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Jazz
By Myers, Walter Dean
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-43010-022-5
- Publisher
- Live Oak Media
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Gr 1–5—Karen Ehrhardt's lively retelling (Harcourt, 2006) of the traditional song, "This Old Man," introduces nine African-American jazz greats, including Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, and Charlie Parker. For example, "This jazz man, he plays four/He conducts em through the score," is conductor and composer Duke Ellington. The musicians are identified by name in the back matter, where Ehrhardt provides biographical information about each one. The book perfectly captures the loose, improvisati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
"What did the world see? / What did the world hear? / Black men sweating in 4/4 time / Behind the beat, around the beat / Bending the in-between / Strings crying like midnight widows / Horns tearing down Jericho walls...." Exuberant music, pow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
