garthsj Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 This morning I happened to notice a review in the Houston Chronicle of these two books for children that have jazz as their subject. I am tempted to buy them as a gift for potential future grandkids ... This can't but help be a sign of something good for the future of the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthsj Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) This morning I happened to notice a review in the Houston Chronicle of these two books for children that have jazz as their subject. I am tempted to buy them as a gift for potential future grandkids ... This can't but help be a sign of something good for the future of the music. Here is the second book: Edited October 16, 2006 by garthsj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) Just don't ever get a kid the Wynton Marsalis 'jazz for kids' book, or whatever he calls it, unless you want the kid to grow up with a totally warped sense of life. I perused this at a bookstore after I became aware of its existence. It's unbelievable the dreck that creep is trying to peddle to young minds. This book was the final vindication (as if I needed any) that WM is a total fraud. Bertrand. Edited October 16, 2006 by bertrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 For the really young jazz fan, here's something different: New Yorkers Steven Bernstein, John Medeski, Briggan Krauss, Lonnie Plaxico & others doing Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Or if you want to insure your kid doesn't turn out like all the others there is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 this is a great one ... written in a wack time signature prose thing.... now see he has done another... great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 as for Wynton ... the illustrator here saves the day in many variant styles.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 this is a great one ... written in a wack time signature prose thing.... now see he has done another... great work! Mysterious Thelonious is really excellent. The illustrations and setting of the words mimic the see-sawing motion of Monk's Mysterioso perfectly. (As an aside, for years I've imagined Mysterioso as the theme song for a really hip and twisted television kiddie show.) I haven't seen the Coltrane book, but Raschka also wrote and illustrated a book called Charlie Parker Played Bebop which I have seen and which did not impress me in the same way as the Thelonious book. I notice that he's also worked on a book about Armstrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I have found that Don Carter's "Heaven's All Star Jazz Band" really appeals to children. It is a story about how a much beloved deceased grandfather must be hanging out in heaven with his jazz favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 this is a great one ... written in a wack time signature prose thing.... now see he has done another... great work! It looks like there is another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I have found that Don Carter's "Heaven's All Star Jazz Band" really appeals to children. It is a story about how a much beloved deceased grandfather must be hanging out in heaven with his jazz favorites. Need any more proof that jazz is dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Or if you want to insure your kid doesn't turn out like all the others there is... I think young kids would "get" Ayler before most parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I think young kids would "get" Ayler before most parents. I remember in my senior year in high school a girlfriend who had no jazz background whatsoever. We were in a record store listening booth, and I put on Ornette's "Free," which was pretty much brand-new and about which I, the young know it all, was still dubious. She got it immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BB) Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Or if you want to insure your kid doesn't turn out like all the others there is... I think young kids would "get" Ayler before most parents. Always curious I dropped Nuits de La Fondation Maeght, Vol. 2 on the turntable and asked my 5 year old for her critical opinion. "I think I like Joan Jett better" She has a soft spot for the chick rockers, le tigre, sleater kinney ect... that's her mothers influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 On the subject of records for children, if anyone knows of "kiddie records" (Down Beat's words) recorded by Kimball (presumably the instrument and now furniture makers) c. 1958 I'd be grateful for any scrap of info. Thanks F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Related question: Anyone know of any good beginner jazz piano books? I mean REAL simple, for my 7 yr old daughter who has one year of lessons under her belt. My buddy teaches strings in elementary schools and he has them play Watermelon Man and a few other jazz tunes. (Better than Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for the 10000th time!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Or if you want to insure your kid doesn't turn out like all the others there is... I think young kids would "get" Ayler before most parents. Always curious I dropped Nuits de La Fondation Maeght, Vol. 2 on the turntable and asked my 5 year old for her critical opinion. "I think I like Joan Jett better" She has a soft spot for the chick rockers, le tigre, sleater kinney ect... that's her mothers influence. Wrong record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 For the really young jazz fan, here's something different: New Yorkers Steven Bernstein, John Medeski, Briggan Krauss, Lonnie Plaxico & others doing Old MacDonald, Wheels on the Bus, etc. I agree. Our grandchildren like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I have found that Don Carter's "Heaven's All Star Jazz Band" really appeals to children. It is a story about how a much beloved deceased grandfather must be hanging out in heaven with his jazz favorites. Need any more proof that jazz is dead? Seriously, that's a depressing (dare I say sick?) way to get kids into jazz. "Hey kids, listen to all the dead folks. You'll love it!" Then again, the truth hurts... But the again again, I'd like to see Braxton do a kids book. That would be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 But the again again, I'd like to see Braxton do a kids book. That would be fun! I can see it now: "2+2=5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep1str0phy Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 But the again again, I'd like to see Braxton do a kids book. That would be fun! I can see it now: "2+2=5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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