[PDF] Before John Was A Jazz Giant eBook

Author : Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 125082270X

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Before John Was a Jazz Giant is a 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book.

Author : Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781448773176

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This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.

Author : John Chilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2002-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This biography charts the life and career of the trumpeter, Roy Eldridge. New light is shed on the various occasions when Eldridge unwillingly became entangled with gangsters, his uneven working relationships and the hurdles he had to overcome when working in all-white ensembles.

Author : Karen Ehrhardt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547545746

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In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine." Easy on the ear and the eye, this playful introduction to nine jazz giants will teach children to count--and will give them every reason to get up and dance! Includes a brief biography of each musician.

Author : Chris Raschka
Publisher : Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780689845987

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You may be surprised at the tricky music a box, a snowflake, some raindrops, and a kitten can make. Right before your eyes. And on the pages of this book. There is someone backstage watching, encouraging our performers but keeping them under control. Why not listen along?

Author : Spike Lee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442432993

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“On some days your dreams may seem too far away to realize… Listen to the whispers of those that came before...” People throughout history have taken giant steps toward improving the world—but even the smallest step makes a difference. A wonderful and inspiring gift, Giant Steps to Change the World encourages readers to follow in the footsteps of those who came before, to reject fears of inadequacy, and to ponder what they can contribute to society.

Author : Farah Jasmine Griffin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 1466855290

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When the renowned trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis chose the members of his quintet in 1955, he passed over well-known, respected saxophonists such as Sonny Rollins to pick out the young, still untested John Coltrane. What might have seemed like a minor decision at the time would instead set the course not just for each of their careers but for jazz itself. Clawing at the Limits of Cool is the first book to focus on Davis and Coltrane's musical interaction and its historical context, on the ways they influenced each other and the tremendous impact they've had on culture since then. It chronicles the drama of their collaboration, from their initial historic partnership to the interlude of their breakup, during which each man made tremendous progress toward his personal artistic goals. And it continues with the last leg of their journey together, a time when the Miles Davis group, featuring John Coltrane, forever changed the landscape of jazz. Authors Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington examine the profound implications that the Davis/Coltrane collaboration would have for jazz and African American culture, drawing parallels to the changing standards of African American identity with their public personas and private difficulties. With vastly different personal and musical styles, the two men could not have been more different. One exemplified the tough, closemouthed cool of the fifties while the other made the transition during this time from unfocused junkie to a religious pilgrim who would inspire others to pursue spiritual enlightenment in the coming decade. Their years together mark a watershed moment, and Clawing at the Limits of Cool draws on both cultural history and precise musical detail to illuminate the importance that their collaboration would have for jazz and American history as a whole.

Author : Stephon Alexander
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0465098509

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A spectacular musical and scientific journey from the Bronx to the cosmic horizon that reveals the astonishing links between jazz, science, Einstein, and Coltrane More than fifty years ago, John Coltrane drew the twelve musical notes in a circle and connected them by straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander follows suit, using jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe. Following the great minds that first drew the links between music and physics-a list including Pythagoras, Kepler, Newton, Einstein, and Rakim — The Jazz of Physics reveals that the ancient poetic idea of the "Music of the Spheres," taken seriously, clarifies confounding issues in physics. The Jazz of Physics will fascinate and inspire anyone interested in the mysteries of our universe, music, and life itself.

Author : Eric Carle
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Imagination
ISBN : 9780590252133

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When a violinist begins to play, the song is transformed into vivid shapes and colors.