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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Description
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
Author
Pub. Date
p2000
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (15 min.) : digital + 1 book (32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.)
Description
Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop ; includes "Night in Tunisia" written by Dizzy Gillespie from the CD "Jazz at Massey Hall" published by Universal MCA Music Publishing, courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 book ([32] p. : col. ill.)
Description
Andrea Pinkney presents a charming chronicle featuring the exploits of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, a master pianist in the 20th century. Overcoming America's racial divide and rising to fame in the 1940s, Ellington went on to compose thousands of pieces before his death in 1974.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
The story of a group of African American orphans who played in their school's all-girl swing band and after leaving school made "it to the big-time in an era when integrated musical groups were practically unheard of. It wasn't always easy, and it wasn't always safe, but the talented Sweethearts of Rhythm ultimately became an international sensation"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif s Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school s revered marching band....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself--and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband ... Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene"--Publisher marketing.
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