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Favorite Books About Music
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Shout Down the MoonShout Down the Moon by Lisa Tucker
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.01
This lady learns to sing the blues. Easy read but deep truth about jazz.
SongbookSongbook by Nick Hornby
Buy used from: $1.48
Hornby loves music almost as much as I do!
But Beautiful: A Book about JazzBut Beautiful: A Book about Jazz by Geoff Dyer
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $2.19
Has to be one of the best books ever written about jazz. Dyer is brilliant.
The Song ReaderThe Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01
Cool, popular novel about the meaning of lyrics we remember.
High FidelityHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01
Classic hilarious Hornby.
What to Listen for in MusicWhat to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $1.49
Learn to listen!
I Live In MusicI Live In Music by Eric Baker
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.47
"i got 15 trumpets where other women got hips. . ." Need I say more?
The Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular MusicThe Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular Music by Jeff Green
Buy used from: $43.97
Excellent reference.