Equinox publishes a highly regarded list of jazz histories and biographies as well as one academic journal dedicated to jazz — Jazz Research Journal.

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Latest News 

Both Brad Mehldau’s autobiogrphy,  Formation: Building a Personal Canon and Con Chapman’s Kansas City Jazz have been nominated for the 2024 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
Equinox has acquired Marion Boyers Publishers Ltd., and therefore that company’s music backlist which include a number of books by the blues historian Samuel Charters identified on this page and elsewhere on this website. If you have questions about any of these books, please contact [email protected] as we are currently adding ordering details to this site or arranging or eBooks to be made available.

Forthcoming

Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

James Gavin
Jazz on BBC Radio 1922-1972

Jazz on BBC Radio 1922-1972

Tim Wall
Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

Poetry, Politics, Love and Jazz
Ian Smith
Ray Brown

Ray Brown

His Life and Music
Jay Sweet
Search for the New Land

Search for the New Land

American Jazz in the 1970s
Mark Racz
Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler

Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler

Brian Shaw, Nick Smart
Thunder in their Hearts

Thunder in their Hearts

South African Jazz in Britain
Francis Gooding

Published

An Unholy Row

An Unholy Row

Jazz in Britain and its Audience, 1945–1960
Dave Gelly
Antipodean Riffs

Antipodean Riffs

Essays on Australasian Jazz
Bruce Johnson (ed)
Being Prez

Being Prez

The Life and Music of Lester Young
Dave Gelly
Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival

Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival

Ray Smith, Mike Pointon
Chasin’ the Bird

Chasin’ the Bird

The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker
Brian Priestley
Desperado

Desperado

An Autobiography
Tomasz Stańko, as told to Rafał Księżyk
translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska
Eberhard Weber

Eberhard Weber

A German Jazz Story
Eberhard Weber
Formation

Formation

Building a Personal Canon, Part I
Brad Mehldau
Handful of Keys

Handful of Keys

Conversations with Thirty Jazz Pianists
Alyn Shipton
Hidden Man

Hidden Man

My Many Musical Lives
John Altman
Jazz Me Blues

Jazz Me Blues

The Autobiography of Chris Barber
Chris Barber† with Alyn Shipton
Jazz Visions

Jazz Visions

Lennie Tristano and His Legacy
Peter Ind
Jelly Roll Morton's Last Night at the Jungle Inn

Jelly Roll Morton's Last Night at the Jungle Inn

Samuel Charters
Kansas City Jazz

Kansas City Jazz

A Little Evil Will Do You Good
Con Chapman
Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett

A Biography
Wolfgang Sandner
translated by Chris Jarrett
Komeda

Komeda

A Private Life in Jazz
Magdalena Grzebałkowska
translated by Halina Maria Boniszewska
Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan

His Life, Music and Culture
Tom Perchard
Mosaics

Mosaics

The Music of Graham Collier
Duncan Heining
Mr P.C.

Mr P.C.

The Life and Music of Paul Chambers
Rob Palmer
New Orleans

New Orleans

Playing a Jazz Chorus
Samuel Charters
Out of the Long Dark

Out of the Long Dark

The Life of Ian Carr
Alyn Shipton
The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small

The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small

Music on a Summer Island
Samuel Charters
The Godfather of British Jazz

The Godfather of British Jazz

The Life and Music of Stan Tracey
Clark Tracey
The History of European Jazz

The History of European Jazz

The Music, Musicians and Audience in Context
Francesco Martinelli (ed)
The Last Miles

The Last Miles

The Music of Miles Davis, 1980–1991
George Cole
The Legacy of the Blues

The Legacy of the Blues

The Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen
Samuel Charters
The Long Shadow of the Little Giant

The Long Shadow of the Little Giant

The Life, Work and Legacy of Tubby Hayes (second edition)
Simon Spillett
The Roots of the Blues

The Roots of the Blues

African Search
Samuel Charters
This is Bop

This is Bop

Jon Hendricks and the Art of Vocal Jazz
Peter Jones
This is Hip

This is Hip

The Life of Mark Murphy
Peter Jones
Trad Dads

Trad Dads

British Jazz, 1960–1975
Duncan Heining
Walking a Blues Road

Walking a Blues Road

A Blues Reader 1956-2004
Samuel Charters