peter | Feel Like Going Home; Portraits in Blues & Rock 'N' Roll | 1971; Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / E.P. Dutton Co. | Photos |
| Harris, Rex | Jazz: An Account of Its Origin and Growth from the Early Drum Rhythms of Africa to the Highly Developmed Western Music of the Present Day | 1952; Penguin Books | |
| Haskin, Jim | The Cotton Club: A Pictorial and Social History of the Most Famous Symbol of the Jazz Era | 1977; Random House | Photos |
| Heaton, Peter | Jazz | 1964; Burke Publishing Co., Ltd. | Drawings and musical score excerpts |
| Hentoff, Nat and McCarthy, Albert | Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World's Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars | 1959; Rinehart & Company, Inc. | Index; selected discography |
| Hentoff, Nat and McCarthy, Albert | Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World's Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars | 1974; Da Capo Press | Reprint of Rinehart edition |
| Hentoff, Nat | The Jazz Life | 1961; The Dial Press | Largely anecdotal |
| Hentoff, Nat | Jazz Is | 1976; Ridge Press Books; Random House | Index |
| Hill, Vinson | Understanding Jazz | 1970; Music Minus One | Musical approach, with mini-scores |
| Hinton, Milt and Berger, David G. | Bass Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton | 1988; Temple University Press | Index; discography; photos |
| Hodier, Andre | Le Jazz: Cet Inconnu | 19??; Collection "Harmoniques" | Indices of musicians and tunes: in French |
| Hodier, Andre | Hommes et Problemes du Jazz | 1954; Au Portulan ches Flammarion | Indices of musicians and recordings; glossary; in French |
| Hodier, Andre | Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence (Original Edition) | 1956; Grove Press | Index; discography |
| Hodier, Andre | Toward Jazz | 1962; Grove Press | Index |
| Hodier, Andre | The Worlds of Jazz | 1972; Grove Press | |
| Hodier, Andre | Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence (Revised Edition) | 1979; Grove Press | Index; discography |
| Horowitz, Harold | The American Jazz Music Audience | 1986; National Jazz Service Organization | Statistics; demographics |
| Howard, John Tasker and Lyons, James | Modern Music; A Popular Guide to Greater Musical Enjoyment | 1957; New American Library | Index; discography; largely classical |
| Hughes, Dick | Daddy's Practising Again: An Australian Jazzman Looks Back and Around | 1977; Hutchinson Group | Photos |
| Jackson, Arthur | The World of Big Bands: The Sweet and Swinging Years | 1977; David and Charles | Index; photos |
| Kaplan, Lloyd S. and Petteruti, Robert E. | Who's Who in Rhode Island Jazz - ca. 1925-1988 | 1991; Consortium Publishing | Photos; monographs of individual artists |
| Keepnews, Orrin and Grauer, Bill Jr. | A Pictorial History of Jazz: People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz | 1955; Crown Publishers | First Edition; index; captioned photos |
| Keepnews, Orrin and Grauer, Bill Jr. | A Pictorial History of Jazz: People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz | 1966; Crown Publishers | Second Edition; index; captioned photos |
| Keepnews, Orrin and Grauer, Bill Jr. | A Pictorial History of Jazz: People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz | 1981; Bonanza Books | Revised Second Edition; index; captioned photos |
| Larkin, Philip | All What Jazz: A Record Diary | 1985; Farrar-Straus-Giroux | Record reviews; discography of reviewed records |
| Lees, Gene | Singers and the Song | 1987; Oxford University Press | Various vocalists' bios and styles |
| Lees, Gene | Waiting for Dizzy | 1991; Oxford University Press | From Bix to Spiegle |
| Lees, Gene | Jazz Lives; 100 Portraits in Jazz | 1992; Firefly Books | Index; selected recordings; large photos with accompanying essays |
| Leonard, Neil | Jazz: Myth and Religion | 1987; Oxford University Press | Index |
| Lomax, Alan | Folk Song Style and Culture | 1978; Transaction Books | Paperback edition of 1968 original publication; index; tables; diagrams |
| Longstreet, Stephen | The Real Jazz Old and New | 1956; Louisiana State University Press | Index; drawings |
| Longstreet, Stephen | Sportin' House: New Orleans and the Jazz Story | 1965; Sherbourne Press, Inc. | Drawings |
| McCalla, James | Jazz: A Listener's Guide | 1982; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Index; discography; glossary; photos |
| McCarthy, Albert | Big Band Jazz | 1974; G.P. Putnam's Sons | Index; photos; record lists and references |
