John Szwed

12 books

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World by John Szwed

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World

John Szwed

464 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music informative medium-paced
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth by John Szwed

Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth

John Szwed

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music reflective slow-paced
Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul by Robert Farris Thompson, John Szwed, Roger D. Abrahams

Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul

Robert Farris Thompson, John Szwed, Roger D. Abrahams

112 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz by John Szwed

Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz

John Szwed

336 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

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

So What: The Life of Miles Davis

John Szwed

496 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John Szwed

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

John Szwed

496 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative fast-paced
Billie Holiday: The Musician & the Myth by John Szwed, John Szwed
Billie Holiday: The Musician & the Myth
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John Szwed, John Szwed

Billie Holiday: The Musician & the Myth

John Szwed, John Szwed

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative reflective slow-paced
Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North by Richard A. Ippolito, Barbara Dianne Savage, John Szwed, Arthur Huff Fauset

Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North

Richard A. Ippolito, Barbara Dianne Savage, John Szwed, Arthur Huff Fauset

126 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

religion sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith by John Szwed

Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith

John Szwed

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction emotional medium-paced
Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture by John Szwed

Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture

John Szwed

283 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

essays music challenging informative reflective medium-paced