Jazz: My Music, My People
Publication Information
Author:  Monceaux, Morgan	Illustrator:  Monceaux, Morgan
Title:  Jazz: My Music, My People	Date:  1994
Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-679-85618-8	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
This stunningly illustrated book offers short biographies of dozens of musicians, from Leadbelly and Jelly Roll Morton to Lena Horne and Dizzy Gillespie.
Teaching Ideas:
Students may want to learn more about a particular musician or a particular era. The Harlem Renaissance might be a topic of interest as well. Or students may wish to focus on other African-American artists who were contemporaries of many of these musicians (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes). Finally, the art form is interesting and may provoke discussion or further exploration. Dizzie Gillespie: www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8446; Lena Horne: www.21anet.com/jjohnson.home.htm; Jelly Roll Morton: www.redhotjazz.com/jellyroll.html; lead belly: www.leadbelly.lanl.gov/leadbelly.html
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Geography > locations > countries > Jamaica History > time period > 20th Century History > region > U.S. history > Harlem Renaissance Music > jazz Music > musicians > Horne, Lena Music > musicians > Gillespie, Dizzy Music > musicians > Morton, Jelly Roll Music > musicians > Leadbelly (Ledbetter, Huddie) Music > musicians > Monk, Thelonious

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