The Jazz Book Club (JBC) was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson, a London-based publisher. Herbert Jones, the editor, and a distinguished panel, selected the works. Sixty-six issues, and various extras were published from 1956 to 1967.Peter Clayton & Peter Gammond, Jazz: A–Z, Guinness Superlatives (1986) ;
Publications Issue Author Title Year OCLC1Alan LomaxMister Jelly Roll19562Wilder HobsonAmerican Jazz Music19563Eddie CondonWe Called It Music: A Generation of Jazz19564Humphrey LytteltonI Play as I Please19565Dorothy BakerYoung Man with a Horn19576Walter C. Allen, Brian RustKing Joe Oliver19577Louis ArmstrongSatchmo19578Iain LangJazz in Perspective19579William BroonzyBig Bill Blues195710Sinclair TraillPlay that Music195811Ethel Waters, Charles SamuelsHis Eye is on the Sparrow195812André HodeirHommes et problèmes du jazz195813Frederic Ramsey, Charles Edward SmithJazzmen195814Raymond HorricksCount Basie and his Orchestra195815Sinclair TraillConcerning Jazz195916Milton Mezzrow, Bernard WolfeReally the blues195917Winthrop SargeantJazz, Hot and Hybrid195918Hugues PanassiéMonsieur Jazz195919David BoultonJazz in Britain195920Peter Gammond (ed)Duke Ellington: His Life and Music195921Humphrey LytteltonSecond Chorus196022Charles Wareing, George BarlickBugles for Beiderbecke196023Barry UlanovA Handbook of Jazz196024Roland GantA World in a Jug196025Rudi Blesh, Harriet JanisThey All Played Ragtime196026Francis NewtonThe Jazz Scene196027Raymond HorricksThese Jazzmen of Our Time196028William C. HandyFather of the Blues196129John Clellon HolmesThe Horn196130Ralph GleasonJam Session: An Anthology of Jazz196131Leonard FeatherThe Book of Jazz: A Guide to the Entire Field196132Rex HarrisEnjoying Jazz196133Samuel ChartersThe Country Blues196134Whitney BalliettThe Sound of Surprise: 46 Pieces on Jazz196135Martin WilliamsThe Art of Jazz: Essays on the Nature and Development of Jazz196236Sidney BechetTreat it Gentle196237Jay Smith, Lenn GuttridgeJack Teagarden. The story of a jazz maverick196238Stanley DanceJazz Era: The Forties196239Henry PleasantsDeath of a Music? The Decline of the European Tradition and the Rise of Jazz196340Paul OliverBlues Fell This Morning196341Burnett JamesEssays on Jazz196342Jay Allison StuartCall Him George196343Dom Cerulli, Burt J. Korall, Nasatir MortThe Jazz Word196344Harry Otis BrunnThe Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band196345Charles DelaunayDjango Reinhardt196346John Alfred WilliamsNight Song196447Benny GreenThe Reluctant Art: Five Studies in the Growth of Jazz196448Sidney FinkelsteinJazz: A People’s Music196449Neil LeonardJazz and the White Americans; The Acceptance of a New Art Form196450Herbert A. SimmonsMan Walking on Eggshells196451Wingy ManoneTrumpet on the wing196452Martin WilliamsJazz Panorama196553Robert George ReisnerBird. The Legend of Charlie Parker196554André HodeirToward Jazz196555Joachim-Ernst BerendtDas neue Jazzbuch196556Whitney BalliettDinosaurs in the Morning: 41 Pieces on Jazz196557Max KaminskyMy Life in Jazz196558Ralph de ToledanoFrontiers of Jazz196659LeRoi JonesBlues People: Negro Music in White America196660Willie the Lion SmithMusic on my Mind196661Studs TerkelGiants of Jazz196662Harold CourlanderNegro Folk Music USA196663Hugues PanassiéThe Real Jazz196764Paul OliverConversation with the Blues196765Peter Clayton, Peter Gammond14 Miles on a Clear Night196766W.T. Ed. KirkebyThe Story of Fats Waller1967
Extra volumes
Author Title Year OCLCAlbert McCarthy, Nat HentoffJazzKen WilliamsonThis is JazzRoss RussellThe SoundPeter LeslieThe Book of BilkSigmund SpaethA History of Popular Music in AmericaPeter Gammond (ed)The Decca Book of JazzEsquire’s World of JazzDennis Stock, Nat HentoffJazz StreetGerald Lascelles, Sinclair Traill (ed)Just Jazz vol IVLeonard FeatherThe Encyclopedia of JazzBillie HolidayLady Sings the Blues1960
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