Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba.
Smithsonian Books, 2003. First edition, first printing.
Modern
Jazz Modernism : from Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition, first printing.
Callas: The Art and Life: The Great Years.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. 1st Edition.
Bix : The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend, Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Continuum, 2005. First English edition, first printing.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup
DaCapo, 2019. First edition.
Fire and Rain : The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970.
Da Capo, 2011. Later printing.
Never a Pal Like Mother : Vintage Songs & Photographs of the One Who's Always True.
Dust-to-Digital, 2011. First edition, first printing. CD included.
Bourbon Street Black: The New Orleans Black Jazzman.
Oxford, 1973. First edition, first printing.
Jukebox America.
St. Martin's Press, 1994. 1st Edition.
Broken Horses: A Memoir.
Crown, 2021. First edition, first printing.
Stranger than Kindness.
Canongate, 2020. First edition, first printing. Baby blue paper-covered boards, onlaid photo, no dust jacket.
Going Into the City Portrait of a Critic As a Young Man.
William Morrow, 2015. First edition, first printing.
Wishing on the Moon : The Life and Times of Billie Holiday.
Viking, 1994. First edition, first printing.
Shall We Play That One Together? : The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland.
St. Martin's Press, 2012. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page.
No Walls and the Recurring Dream : A Memoir.
Viking, 2019. First edition, first printing.
Black Beauty, White Heat : A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz, 1920-1950.
William Morrow, 1982. First edition, first printing.
Liverpool: Wondrous Place Music From Cavern to Cream
Virgin Books Ltd, 2002. First edition, first printing.
Lyrics 1962-1985
Knopf, 2000. Second edition.
Chronicles: Volume One.
Simon & Schuster, 2004. Later printing.
The Superhuman Crew
J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999. Painting by James Ensor. First printing thus. Glazed boards. CD included.
Bob Dylan : The Essential Interviews.
Simon & Schuster, 2017. First printing thus.
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin.
Henry Holt, 1999.
Ain't No Grave : The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely.
Dust-to-Digital, 2010. First edition, first printing. CD included.
Visions of Jazz : The First Century.
Oxford, 1998. Second printing.
Weather Bird : Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century.
Oxford, 2004. First edition, first printing.