Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. RansomeAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2014-02-01Pages:32
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823423620ISBN-10:082342362XUPC:9780823423620Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Music, Social TopicsBook Topic:Performing Arts, Jazz, Prejudice & RacismSize:11.30 x 9.14 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC42JSH3B0
Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa. Here is the story of how two musical prodigies from very different backgrounds grew up, were brought together by the love of music, and helped to create the jazz style known as swing.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823423620ISBN-10:082342362XUPC:9780823423620Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Music, Social TopicsBook Topic:Performing Arts, Jazz, Prejudice & RacismSize:11.30 x 9.14 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC42JSH3B0
Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome have collaborated on many award-winning picture books for children. These include Satchel Paige, which was an ALA Best Book for Children and Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass, which received starred reviews in Booklist and School Library Journal. The Quilt Alphabet was praised as "A blue-ribbon ABC book that combines bright, folksy oil paintings and lilting riddle-poems," in a starred review in Publishers Weekly and called "a feast for the eyes" in School Library Journal. They live in the Hudson River Valley region of New York.
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