John Coltrane's musical composition is performed by a box, a snowflake, some raindrops, and a kitten.

"The myth of the '60s depends on the 1950s being the 'before times' of conformity, segregation, straightness-The Lonely Crowd and The Organization Man. This all carries some truth, but it does nothing to explain how, in 1959, America's great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity, thanks to a number of Black geniuses so legendary they go by one name-Monk, Mingus, Rollins, Coltrane, and, above all, Miles. Nineteen...

After dancing to music on the radio before she goes to bed, a young girl learns how to sing scat when Louis Armstrong comes to her in a dream. Includes facts about Louis Armstrong and scat singing.

This book on jazz music covers key personalities, hit songs and experimental compositions, landmark performances and recordings, publications, musical instruments, social and historical issues, organizations and schools, record companies, and more.

Tells the story of how jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington, along with Billy Strayhorn, created his jazz composition based on Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Suite ballet. Includes author's note.

"From blues to bop, swing to hip-hop, a hundred years of music, musicians, singers and styles"--Cover.

In New York City in 1959, fifteen-year-old Alec Schuyler, at odds with his widowed father over his love of music, finds a mentor and friend in a blind, black jazz musician.