A brief introduction to jazz music that defines what it is and discusses its beginnings, the different sounds and regions, and significant individuals.
Alfie and Emilia magically travel to New Orleans with their great-aunt Zia, where they help save a jazz performance venue and find a long-lost cookbook.
A brief introduction to the life of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded more than two hundred albums and performed at Carnegie Hall twenty-six times.
Describes the world of jazz, blues, country, and gospel with information of the lives, deaths, records, and legends of many of the the greats in the music world.
A photographic history of jazz music from its beginnings in New Orleans through the modern era, explaining the different jazz styles, profiling jazz performers from throughout the years, and including information on the structure of the music.
Before Kit can write a news story about an upcoming sold-out jazz concert, sinister pranks threaten to cancel the show and Kit is falsely accused of stealing a valuable trumpet.
March and boogie in street ballets, staged by the Zulus and the Big Jumpers and see how much of Africa still lives in their dance style. Stop by Preservation Hall to hear Kid Valentine and Willie Humphrey. Move on to the Glass House to catch the next generation of bands. Join a street funeral, drop by the rehersal of the black Indians as they prepare to take over carnival. And more from the Queen City, New Orleans.
