The song of the Hawk : the life and recordings of Coleman Hawkins / by Chilton, John, 1932-2016

Masters of jazz saxophone : [the story of the players and their music] /

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The early swing era, 1930 to 1941 / by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…NAME BLACK BANDS: Fletcher Henderson -- Bennie Moten and Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Jimmie Lunceford -- NAME WHITE BANDS: Benny Goodman -- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey -- Artie Shaw -- Glenn Miller -- OTHER BLACK BANDS: Louis Armstrongo -- Luis Russell -- Chick Webb -- Earl "Fatha" Hines -- Cab Calloway -- Andy Kirk -- Lionel Hampton -- Erskine Hawkins -- Boots Douglas -- Oran "Hot Lips" Page -- Benny Carter -- Jay McShann -- OTHER WHITE BANDS: Paul Whiteman -- Casa Loma Orchestra -- Bunny Berigan -- The Bob Crosby Orchestra -- Charlie Barnet -- Gene Krupa -- Harry James -- THE SMALL SWING GROUPS: Coleman Hawkins -- Jack Teagarden -- Billie Holiday -- Lester Young -- Fats Waller -- Milton Brown -- Summa Cum Lade, et al. -- Roy Eldridge and Buster Smith.…”

Jazz anecdotes : second time around / by Crow, Bill, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Wild scenes -- The word "jazz" -- Beginnings -- Inventions -- Pianos -- Teachers and students -- Stage fright -- Reading music -- Hiring and firing -- Managers, agents, and bosses -- On the road -- Arrangers and arrangements -- Cutting contests -- 52nd Street -- Jazz records -- Jazz on the air -- The well-dressed jazz musician -- Prejudice -- Songs -- Goofs -- Pranks -- The put-on -- Good lines -- Nicknames -- Louis Armstrong -- Bessie Smith -- Bix Beiderbecke -- Thomas "Fats" Walker -- Eddie Condon -- Pee Wee Russell -- Duke Ellington and his orchestra -- Benny Goodman -- Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young -- Art Tatum and his children -- Joe Venuti -- Tommy Dorsey -- Lionel Hampton -- Charlie Parker -- John Birks Gillespie -- Charles Mingus -- Zoot Sims and Al Cohn -- Miles Davis and John Coltrane -- Jokes.…”

The world of swing / by Dance, Stanley

Table of Contents: “….] -- Claude Hopkins -- Elmer Snowden -- Sandy Williams -- Taft Jordan -- Willie Smith -- Ed Wilcox -- Jimmy Crawford -- Sy Oliver -- Benny Carter -- Coleman Hawkins -- Roy Eldridge -- Eddie Locke -- Jonah Jones -- Stuff Smith -- Cozy Cole -- Dud Bascomb -- Haywood Henry -- Sammy Lowe -- Andy Gibson -- Fred Norman -- Howard Johnson -- Charlie Holmes -- Benny Goodman -- Lionel Hampton -- Billy Mackel -- Benny Morton -- Quentin Jackson -- Vic Dickenson -- Doc Cheatham -- Eddie Heywood -- Roger Ramirez -- Nat Pierce -- Lawrence Lucie -- Al Casey -- Tiny Grimes -- Milt Hinton -- Panama Francis -- Chick Webb -- Mildred Bailey -- Billie Holiday -- Spontaneous opinions -- Bands in Harlem theatres.…”

Jazz / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…A world of soloists. Coleman Hawkins, "Body and soul" -- Count Basie / Lester Young, "Oh! …”

Jazz : the Smithsonian anthology.