Terms are included. Storyville to Swing Street. Da Capo Press, 1985. An anthology of biographies of over 1,000 American jazz musicians all born before 1920. Artists are listed alphabetically by their full names with nicknames supplied as well.
Dates are generally very accurate.
Claghorn, Charles Eugene. Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. Good mixture of American and non-American jazz artists. Arranged alphabetically with only the years of birth and death given. Full names are used with nicknames in parentheses.