Opening book details…
Can I read A Child's Introduction to Jazz : the Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music on EtoBox?
A Child's Introduction to Jazz : the Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music by Jabari Asim, Jerrard K. Polk, Jabari Asim is a book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Child's Introduction to Jazz : the Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music about?
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 on the journey through the history of jazz as you discover the most important musicians and singers while hearing some really cool sounds. You’ll learn all about the roots of jazz in Africa and New Orleans and how the music traveled to different parts of the United States and around the world. Along the way you’ll meet legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who shaped a new form of jazz called improvisation; pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, who helped create the big band sound of the swing era; and the singer Billie Holiday, whose songs such as “God Bless the Child,” “Don’t Explain,” and “Lady Sings the Blues” have become jazz standards. Listen along to the sounds of jazz by downloading music and hearing
- Author
- Jabari Asim, Jerrard K. Polk, Jabari Asim
- Publisher
- Running Press Miniature Editions
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780762479429
Other editions & translations
More by Jabari Asim, Jerrard K. Polk, Jabari Asim
Browse all works by Jabari Asim, Jerrard K. Polk, Jabari Asim
Similar books
- Jazz: A Regional Exploration (Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music) — Scott Yanow (2005)
- From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935 (Jazz: History, Culture, and Criticism Series) — Hennessey, Dr. Thomas J. (1994)
- Jazz Consciousness: Music, Race, and Humanity (Music / Culture) — Paul Austerlitz; American Council of Learned Societies (2005)
- A Child's Introduction to the Orchestra (Revised and Updated): Listen to 37 Selections While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music, and the ... the Music! (A Child's Introduction Series) — Meredith Hamilton Robert Levine (2019)
- Classic Jazz : A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians — Floyd Levin (2000)
- Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present — David L. Dicaire (2006)