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Jazz (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Jazz (Musical Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 93 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.99 – $13.62 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 15% of the parent category Musical Genres (610), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Jazz best sellers
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Music: A Subversive History
by Ted Gioia
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews345
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The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music
by Ben Ratliff
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews51
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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
by Geoff Dyer
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews382
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Triad Comping for Modern Guitar: Unlock The Fretboard With Triads to Create Sophisticated, Modern Rhythm Guitar Parts
by Oz Noy
- List rank#4
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews7
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Billie Holiday: Wishing On The Moon
by Donald Clarke
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews154
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The Real Book Volume 1 Sixth Edition - C Instruments | Official Jazz Fake Book with 400 Classic Standards | Lead Sheets with Chords and Melodies for Musicians | Hal Leonard Jazz Songbook: C Edition
by Hal Leonard Corporation
- List rank#6
- Price$30.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,928
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3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
by James Kaplan
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews731
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Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65
by Kenny Mathieson
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews77
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The Jazz Roadmap: A Complete Guide to Studying Jazz: 116 Topics in 16 Stages, from Ear Training and Rhythm to Harmony, Improvisation and Modern Jazz (The ... Framework – Jazz Guitar Series Book 1)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
by R. Crumb
- List rank#10
- Price$2.51
- Rating4.7
- Reviews442
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FAQ
Is Jazz a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 93 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Jazz?
The median best seller has 93 reviews, and 51% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Jazz best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.99 and $13.62.
Can new books break into Jazz?
9% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.