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Whatcom Grooves: Books for a Summer of Jazz

Celebrate our summer jazz series with books about jazz and music appreciation! Gather with your neighbors for a joyous hour of live music at events hosted by Friends of the Library in South Whatcom, Ferndale, and Blaine. Learn more at wcls.org/jazz.

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28 items

  • This Is What It Sounds Like

    What the Music You Love Says About You

    Rogers, Susan, 1956-
    Book, 2022New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]. — 781.11 ROGERS 2022
  • Dilla Time

    the Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

    Charnas, Dan,
    Book, 2022New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. — J DILLA Charnas
  • Music

    a Subversive History

    Gioia, Ted,
    Book, 2019New York : Basic Books, 2019. — 780.9 GIOIA 2019
  • Shine Bright

    a Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop

    Smith, Danyel,
    Book, 2022New York : Roc Lit 101, One World, [2022]. — 782.4216 SMITH 2022
  • The Come Up

    An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-hop

    Abrams, Jonathan P. D., 1984-
    Book, 2022New York : Crown, [2022]. — 782.4216 ABRAMS 2022
  • This Woman's Work

    Essays on Music

    Book, 2022New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2022. — 780.82 THIS WOMA 2022
  • Let's Do It

    the Birth of Pop Music : a History

    Stanley, Bob, 1964-
    Book, 2022New York : Pegasus Books, 2022. — 781.64 STANLEY 2022
  • Book, 2021New York : Abrams Image, 2021. — 782.4216 QUESTLOVE 2021
  • Footnotes

    the Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way

    Gaines, Caseen, 1986-
    Book, 2021Naperville, Ilinois : Sourcebooks, 2021. — 792.0899 GAINES 2021
  • The Science of Song

    How and Why We Make Music

    Cross, Alan, 1962-
    Book, 2021Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2021]. — J 780 CROSS 2021
  • Book, 2020Watertown : Charlesbridge Publishing, 2020. — 704.9497 SHIPTON 2020
  • Music

    a Fold-out Graphic History

    O'Neill, Nicholas, 1970-
    Book, 2020Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom ; Greenbelt, MD : What on Earth Books, 2020. — 780 23
  • Switched on Pop

    How Popular Music Works, and Why It Matters

    Sloan, Nate, 1986-
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]. — 781.64 SLOAN 2020
  • Music and How It Works

    the Complete Guide for Kids

    Morland, Charlie,
    Book, 2020New York : Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2020. — 781.1 MORLAND 2020
  • Miles Davis

    Birth of the Cool

    DVD, 2020[Wandsworth, London] : Eagle Rock Entertainment, [2020]. — DVD 788.9216 MILES.DA
  • Music Is My Life

    Soundtrack Your Mood With 80 Artists for Every Occasion

    Tanzer, Myles,
    Book, 2020Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of Quarto Publishing, 2020. — J 781.11 TANZER 2020
  • Book, 2019Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019. — 782.4216 WILLIS-AB 2019
  • Playing Changes

    Jazz for the New Century

    Chinen, Nate
    Book, 2018New York : Pantheon Books, [2018].
  • Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. — 792.8 ALFORD 2018