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BOOKS ABOUT JAZZ
This is a list of some jazz books specially recommended for those who wish to follow up the start given in this volume. Details of many other books may be obtained through the National Jazz Federation (see Appendix "A"), and important new books on jazz are reviewed in most of the jazz journals (see Appendix "D").
Jazz by Rex Harris. Pelican Books: 3/6d.
This is the first volume you should add to your jazz library. A most careful and scholarly account of jazz—yet it remains extremely readable. Its 270-odd pages are extraordinary value for money.
Satchmo—My Life in New Orleans by Louis
Armstrong. Peter Davies: 10/6d.
Mister Jelly Roll by Alan Lomax. Cassell: 18/-.
Two unforgettable accounts of life in and around New Orleans in the early days of jazz. Well worth getting for the insight they give into two lovable and colourful jazz personalities.
Encyclopaedia of Jazz. Leonard Feather. Arthur
Barker: 63/-.
A lavish volume with some excitingly good jazz photographs, a complete and authentic collection of jazz biographies, and an important section on
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