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The Jazz State of Indiana, in its play on words, is truly a story of one state's experience in the development of jazz and dance music. It is, as it turned out, a book that readers across the world have read and accepted as history that might have occurred in the greater midwestern United States.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Episode 1. Jazz is born in New Orleans at the turn of the century emerging from several forms of music including ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, creole music, funeral parade music and above all, the blues. Musicians profiled here who advanced early jazz are Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Freddie Keppard, and musicians of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Episode 2. From 1917 through 1924, the "Jazz Age" begins with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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840L
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English
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Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
4) Soul
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
8) Jazz
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English
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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.
11) Higher
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English
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Michael Buble's album catapults the star's enormous talent into the stratosphere as he continues his ongoing journey reinventing and interpreting the music of America's most beloved standards, among others. Fitting perfectly throughout these gems are a handful of Buble originals that further cement his gift for writing and performing great pop tunes and luscious ballads. An irresistible and uplifting collection from the ultimate romantic once again...
15) Wallflower
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English
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Two years after the release of Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall returns with a brand new album that is produced by Grammy Award winner David Foster. Along with covers of pop classics, the CD includes If I Take You Home Tonight, a new song written by Paul McCartney.
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2014.
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English
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Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapolis, which produced some of the nation's most influential jazz artists. The performance venues that once lined the vibrant thoroughfare were an important stop on the Chitlin' Circuit and provided platforms for greats like Freddie Hubbard and Jimmy Coe. Through this biography of the bustling street, meet...
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