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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.
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HERstory
Inspiring Portraits in Women's History (for kids!)
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A biography of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald featuring full-page color illustrations. Describes her early life as a poor orphan and how she became a singing star.
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Inspiring Portraits in Women's History (for kids!)
Picture Books for Black History Month
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WHM for Kids
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A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe."
6) Dizzy
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After arriving in New York, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was soon playing with the famous Cab Calloway Band, but his clowning around got him fired. Dizzy kept trying out his new music which took over the world of jazz. He had invented "bebop!"
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A Decade of Award Winners
Coretta Scott King Awards
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"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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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....
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"A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz as we know it"--
11) Louis Armstrong
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This book describes the life and achievements of Louis Armstrong, renowned trumpeter and outstanding figure in the history of jazz.
12) Ella Fitzgerald
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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.
17) Duke Ellington
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Traces the life of the internationally-acclaimed musician and composer, Duke Ellington who helped popularize jazz music.
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Books by Carole Boston Weatherford
Celebrating Blackness in Children's Books
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This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.