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greenMonkey:
So, I'm about to start reading Giants of Jazz, by Studs Terkel, and I'm wondering what other books about music I should read.  Tell me!

Inlander:
Have you read Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz?  It's very good.

TynansAnger:
If you're interested in undeground rock. you absolutely must read Our Band Could Be Your Life, which profiles 13 seminal bands in the formation of independent rock music in the 1980s.

ruyi:
i have heard good things about 'can't stop won't stop: a history of the hip-hop generation'.

...aaand don't have a title to recommend you but you should try looking for something on cuban music.

space_oddity:
The 33 1/3 series are truly excellent if, like me, you tend to value albums more than their creators. The ones on Low and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea are particularly well written, and several of the folks at Pitchfork are involved.
Elsewhere, Last Gang in Town by Marcus Gray is a brilliant history of the Clash. Chilling stuff.

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