| McCarthy, Albert | The Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing, 1910-1950 | 1971; Chilton Book Company | Index; photos; LP discography |
| Martin, Henry and Waters, Keith | Jazz: The First 100 Years - Second Edition | 2006; Thomson-Schirmer | Appendix: Jazz basics; notes; glossary; selected readings; selected discography and videography; index; New; 3/15/2007 |
| Mattfield, Julius | Variety Music Cavalcade: Musical-Historical Review 1620-1961 | 1962; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Tune index; songs and musical background by year; new edition |
| Miller, Paul Eduard, ed. | Esquire's Jazz Book | 1943-1944; Esquire, Inc. | Photos; extended articles on jazz and jazzmen |
| Moore, Thurston, Ed. | Rhythm and Blues Jazz Scrapbook | 1952; Artist Publications | Large collection of captioned photos |
| Morgenstern, Dan | Jazz People | 1976; Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | Index; many photos |
| Morgenstern, Dan | Living with Jazz: a Reader | 2004; Pantheon | Index; jazz history, personalities, recording and recording sessions, etc.: New 5/15/2008 |
| Morgenstern, Dan | The Jazz Story: An Outline History of Jazz | 1973; The New York Jazz Museum | Booklet; capsule history of jazz |
| Murray, Albert | Stomping the Blues | 1976; Da Capo Press | Index; photos; record labels |
| Norberg, Marc | Black and White Blues | 1995; Graphis Press Corp. | Outstanding photos with accompanying text; discography |
| No author or editor given | Eye Witness Jazz - Part One | 1946(?); Cliff Jones Publication | English booklet with various jazz articles |
| Oliver, Paul | The Story of the Blues | 1969; Chilton Book Company | Index; photos; discography |
| Oliver, Paul | Blues Fell This Morning | 1963; The Jazz Book Club | General index; index of featured singers; 78 discography |
| Ostransky, Leroy | Understanding Jazz | 1977; Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Index |
| Panassie, Hughes | The Real Jazz: New Revised Edition | 1960; A.S. Barnes and Company, Inc. | Selection of "best jazz LPs available" |
| Panassie, Hughes and Gautier, Madeleine | Guide to Jazz | 1956; Houghton Mifflin Company; Riverside Press | Encyclopedic format; LP discography |
| Panassie, Hughes, et al. | American Jazz No. 1: Jazz Appreciation Society Booklet | ?; Jazz Appreciation Society Publications | Small booklet in magazine format |
| Ramsey, Frederic Jr. | Where the Music Started | 1970; Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey | Booklet; descriptive photographic guide to an exhibit |
| Ramsey, Frederic Jr. and Smith, Charles Edward, Eds. | Jazzmen | 1958; The Jazz Book Club | Music and subject indexes; photos |
| Rose, Al and Souchon, Edmond | New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album | 1967; Louisiana State University Press | Index; captioned photos |
| Russell, Ross | Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest | 1973; University of California Press | Index; LP discography |
| Rust, Brian | The Dance Bands | 1974; Arlington House | Index; photos |
| Sargeant, Winthrop | Jazz: A History (original title: Jazz: Hot and Hybrid) | 1964; McGraw-Hill Book Company | Index; musical excerpts |
| Sargeant, Winthrop | Jazz: Hot and Hybrid | 1975; Da Capo Press | Hardcover reprint of original ed. |
| Scanlan, Tom | The Joy of Jazz: Swing Era 1935-1947 | 1996; Fulcrum Publishing | Index; recommended recordings |
| Schafer, William J. | Brass Bands and New Orleans Jazz | 1977; Louisiana State Unviersity Press | Index; photos; roster of brass bands |
| Scheidt, Duncan | The Jazz State of Indiana | 1977; Duncan Schiedt | Index; photos |
| Schiffman, Jack | Harlem Heyday | 1984; Prometheus Books | Index; photos |
| Schuller, Gunther | Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development | 1968; Oxford University Press | Index; LP discography; glossary |
| Schuller, Gunther | The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945 | 1989; Oxford University Press | Index; glossary |
| Searight, Sarah | New Orleans | 1973; Stein and Day | Index |
| Segrave, Kerry | Payola in the Music Industry: A History, 1880-1991 | 1994; McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Index; bibliography |
| Schafer, William J. and Riedel, Johannes | The Art of Ragtime: Form and Meaning of an Original Black American Art | 1973; Louisiana State University Press | Index; ragtime bibliography |
