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Mysterious Thelonious
By Raschka, Christopher
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53130-057-2
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c1997.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1997
Gr 1-5 In this brilliantly conceived tribute to the jazz composer and musician, Raschka has captured the music and the man in a picture book as original as Monk himself. Using the provocative "Misterioso" as his inspiration, Raschka set his words to the melody and let them fall on the page just as they would if you were listening to the music. But his "notes" are the 12 values on the color wheel matched to the corresponding 12 tones on the chromatic scale. He begins with a nearly all-white page, the colors ru...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
