Bird & Diz When sax player Charlie “Bird” Parker and trumpeter John “Dizzy” Gillespie make music together, they toss notes back and forth like a game of tag and chase each other with sounds. Amazon Ella Queen of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald sang the blues and she sang them good. Ella and her fellas were on… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
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Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Who is Florence Price? Florence loved her mother’s piano playing and wanted to be just like her. When she was just four years old she played her first piano concert and as she grew up she studied and wrote music hoping one day to hear her own music performed by an orchestra. Amazon The Little… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
A Voice Named Aretha Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, a legend. But before she became a star, she was a shy little girl with a voice so powerful it made people jump up, sway, and hum along. Amazon Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound As a young… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums This picture-book biography details the life of black American jazz drummer Chick Webb, who in the 1930s led one of the big bands of the swing era, earning him the nickname the “King of the Savoy.” Amazon The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World This inspiring true story of rock and roll legend Les Paul teaches lessons of perseverance, overcoming obstacles, and following your dreams. Amazon Jazz (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) Fifteen poems, infused with the rhythm and wordplay of jazz music, are… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Stand Up and Sing!: Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice Coming of age during the Great Depression, Pete saw poverty and adversity that would forever shape his worldview, but it wasn’t until he received his first banjo that he found his way to change the world. It was plucking banjo strings and singing folk… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
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