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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.
2) La La Land
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[2017]
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A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and aspiring jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind romance as they both pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. However, their blossoming relationship is challenged when their careers pull them in different directions.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy...
3) Soul
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[2021]
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Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
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When Hannah Swensen hears that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing at a festival in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. And keyboard player Buddy Neiman's minor injuries turn deadly serious when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest. Turns out, Buddy Neiman isn't the victim's real name. In fact, no one...
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Alex Delaware novels volume 17
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Guilt.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis summons his friend psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware to a trendy gallery where a promising young artist has been brutally garroted on the night of her first major showing. The details of the murder scene immediately suggest to Alex not an impulsive crime of passion but...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis summons his friend psychologist-sleuth Alex Delaware to a trendy gallery where a promising young artist has been brutally garroted on the night of her first major showing. The details of the murder scene immediately suggest to Alex not an impulsive crime of passion but...
8) Miles and me
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An intimate story of Miles Davis, the man, the musician, and his friendship with the young journalist and poet Quincy Troupe--soon to be a major motion picture.
10) 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.
12) Dizzy
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Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple text and illustrations introduce the life of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
16) Louis Armstrong
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c2010
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Also known as 'Satchmo,' Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time. As a trumpet player and singer, Armstrong brought his musical talent to fans around the world. During his lifetime he broke down racial barriers and showed that people of all colors can work together to achieve great things. Celebrate Black History Month all year long! Our highly acclaimed Journey to Freedom series provides comprehensive information...
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"Berlin, 1939. The Hot-Time Swingers, a popular German American jazz band, have been forbidden to play live because the Nazis have banned their 'degenerate music.' After escaping to Paris, where they meet Louis Armstrong, the band's brilliant young trumpet-player, Hieronymus Falk, is arrested in a caf� by the Gestapo. It is June 1940. He is never heard from again. He is twenty years old, a German citizen. And he is black. Berlin, 1992. Falk, now...
20) Tell me why
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Losing herself in her music to escape from her divorce, jazz pianist Carolee Burns encounters Max Wolfe, who restores her faith in love, but when a tragedy threatens to tear them apart, Carolee must find the strength inside to find happiness and love.
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