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Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz by Frank J. Barrett — business, leadership, innovation, jazz, music, collaboration, teamwork
The Technique of My Musical Language by Olivier Messiaen — music, music theory, composition, harmony, rhythm, melody
The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins by Sonny Rollins, Sam V.H. Reese — jazz, music, notebooks, practice, discipline, spirituality, eastern philosophy, meditation, mastership, self-reflection
The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. — music, jazz, history, culture, race, biography, creativity, innovation
Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century by Nate Chinen — music, jazz, history, culture, innovation, globalization
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition by Geoff Dyer — essays, culture, art, photography, literature, music, travel, personal experience
Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus by Gene Santoro — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, creativity
Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography by Ian Carr — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, innovation
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities by Herbie Hancock, Lisa Dickey — music, jazz, memoir, creativity, technology, innovation, spirituality
From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life by Bill Crow — music, jazz, memoir, history, culture
But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer — music, jazz, fiction, biography, culture, creativity
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan • 2024 — music, jazz, biography, history, culture, race, addiction, creativity, collaboration, innovation