Kids Books

[BeBop]

Philly Joe Giraffes Jungle Jazz

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 04/01/2007

Age Range: 2-6

Synopsis: Philly Joe Giraffe marches through the jungle with his drum, telling the animals about a big concert at the lake. The animals follow him and are treated to the coolest jungle jam ever! The CD that comes with this book will be animal-themed, and will include selections such as ?The Monkey Hop? and ?The Elephant Stomp.?

Miles the Crocodile Plays the Colors of Jazz

EAN: 9780843120844

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 12/10/2009

Before John Was a Jazz Giant : A Song of John Coltrane

Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry

Release Date: 04/01/2008

Age Range: 5-9

Synopsis: Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped Johns own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.

Edited April 12, 2010 by BeBop

[Man with the Golden Arm]

thems from the Baby Loves Jazz stuff, right? Steven Bernstein, Medeski, Sharon Jones etc ... never heard em or read em.

[BeBop]

Mingus Mouse Sings Xmas for Momma

mingus is on tour and comes home on christmas eve. just before he goes to bed, the bass playing mouse realizes he forgot to get his mom a gift for xmas. he goes to bed and dreams a thousand dreams about what to get her until he wakes up on xmas morning to realize the best gifts are from the heart. the book and accompanying cd are priceless. best gift for mom ever.

Charlie Parker Played Bebop

It would seem a riddle worthy of the sphinx: how do you give children a sense of jazz music without playing a note? Chris Raschka answers loudly and clearly with the illustrated, syncopated Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. This sparse, rhythmic, repetitive text (inspired by a recording of Parker's "A Night in Tunisia") embraces and reflects the sound and feel of jazz when read aloud: "Charlie Parker played be bop. / Charlie Parker played saxophone. / The music sounded like be bop. / Never leave your cat alone." Whether in complete phrases or in nonsense refrains that taste like music in your mouth ("Alphabet alphabet, alphabet, alph, / Chickadee, chickadee, chickadee, chick, / Overshoes, overshoes, overshoes, o, / Reeti-footi, reeti-footi, reeti-footi, ree."), Raschka brings melody to the page, and rhythm to eager ears.

Charlie Bird Count to the Beat: Baby Loves Jazz

Count with Charlie Bird as he plays his sax:

One orange ostrich plays organ solo .

Two tiny tigers play trumpet duo.

Seems like some pretty hip stuff.

Beats "Go Dog, Go", from my youth.