Gary Golio
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but his song wasn't either of those things, . It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever. Discover how two outsiders- Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants- combined their...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the artistry of music superstar Jimi Hendrix and depicts how he used sight and sound in a unique way to define his musical style. Provides information about the impact his music has had on all musical styles of the twentieth century. Includes color illustrations.
3) Bird & Diz
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Presents a rhythmic tribute to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and their creation of bebop.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024].
Description
"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--
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