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- Artie Shaw: His Life and Music (Bayou Jazz Lives Series) by John White, 2004-02-12
- The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir by Mr. Mike Zwerin, 2005-11-11
- Lullaby of Birdland: The Autobiography of George Shearing (Bayou Jazz Lives) by Jonathan Shear, Alyn Shipton, 2005-02-25
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- Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz by W. Royal Stokes, 2002-05-16
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