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1) Jazz
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Did you know that jazz music has its roots in Africa and Europe? It came from a kind of music called ragtime. Find out more in Jazz,
one of the titles in the My Favorite Music series.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
This book traces the history and development of jazz through its instrumentalists and singers and explains how jazz forms came to influence and merge with Broadway show music, the swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s, the rock-and-roll of the 1950s and the electronic music of today.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jazz is a uniquely American art form. This popular style of music sprang from post-slavery African-American culture, as children of slaves settled in big cities. They began to fuse their musical heritage with the influences of their new surroundings, and the result is still felt in the music we know as jazz today.
12) Jazz
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the origins of jazz, examining its unique rhythmic improvisation, instrumentation, scat singing, changing styles, and prominent musicians.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 9
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 5
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 4
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 6
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 7
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Series
Ken Burns PBS Home Video volume 2
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
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