| Shadwick, Keith | The Illustrated History of Jazz | 1991; Crescent Books | Index; photos; discography |
| Shapiro, Nat and Hentoff, Nat, eds. | Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It | 1955; Rinehart & Company, Inc. | Index; anthology of recollections by jazz figures; LP discography |
| Shapiro, Nat and Hentoff, Nat, eds. | Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It | 1966; Dover Publications, Inc. | Index; anthology of recollections by jazz figures; reprint of 1955 edition sans discography |
| Shaw, Arnold | The Street That Never Slept: New York's Fabled 52nd Street…. | 1971; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. | Index; a few photos |
| Shaw, Arnold | Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues | 1978; Collier Books/ Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. | Index; photos; discography |
| Shaw, Arnold | The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s | 1987; Oxford University Press | General and song indexes; LP discography |
| Shaw, Arnold | Let's Dance: Popular Music in the 1930s | 1998; Oxford University Press | General and song indexes; No. 1 songs; NARAS Hall of Fame Recordings; Donated 23 June 2007 |
| Shemel, Sidney and Krasilovsky, M. William | This Business of Music: A Practical Guide to the Music Industry for Publishers, Writers, Record Companies, Producers, Artists, Agents (Revised and Enlarged Edition) | 1971; Billboard Publications, Inc. | Index; examples of various forms |
| Sidran, Ben | Black Talk | 1981; Da Capo Press | Index; photos |
| Silvester, Peter J. | A Left Hand Like God: A History of Boogie Woogie | 1989; Da Capo Press | Index; some photos |
| Simon, George T. | The Big Bands | 1967; The Macmillan Company | Index; photos |
| Simon, George T. | The Big Bands (Revised (3rd) Edition) | 1974; Collier Books | Index; photos |
| Simon, George T. | The Big Bands (4th Edition) | 1981; Schirmer Books | Index; photos |
| Simon, George T. | The Big Bands Trivia Quiz Book | 1985; Barnes & Noble Books | |
| Simon, George T. | The Feeling of Jazz | 1961; Simon and Schustser | Illustrations by Tracy Sugarman (who did album covers for Grand Award Records in the 1960s) |
| Simon, George T. | Simon Says: The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935-1955 | 1971; Arlington House | Index; band listing (with ratings); collected articles from Metronome Magazine |
| Simon, George T. and Friends | The Best of the Music Makers: From Acuff to Ellington to Presley to Sinatra to Zappa….. | 1979; Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Short monographs on almost 300 performers; photos |
| Smith, W.O. | Sideman: The Long Gig of W.O. Smith - A Memoir | 1991; Rutledge Hill Press | Index; some photos |
| Sobol, Lewis | The Longest Street - A Memoir | 1968; Crown Publishers, Inc. | Index; some photos |
| Starr, S. Frederick | Red & Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union | 1983; Oxford University Press | Index; photos; notes; bibliography |
| Stearns, Marshall and Jean | Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance | 1968; The Macmillan Company | Index; notes; bibliography; list of films and kinescopes; jazz dance steps |
| Stearns, Marshall | The Story of Jazz | 1956; Oxford University Press | Index; notes; bibliography; list of (then) current jazz magazines |
| Stendahl, Bjorn | Jazz Hot and Swing: Norwegian Jazz 1920-1940 | 1987; Norsk Jazzarkiv | Index; photos; in Norwegian |
| Stendahl, Bjorn and Bergh Johs | Sigarett Stomp: Norwegian Jazz 1940-1950 | 1991; Norsk Jazzarkiv | Index; photos; discography; chronology; in Norwegian |
| Stock, Dennis | Jazz Street: A Photographic Exploration into the World of Jazz | 1960; Doubleday & Company, Inc. | Full and half-page photographs with captions in separate section |
| Stokes, W. Royal | Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson | 1994; Temple University Press | Index; photos; notes |
| Stokes, W. Royal | The Jazz Scene | 1991; Oxford University Press | Index; photos |
| Sturm, Fred | Changes over Time: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging | 1995; Advance Music | Extensive examples; accompanying CD is missing |
| Sudhalter, Richard M. | Lost Chords: Whit Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945 | 1999; Oxford University Press | Name and tune title indexes; photos; notes |
| Sylvester, Robert | No Cover Charge: A Backward Look at the Night Clubs | 1956; The Dial Press | |
| Tanner, Paul O.W. and Gerow, Maurice | A Study of Jazz (Second Edition) | ||