Harold Arlen
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life
by Lawrence Bergreen (1,139 words)
Nat "King" Cole
Nat King Cole
by Daniel Mark Epstein (678 words)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903-1940
by Gary Giddins (828 words)
Michael Feinstein
Nice Work If You Can Get It: My Life in Rhythm and Rhyme
by Michael Feinstein (531 words)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz,
by Stuart Nicholson (781 words)
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman and the Swing Era,
by James Lincoln Collier (435 words)
Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman
by Ross Firestone (675 words)
Woody Herman
Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman
by Gene Lees (407 words)
Billie Holiday
Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday
by Donald Clarke
and
Billie Holiday, by Stuart Nicholson
(1,135 words)
Harry James
Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James
by Peter J. Levinson (694 words)
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art
by Will Friedwald (692 words)
Sinatra: A Complete Life, by J. Randy Taraborrelli
and
All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra, by Michael Freedland
(511 words)
Books About Jazz and Popular Music History
Lost Chords:
White Musicians and Their Contributions to Jazz: 1915-1945
by Richard M. Sudhalter
(1,345 words)
Twelve Lives in Jazz, by Duncan Schiedt
(360 words)
The Song Is Ended: Songwriters and American Music, 1900-1950
by William Hyland (289 words)
Singing Jazz: The Singers and Their Styles
by Bruce Crowther and Mike Pinfold (272 words)