New York & London: Marion Boyars (1994.). Described as an imaginary memoir, this is an interesting blend of fiction and fact, presented in the form of a monologue by the self-professed inventor of jazz: pianist, composer and lyricist extraordinary. Illustrated with photographs. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-7145-28978.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - An important book by one of jazz's most distinguished critics - includes reviews, essays about musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes. by one of jazz's most distinguished critics, divided into sections, includes a collection of reviews of Ella Fitzgerald, Ornette Coleman, Bud Powell, Ellington, Fats Waller and many others; depictions of musicians at work recording, rehearsing and performing as well as a selection of album liner notes for Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and others. Index. xiv, 253 pp. ISBN: 0-195036115.