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Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History
By CLINE-RANSOME, Lesa
- ISBN
- 9780823423620
- Publisher
- Holiday House
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2014 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 2–6—The true story of jazz musicians Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson is told in deep blues and gold with splashes of red throughout. The lyrical prose infuses the book with the spirit of jazz ("Benny blowing /bleating /breath...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2014
In the early decades of the twentieth century, Benny Goodman was a working-class Jewish boy growing up in Chicago, while Teddy Wilson was a middle-class African American boy living in Tuskegee, Alabama. Both of them showed an early talent for music. Benny played the clarinet and Teddy the piano (plus violin, oboe, and clarinet). And they both loved jazz music. Jazz brought them together when their paths crossed at a party and they played together spontaneou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Goodman grew up in Chicago, a working-class Jewish boy; Wilson lived in Tuskegee, Alabama, a middle-class African American boy. The story...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
