2021, book 2: Broadway: the life, times, & musical series, Elizabeth Rothwell

Skimpy booklet that is a seemingly haphazard history of Broadway. It came with a(n equally skimpy) CD.

If you want a half hour introduction to Broadway, you can do worse. You can in all likelihood do a whole lot better, too, though.

2021, book 1: Salute to Satchmo, Max Jones, John Chilton, and Leonard Feather

Loving tribute to Satchmo. Louis's own chapter and letters (mostly short excerpts) are the highlight.