John F. Szwed

10 books

The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music by Rob Young

The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music

Rob Young

200 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction music informative reflective medium-paced
After Africa: Extracts from British Travel Accounts and Journals of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries Concerning the Slaves, Their Manners, and Customs in the British West Indies by John F. Szwed, Roger D. Abrahams
After Africa: Extracts from British Travel Accounts and Journals of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries Concerning the Slaves, Their Manners, and Customs in the British West Indies
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John F. Szwed, Roger D. Abrahams

After Africa: Extracts from British Travel Accounts and Journals of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries Concerning the Slaves, Their Manners, and Customs in the British West Indies

John F. Szwed, Roger D. Abrahams

480 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

medium-paced
Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World by John F. Szwed
Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
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John F. Szwed

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World

John F. Szwed

452 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth by John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
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John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth

John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative reflective slow-paced
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith by John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
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John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith

John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz by John F. Szwed

Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz

John F. Szwed

missing duration info • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction music challenging informative medium-paced
So What: The Life of Miles Davis by John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

So What: The Life of Miles Davis

John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

496 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction music emotional informative medium-paced
So what: The Life of Miles Davis by John F. Szwed
So what: The Life of Miles Davis
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John F. Szwed

So what: The Life of Miles Davis

John F. Szwed

488 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography music
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
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John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed
Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
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John F. Szwed

Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

John F. Szwed

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

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