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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
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Arcadia Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Home to Black Broadway" and the Howard Theatre in the Greater U Street area, Washington, DC, has long been associated with American jazz. Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine launched their careers there in the early 20th century. Decades later, Shirley Horn and Buck Hill would follow their leads, and DC's "jazz millennials" include graduates of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. For years, Bohemian Caverns and One Step Down were among the clubs...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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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.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Miles Davis was not only a musical genius, but also an enigma, and nowhere else was he so compelling, exasperating, and entertaining as he was in his interviews, which vary from polite to outrageous, from straight-ahead to contrarian. Miles on Miles collects thirty of the most vital. Even his autobiography lacks the immediacy of the dialogues collected here. Many were conducted by leading journalists like Leonard Feather, Stephen Davis, Ben Sidran,...
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Middleway Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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In Reaching Beyond, Buddhist thinker and activist Daisaku Ikeda explores the origins, development,and international influence of jazz with legendary artists Herbie Hancockand Wayne Shorter.Reflecting on their lives and careers, Mr. Hancock and Mr. Shorter sharethe lessons they have learned from their musical mentors, including MilesDavis and Art Blakey, and how the Buddhist philosophy they've learnedfrom President Ikeda over the past forty years deeply...
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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This mesmerizing tale of a musician's rise and fall is widely considered the greatest jazz novel ever published. Edgar Pool came up with the big bands. He spent the 1930s crisscrossing the country, playing in only the finest dance halls. In those days, a saxophone player was expected to stay on the beat, to swing without getting too hot. But Edgar - whom the young men called "the Horn" - couldn't help but rebel. His sound was always far-out, never...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this companion to the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning Trombone Shorty, join a scrappy young musician named Shorty on a tour of his beloved New Orleans. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and soak up inspiration. Along the way he'll meet street musicians, a favorite restaurant owner, and...
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IVP Academic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. In this volume, theologian and jazz pianist William Edgar argues that the music of jazz cannot be properly understood apart from the Christian gospel, which like jazz moves from deep lament to inextinguishable joy. By tracing the development of jazz, placing it within the context of the African American experience, and exploring the work of jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Duke...
10) Jam: A Novel
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The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Jam is a passionate tale of money-hungry musicians, sleazy record companies, over-adoring fans, the majesty of jazz, and ultimately, a creative soul who is true to himself and to his art.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Mia's eighth I Can Read book is full of the same dancing readers love, but with a whole set of new moves (and words!) to help beginning readers grow. For a new dance number, Mia the ballerina kitten swaps her ballet slippers for jazz shoes. The only thing is, Mia doesn't think the jazz shoes are as pretty as her pink slippers. The plain shoes don't seem to match the snazzy jazz routine. As always, Mia uses her quick thinking to come up with the perfect...
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Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of WWI, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered the Louis Armstrong...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Whether you are an artist whose talents are an untapped source of energy for your church or a ministry leader wanting to involve artists and the creative arts in your outreach efforts, Outreach and the Artist will renew your vision. Musician and biblical scholar Con Campbell offers encouragement, wisdom, and practical tips for evangelism with , through , and to the arts: Evangelism with the Arts. While the abilities of Christian artists may serve...
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English
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The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and reckless consumption. On the other hand, the Great Depression brought poverty and desperation to millions. Readers will explore these periods in American history through the eyes of the people who lived them.
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Español
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The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On the one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and reckless consumption; on the other, the Great Depression brought poverty and desperation to millions. Explore these periods in American history through the eyes of the people who lived them.
16) Jazz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Did you know that jazz music has its roots in Africa and Europe? It came from a kind of music called ragtime. Find out more in Jazz,
one of the titles in the My Favorite Music series.
17) Jazz Bands
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Did you know that jazz bands started in America more than 100 years ago? The first bands appeared in New Orleans. Some bands played on riverboats. Discover these and other fascinating facts in Jazz Bands, one of the titles in the Bands series.
18) A Listen To Jazz
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English
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Which Type Of Music Blends Styles And Uses Improvisation? Jazz! Supports Emphasis On Increasing Steam (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, And Math) Content.
19) Half-blood blues
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English
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"Berlin, 1939. The Hot-Time Swingers, a popular German American jazz band, have been forbidden to play live because the Nazis have banned their 'degenerate music.' After escaping to Paris, where they meet Louis Armstrong, the band's brilliant young trumpet-player, Hieronymus Falk, is arrested in a café by the Gestapo. It is June 1940. He is never heard from again. He is twenty years old, a German citizen. And he is black. Berlin, 1992. Falk, now...
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Español
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Músico e historiador, Ted Gioia une en Historia del jazz los conocimientos del erudito con las virtudes expresivas del divulgador entusiasta para componer el más completo panorama de este género: desde su prehistoria y la temprana africanización de la música americana, hasta las semblanzas de las grandes figuras del siglo XX y de los distintos estilos y geografías.
Una autorizada obra de investigación que, sin embargo, no escatima el placer...
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