Jazz, a picture book with music
Posted on: August 6, 2012
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Jazz
Poems by Walter Dean Myers
Music by Rob Mathes Music
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
CD Performed by James “D-Train” Williams and Vaneese Thomas and Various Artists
ISBN-13: 978-0823421732
Poems fill this book, along with paintings for illustration and the book is enjoyable just for that. But there’s more. The book teaches, too. Supplimented with a Jazz Glossery and Jazz Timeline, you LEARN about and to appreciate Jazz, the art form, its performers, styles, instruments, rhythms and sounds through the poems and informational resources. The accompanying CD is fantastic, with music to underscore the narrator’s performances and sometimes a little singing, too. Significantly, all the musicians, performers, and innovators are African American, spotlighting an important aspect of American Song.
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