jazz music

Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the world of jazz as experienced by the author while on an extended tour with trumpet player and composer Wynton Marsalis and his band.

Presents a short study of singer, songwriter, and jazz musician Louis Armstrong and chronicles his childhood in New Orleans and rise in the entertainment industry.

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.

Seeking the directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band's music.

A lame, lonely boy living on the top floor of an apartment building in Harlem is deserted by his parents and loses the pleasure of listening to the music from the apartment next door when the jazz pianist moves away.

Traces the roots of jazz and its evolution into swing and bebop and depicts many of the leading jazz musicians in the first part of the twentieth century. Includes photos, a list of recommended listening, and a glossary.

Examines the lives and careers of sixty legendary jazz artists including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Traces the history of jazz music in the United States, profiling the musicians and songs which have most impacted the genre.

350 photographs present a visual record of the composers, players, arrangers, and personalities who have made jazz music one of the preeminent art forms of the modern age.

Presents profiles of forty-nine musicians who have had a significant influence on the development of jazz; grouped in six categories according to musical style, each with an introductory essay on the history of the era. Includes discographies and references.