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6) Jazz A-B-Z
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Profiles twenty-six of the jazz greats of all time, from Count Basie to Louis Armstrong, through a review of their work, their life stories, and their greatest hits by one of today's top jazz performers. A is for "almighty" Louis Armstrong, whose amazing artistry unfolds in an accumulative poem shaped like the letter he stands for. As for sax master Sonny Rollins, whose "robust style radiates roundness," could there be a better tribute than a poetic...
13) Wynton Marsalis
Author
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of one of America's greatest trumpet players, Wynton Marsalis.
Author
Language
English
Description
Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout...
