jazz text books or jazz readings

[eric feng]

(I posted a similar post months ago and there were
a lot of helpful replies coming.Pitifully I lost my former
emailbox thus losted the book list.
So I hope someone can help me.)
Which books do you think are well written jazz textbooks or readings,
for general jazz learning?I mean not theoretical or artistic books,
but those for a general learner of jazz who is in intermediate level.
Thank you very much!

[JazzAt52ndStreet]

Ken Burns- Jazz
Robert Gottlieb- Reading Jazz

.....just go down to you local librabry and flip through a couple books.

-52nd

[graypencil]

Nat Hentoff
Gary Giddens
Gene Lees
Howard Mandel

[scotpgot]

Don't know what the general concensus is around here but I've always dug


Thinking In Jazz - Paul Berliner

Reads a little like a master's thesis but lots and lots of GOOD, ACCURATE info.

[csharpb5]

Hi,
Try Patterns for Jazz - Jerry Coker
Cheers
Csharpb5

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by scotpgot

Don't know what the general concensus is around here but I've always dug


Thinking In Jazz - Paul Berliner

Reads a little like a master's thesis but lots and lots of GOOD, ACCURATE info.

It's much longer than a masters thesis. It's a doctoral dissertation, actually. It could stand to be cut by 80%, and a lot of his "findings" would be self-evident to any serious jazz listener. Otherwise it's a fine book.

[graypencil]

another good read is Kenny Werners "Effortless Mastery "

and for just plain fun, check out Terry Gibbs' bio: Good Vibes..

[Fluter]

I'm crazy about Hal Galper's new book Forward Motion. I bought as a download. It's just terrific, and cheap, too.