Wynton Marsalis (Book Report Biographies (Hardcover)) (Book Report Biographies (Paperback))
by Leslie Gourse
Discusses the life and musical career of the African American trumpet player known for his performances of popular, jazz, and classical music.
Swingers and Crooners (Art of Jazz) (Art of Jazz S.)
by Leslie Gourse
Describes the lives of notable jazz singers, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music.
Louis Armstrong and the Jazz Age (Cornerstones of Freedom: Second (Library))
by Dan Elish
Ella Fitzgerald: American Jazz Singer (History Maker Bios (Lerner))
by Grace Hansen
Ella Fitzgerald (Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans)
by Megan Schoenberger
Deep Down in Music (Art of Jazz) (Art of Jazz S.)
by Leslie Gourse
Presents the lives and artistry of notable jazz bassists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of various innovations on the development of jazz music.
Nat King Cole (African American Profiles for the Young)
by Daphne Simpkins
Quien Fue Louis Armstrong? (Quien Fue? / Who Was?) (Who Was...?)
by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Introduces some of the most famous jazz horn players, focusing on trumpet and saxophone players.
Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones.
Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and profiles the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.