The Story Of Music
By James Carter & Valerio Vidali
It hums and it thrums
through day and night
the magical, mystical
rhythm of life!
This wonderful book introduces all sorts of music. (See it on Youtube)
Orchestras, choirs all kinds of bands
journeyed around across the lands.
Jazz to country, samba to swing
many new styles, new songs to sing.
So here's some books that look at other kinds of music.
Jazz
• This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt & R.G. Roth
This swinging make-over of “This Old Man” introduces the roles of nine jazz legends amid gorgeous illustrations and plenty of onomatopoeia.
(See it on Youtube)
And there are so many picture book biographies about famous jazz musicians and singers.
Duke Ellington 1899 - 1974 pianist
Louis Armstrong 1901 - 1971 trumpeter
Josephine Baker 1906 -1975
Mary Lou Williams 1910 - 1981 pianist
Django Reinhardt 1910 - 1953 guitarist
Billie Halliday 1915 - 1954 jazz singer
Dizzy Gillespie 1917 - 1993 trumpeter
Ella Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996 jazz singer
Charlie Parker 1920 - 1955 saxophonist
Oscar Peterson 1925 - 2007 pianist
John Coltrane 1926 - 1967 saxaphonist
Miles Davis 1926 - 1991 trumpeter
Melba Liston 1926 - 1999 trombonist
Nina Simone 1933 - 2003 pianist, singer
I am sure I have missed some, but this is a good start. Need another entry for other music and biographies.
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