A Child's Introduction to Jazz
The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music
$31.55
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2023
Summary
Get ready to swing with A Child’s Introduction to Jazz, an interactive journey into one of the richest and most soulful music genres in the world. Listen while you learn with QR codes that will connect you to the instruments and musical flair of jazz. Welcome to jazz! Feel the music and rhythms of all the different styles of jazz, from swing and Dixieland to the blues and bebop, with this interactive introduction to the world’s coolest music.
Author Jabari Asim will take you …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780762479412 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0762479418 |
| Author: | Jabari Asim, Jerrard K. Polk |
| Publisher: | Running Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Running Press Adult |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 748g |
| Dimensions: | 258mm x 262mm x 14mm |
| Series: | A Child's Introduction |
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Both anecdotal and encompassing, this attentive introduction ably prepares readers for further learning–and listening.– Kirkus Reviews
“Both anecdotal and encompassing, this attentive introduction ably prepares readers for further learning–and listening.”–Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Jabari Asim
Jabari Asim is a professor at Emerson College, where he is director of the MFA program in Creative Writing. A recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, he is the author of several works for children. They include A Child’s Introduction to African American History, Preaching to the Chickens, Whose Toes Are Those, and Me and Muhammad Ali.
Jerrard K. Polk has been drawing all his life. He won his first art contest at the age of 5 and was educated in public schools by many skilled art teachers. His love of books and poetry was encouraged by his mother, a librarian. Today, he enjoys sharing his fondness for art and entrepreneurship with children. He is greatly inspired by jazz and the dapper fashions of its innovators. In 2021, he illustrated The Story of John Lewis and Black Inventors.
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