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The sound that Jazz makes
By Weatherford, Carole Boston & Velasquez, Eric
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80278-721-7
- Publisher
- New York : Walker & Company, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2000
Gr 3-6 This book traces the evolution of jazz in a poem of four-line stanzas that begins with an African drum beat and ends with a rapper who still hears "-the age-old, far-off beat/of Africa drumming on every street." Each stanza accompanies a full-spread oil painting outlined with a crayon line and bordered in white. On many pages, one figure-an African kalimba player, a Delta bluesman, etc.-is featured in front of the painting, breaking the frame and extending into the white space below. The animated African a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
