Recommended by Lewis Porter
Jazz Music; Classical Music; Do the Math
As far as I'm concerned my friend Ethan Iverson (pianist, founding member of The Bad Plus, etc.) is one of the best jazz historians out there. Look for example at his Theory of Harmony, an anthology of early jazz and ragtime pieces that he put together for his students. And check out his very detailed studies, with transcriptions, of James P Johnson, Lester Young (particularly long and in depth, I think the best study of Pres's Music there is), Bud Powell, Ornette Coleman and others!!