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41) Louis Armstrong
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and career of the renowned trumpeter and bandleader of the jazz era.
42) Miles Davis
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the noted jazz trumpeter who gained fame performing at the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1955.
45) Miles Davis
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the noted jazz trumpeter who got his start with Charlie Parker's quintet and gained fame performing at the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1955.
46) Benny Goodman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman.
53) Ella Fitzgerald
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.
54) Count Basie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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.
58) Trombone Shorty
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
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.
59) Ella Fitzgerald
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.
60) Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: taking the stage as the first black-and-white jazz band in history
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. This lush and lyrical picture book tells the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds; one a young black boy growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, the other the son of struggling Russian-Jewish immigrants from the West Side of Chicago, were brought together by their love of music, and helped create the...
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