This book introduces jazz music, discussing its beginning almost 100 years ago, instruments, and famous musicians and singers, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.

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.

"A Child's Introduction to Jazz explores the rich history of jazz music, including profiles of famous musicians like Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. Written by A Child's Introduction to African American History author Jabari Asim, the book includes downloadable links throughout, to allow kids to listen along to the instruments and musical flair of jazz"--

"The History of Jazz, 3rd edition, is a comprehensive survey of jazz music from its origins until the current day. The book is designed for general readers and students, as well as those with more specialized interest in jazz and music history. It provides detailed biographical information and an overview of the musical contributions of the key innovators in development of jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins,...

Presents the history, instruments, performers, and compositions of jazz and blues music.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.

Traces the life of the internationally acclaimed musician and composer who helped popularize jazz music.

Did you know that some Jazz music came from a kind of music called ragtime? Jazz musicians helped make the first drum sets. Discover these and other fascinating facts in Jazz, an "I Love Music" book.

A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator. A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator. Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald's death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional...