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In this 1920s version of Sex and the City, Dorothy Parker and three other extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship as they help each other get over setbacks while jazz music flows through the air and bathtub gin fills their glasses.
New York City 1921: The war is over, fashions are daring, and bootleg liquor is abundant. Here four extraordinary women form a bridge group that grows into a firm friendship. Dorothy Parker:...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips....
4) Jazz
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Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.
6) The Gift
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
During the tumultuous era known as the “Jazz Age,” the rhythms and spirit of jazz music mirror the world that emerged in the wake of World War I. The program introduces two extraordinary individuals: Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A musical road movie, Return to Gorée follows Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's historical journey tracing the trail left by slaves and the jazz music they created. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire of his own songs to perform a concert in Gorée, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to honor its victims. From Atlanta to New Orleans, from New York to Bordeaux and Luxembourg, the songs...
Publisher
Videofashion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this issue of Videofashion Collections, we wrap up our tour of great British style with more major collections from London! Jonathan Saunders gives his signature prints and mixed patterns a sense of easy elegance for spring, with relaxed, breezy layers shown under the London sunshine. Eudon Choi looks to the Victorian era and fairy lore to inspire his light and airy spring runway. Jean-Pierre Braganza’s Spring 2016 collection, entitled "Whiplash,"evokes...
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Armed with just his suitcase and a sax, cosmopolitan musician Alex returns home to Hawaii, having been away for nearly a decade. He takes refuge in a Buddhist B&B with a woman named Akiko. Alex’s experimental free jazz music at first collides with the sounds of Akiko’s meditation, but as the film evolves and a friendship develops, the two harmonize. Nominated for Best First Film at the **Rotterdam International Film Festival.** Winner of the Emerging...
12) Big problemas
Author
Series
Juana and Lucas volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a LOT of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
" ... existentialism is a rich and diverse philosophy that encourages meaningful engagement with the world around us, offering a host of fascinating concepts that pertain to life as we experience it. The movement was as heterogeneous as it is now misunderstood, influenced by jazz music, involving diverse thinkers from around the world, challenging received ideas about the meaning of human existence. Part of the difficulty in defining existentialism...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
With evocative black-and-white illustrations and moving prose, readers are introduced to Nina Simone, jazz-music legend and civil-rights activist. Shared as a lullaby to her daughter, a soulful song recounts Simone's career, the trials she faced as an African American woman, and the stand she took during the Civil Rights Movement. This poignant picture book offers a melodic tale that is both a historic account of an iconic figure and an extraordinary...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mira, a jazz music prodigy, falls in love with Derek and sets aside trumpet practice, old friendships, and even attempts to bond with her sister when he promises fame as a D.J.
A music prodigy in a family of athletes, Mira's audition to a prestigious jazz conservatory is just around the corner. With her two best friends at music camp without her, she plans to spend the summer focused on jazz and nothing else. She only goes to the...
17) Louisiana
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Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
"From canoeing through bayous to listening to jazz music in New Orleans, there's lots to see and do in Louisiana! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Louisiana special. A table of contents, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index support readers and extend learning"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. Lately, though, things have become a little less perfect. Mami has a new hairdo and a new amigo named Luis with whom she has been spending a lot of time. He is kind and teaches Juana about things like photography and jazz music, but sometimes Juana can't help wishing things would go back to the...
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