King County Library System - KPLU School of Jazz

Adult Non-Fiction Books

	Jazz Poems by Kevin Young (ed.) In so many ways, poetry is the style of writing most conducive to the sounds of jazz and here is a great collection of so many immortal poets waxing about the music and musicians.
	Jackson Street After Hours by Paul De Barros Local music critic De Barros uncovers the stories of what a hotbed for jazz this region was, stretching back to the 1930s and 1940s. Includes some fine photos of our local stars by Eduardo Calderon.
	Satchmo Blows Up the World by Penny M. Von Eschen The U.S. state department used to regularly send our greatest jazz musicians around the world, as good will ambassadors and to cool down the ‘cold war.’
	American Music Is by Nat Hentoff Essays by one of our finest jazz critics that create a vivid picture of the music scene as it leaps into the twenty-first century, including assessments of individual performers.
	The Hip: hipsters, jazz, and the beat generation by Roy Carr The very exemplification of cool – from berets and goatees to film noir and femme fatales!