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Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Miles Shaw goes to live with his father, a jazz musician, in New Orleans, and together they survive the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome, learning about each other and growing closer through their painful experiences.
8) Mumbo jumbo
Author
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on out society."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.
Author
Series
Mirror) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1920s New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Zora, banished after an incident in Harlem, struggles with her overbearing family, magical powers, love of jazz, and forbidden romance with a white man.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ella is different from other ducklings. She always waddled out of the line. She was loud and silly. And she made up her own songs to sing. Her family didn't know what to think of her. Until one day, Ella met Dizzy. Could Ella and Dizzy make beautiful music together? And could they get the othe animals to listen?"--publisher
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel celebrating being a little bit odd, finding your people, and the power of music to connect us For Steffi, going to school everyday is an exercise in survival. She's never fit in with any of the groups at school, and she's viciously teased by the other girls in her class. The only way she escapes is through her music -- especially jazz music. When Steffi hears her favorite...
14) Cool Daddy Rat
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
A young rat hides in his father's bass case and tags along as he plays and scats around the big city.
16) Alligator jazz
Author
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Alligator Slim gives up the blues, moves to the city, and gets a job playing jazz saxophone at the zoo, but fellow performer Weasel is not happy about his success.
17) Jazz for lunch!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw. Includes brief bios of jazz musicians on the endpages.
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