jazz music

Nobody appreciates Willie Jerome's jazz trumpet-playing except his sister, who finally makes Mama listen to the music speak.

An illustrated chronicle of jazz in the twentieth century, discussing the origins of the genre and the contributions of some of jazz's most significant musicians; and including articles that look at important songs, landmarks and personalities, conventions of jazz performance and composition, and the mingling of jazz with other art forms.

A reference guide to jazz music and performers that includes profiles of more than 1,700 artists, reviews and ratings for the best jazz recordings, historical essays, and listings of other jazz books, magazines, and mail-order sources.

Describes the lives of notable jazz singers, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music.

Sam's oral history project about a legendary jazz musician and a dispute with a troublemaking classmate enliven his first year at Burr Academy.

A group of toddlers move and play, hum and sleep to a jazz beat.

Illustrations and rhyming text evoke the rhythms of jazz music.

Because the Baptist minister's children in a small North Carolina town have difficulty conforming to the roles their father wishes them to play for public consumption, fifteen-year-old Neal feels he must hide his consuming interest in jazz music.

Short biographical sketches of eight jazz musicians.