jazz musicians

Young readers will learn that Jazz came from a kind of music called ragtime. Jazz musicians helped make the first drum sets.

"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--Provided by publisher.

Hailing from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high.

A collection of poems tell the story behind a famous 1958 photograph of jazz musicians.

Explores the life and career of the renowned trumpeter and bandleader of the jazz era.

Looks at the life and career of Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton.

Autobiography of internationally famous jazz trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie.

Describes how Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson came together and became the first black and white jazz band and helped create the style known as swing.

A biography of African American bandleader Cab Calloway, discussing his childhood in Rochester, New York, his life of hustling on the streets of Baltimore, and his great success despite racial and social boundaries.