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3) Jazz
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From bebop to New Orleans, from ragtime to boogie--and every style in between--this collection of energetic poems, accompanied by bright and exhilarating paintings, celebrates different styles of the American art form, jazz.
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2014
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The long-awaited collaborative jazz album from Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett features Cole Porter's Anything Goes as the first single. It also includes other classic jazz standards sung both as duets or solo performances. Each song was handpicked by the artists, and the album features classic selections from the Great American Songbook such as It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Sophisticated Lady; Lush Life; and the title track.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Hailing from the Trem©Øe 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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
20) A listen to jazz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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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.