Picture Books about Jazz by Black Americans

  1. Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure by Wynton Marsalis
  2. Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis
  3. Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford
  4. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown
  5. Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trumbone Shorty” Andrews
  6. The 5 O’Clock Band by Troy “Trumbone Shorty” Andrews
  7. Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong by Lesa Cline-Ransome
  8. Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  9. Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney
  10. God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday
  11. Jazz On A Saturday Night by Leo Dillon
  12. Stompin’ at the Savoy by Bebe Moore Campbell
  13. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
  14. Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson
  15. Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney
  16. Rap A Tap Tap by Leo Dillon
  17. The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford
  18. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor
  19. Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts
  20. First Book Of Jazz by Langston Hughes
  21. Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander