Some Music Books I Recommend

• Guitar Atlas: Guitar Styles from Around the World, Vol. 1 & 2
• Arranging & Composing for the Small Ensemble by David Baker
• Jazz Guitar by Mickey Baker
• Real Blues Guitar by Kenn Chipkin
• Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of John Coltrane by Corey Christiansen and Kim Bock
• Essential Jazz Lines in the Style of Wes Montgomery by Corey Christiansen
• The Teaching of Jazz by Jerry Coker
• How to Improvise by Hal Crook
• The Guitarist's Guide to Composing and Improvising by Jon Damian
• The Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Gary Davis & Ralph Jones
• The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer
• Fusion by Joe Diorio
• Giant Steps by Joe Diorio
• Intervallic Designs for Jazz Guitar by Joe Diorio
• Jazz Blues Styles by Joe Diorio
• Jazz Structures for the New Millennium by Joe Diorio
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown - The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson by Dr. Licks
• The Brazilian Guitar Book by Nelson Faria
• Inside the Brazilian Rhythm Section by Nelson Faria and Cliff Korman
• Music and Mathematics - From Pythagoras to Fractals by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson
• Reharmonization Techniques by Randy Felts
• The Serious Jazz Practice Book by Barry Finnerty
• The Professional Arranger/ Composer by Russell Garcia
• The Music of Miles Davis by Lex Giel
• Joe's Guitar Method by Joey Goldstein
• The Advancing Guitarist by Mick Goodrick
• Factorial Rhythm for All Instruments by Mick Goodrick and Mitch Haupers
• Mr. Goodchord’s Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Volume I: Name That Chord by Mick Goodrick
• Mr. Goodchord’s Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Volume II: Do Not Name That Chord by Mick Goodrick
• Mr. Goodchord’s Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Volume III: Beyond the Mother Lode by Mick Goodrick
• African Guitar Styles by Folo Graff
• Jazz Guitar Comping by Andrew Green
• Jazz Guitar Structures by Andrew Green
• Jazz Guitar Technique by Andrew Green
• Metaphors for the Musician by Randy Halberstadt
• Exploring Jazz Guitar by Jim Hall
• Analog Man's Guide To Vintage Effects by Tom Hughes
• Jazz- & popharmonik by Sten Ingelf
• Praktisk harmonilära och ackordspel - visharmonik by Sten Ingelf
• Stora musikguiden - Musikteori för alla by Roine Jansson
• Traditionell arrangering by Roine Jansson
• How to Play Blues Guitar by Richard Johnston
• What to Listen for in Jazz by Barry Kernfeld
• The Wes Montgomery Guitar Folio by Steve Khan
• A Modern Method for Guitar Vol. 1-3 by William G. Leavitt
• The Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine
• The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
• A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony and Melody by David Liebman
• Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble by Dick Lowell and Ken Pullig
• Best of Wes Montgomery by Wolf Marshall
• The Listening Book - Discovering Your Own Music by W.A. Mathieu
• The Salsa Guidebook by Rebeca Mauleon
• Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, "The World's Greatest Bass Player" by Bill Milkowski
• The Chord Scale Theory & Jazz Harmony by Barrie Nettles and Richard Graf
• Brazil, Your Passport to a New World of Music by Billy Newman
• Solo Guitar Playing by Frederick M. Noad
• Solo Guitar Playing, Book 2 by Frederick M. Noad
• Musik som levebröd by Johan Ohlin & Kent Wennman
• Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice by Ted Pease
• Modern Jazz Voicings by Ted Pease and Ken Pullig
• Zen and the Art of Guitar by Jeff Peretz
• Creative Jazz Improvisation by Scott D. Reeves
• Nashville Guitar by Arlen Roth
• The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization by George Russell
• Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns by Nicolas Slonimsky
• Live Sound Reinforcement by Scott Hunter Stark
• Scat! by Bob Stoloff
• Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
• The Book of Six Strings: The Six-Fold Path of Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo & Tobias Hurwitz
• The Art of Improvisation by Bob Taylor
• Miles, the Autobiography by Quincy Troupe & Miles Davis
• Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail
• Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
• Complete Book of Harmony, Theory and Voicing by Bret Willmott
• Ljudinspelningens ABC by Lennart Zetterberg
• Gypsy Fire by Andreas Öberg and Michael Horowitz

• The Beatles Complete Fake Book
• The Charlie Parker Omnibook
• Bill Frisell, an Anthology
• The Latin Real Book
• Pat Metheny Song Book
• Miles Davis Real Book
• Monica Z sångbok
• The New Real Book Vol. 1-3
• The Real Easy Book Vol. 1-2
• Real Jazz Book
• The Real Swede
• The Standards Real Book
• The Various "Illegal" Real Books
• The World's Greatest Fake Book

Some Non-Music Books

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment by Roshi Philip Kapleau
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
• Zen and the Art of Happiness by Chris Prentiss
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki