Jazz on a Saturday Night
Scholastic Inc · Hardcover · September 1, 2007
Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon open your heart with the pure magic of a ?dream team? jazz session.
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- Who it’s for
- A colorful, rhythmic tribute makes jazz feel close enough to tap along with.
- Themes
- Jazz music, Jazz musician biographies
- Genres
- Jazz, Musicians' Lives for Kids, African American Life (U.S.)
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Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon open your heart with the pure magic of a ?dream team? jazz session. Bright colours and musical patterns make the music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage to many jazz greats. From Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk to Ella Fitzgerald, here is an evening sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular music form and read a biography of each player, featured at the end of the book.
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A colorful, rhythmic tribute makes jazz feel close enough to tap along with.
Come here for
- The pulse of a jazz session, carried by bright colors and musical patterns
- A roll call from Miles Davis to Ella Fitzgerald
Expect
- An introduction to jazz as a popular music form
- Short biographies of the featured players at the book’s end
Where it sits
| Jazz | 56% |
|---|---|
| African American Life (U.S.) | 40% |
| Musicians' Lives for Kids | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Jazz
- Authors
- Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc
- Published
- September 1, 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Jazz music · Jazz musician biographies
- Reading lane
- Jazz