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2008, Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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2008., Preschool, Henry Holt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
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c1998, Adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The art of jazz.Summary Note: Presents the lives and artistry of notable jazz bassists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of various innovations on the development of jazz music.
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![Django : [world's greatest jass guitarist]](/LibraryG/images/~imageCT167017.JPG "Django : [world's greatest jass guitarist]")
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c2009., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age and soon was acclaimed as"Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. With passion and perserverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze.
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1974], Creative Education; [distributed by Childrens Press, Chicago Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Close-upsSummary Note: A biography of the black musician who in fifty years has composed 2000 songs and performed them all over the world.
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c1998., Primary, Hyperion Books for Children Call No: 92 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
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c1998., Primary, Hyperion Books for Children Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
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c1999, Adolescent, Franklin Watts Call No: 787.87 165 09 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The art of jazz.Summary Note: Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and profiles the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.
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-- Jelly Roll Morton invented jazz2015., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Looks at the life and career of Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton.
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c2007., Blue Sky Press Call No: 781.65 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Learn about this popular music form and hear each instrument play on a specially produced CD.
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c1999, Juvenile, Franklin Watts Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces the life of the innovative jazz saxophonist and the evolution of his music.
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[2016]., Juvenile, Holiday House Call No: E B CLI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the story of jazz innovator Louis Armstong's rise from street waif to international superstar.
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c2005., Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Masters of music (Mitchell Lane Publishers)Summary Note: Discusses the life of the composer, performer, and band leader Duke Ellington, discussing his upbringing, his artistic talent, his decision to concentrate on music, and his rise to fame in the early twentieth century, despite racial prejudice.
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Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--
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c2008., Lerner Pub. Call No: B ARM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History maker biographiesSummary Note: This is a biography of Louis Armstrong, the "world's greatest trumpet player" whose electrifying solos and one-of-a-kind raspy singing voice revolutionized American music. Armstrong is one of jazz music's greatest performers and is beloved around the world. This book follows his childhood of abject poverty in New Orleans through his rise to stardom in Chicago and New York. At the same time, the reader learns about the rise of jazz as a uniquely American art form as well as the racial prejudices that Louis was subject to at the time.
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-- "Jazz is played from the heart"c2007., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles the life and achievements of jazz musician Louis Armstrong, discussing his childhood, early street performances, move from New Orleans to Chicago, recording career, movie appearances, and more. Includes chronology, discography, filmography, further reading suggestions, and resources.
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-- "Jazz is played from the heart"c2007., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: B ARMSTRONG Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American biography library.
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c2007., Capstone Press Call No: B ARM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Fact finders.Summary Note: An introduction to the life of Louis Armstrong, the musician and singer who helped popularize jazz throughout the world.
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c2001., Enslow Call No: B Arm Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African AmericansSummary Note: A biography of the African American musician, nicknamed Satchmo, who had a major impact on the development of jazz music and was in several movies including "Hello Dolly."