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Jazz (Composers & Musicians, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Jazz (Composers & Musicians, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $19.86, median 67 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.60 – $25.31 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Composers & Musicians (1,283), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 23, 12 points lower than here.
Top 10 Jazz best sellers
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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#1
- Price$15.30
- Rating4.6
- Reviews731
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Babe: Elaboratio: A Tribute to My Mother
by Harry Connick Jr.
- List rank#2
- Price$20.28
- Rating4.1
- Reviews12
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Miles: The Autobiography
by Miles Davis
- List rank#3
- Price$13.91
- Rating4.8
- Reviews958
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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz
by Geoff Dyer
- List rank#4
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews382
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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
by Robin DG Kelley
- List rank#5
- Price$8.74
- Rating4.7
- Reviews690
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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
by Stephon Alexander
- List rank#6
- Price$10.30
- Rating4.5
- Reviews505
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Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
by Herbie Hancock
- List rank#7
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews647
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power (American Music: New Roots)
by W. Jason Miller
- List rank#8
- Price$25.30
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins
by Sonny Rollins
- List rank#9
- Price$16.73
- Rating4.6
- Reviews82
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
by Stanley Crouch
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews386
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Jazz
FAQ
Is Jazz a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 67 reviews and sells for $19.86.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Jazz?
The median best seller has 67 reviews, and 56% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Jazz best sellers cost?
The median price is $19.86; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.60 and $25.31.
Can new books break into Jazz?
13% 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.