Dizzy
An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in.
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Dizzy
An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940170224944 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 02/15/2008 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
Related Subjects
- Kids
- Music, Film & Performing Arts
- Entertainment & Performing Arts - Kids
- Music
- Biography - Kids
- Music - Kids
- Jazz
- Musicians & Composers - Kids Biography
- Musical Instruments
- Blues & Jazz - Kids
- Jazz & Blues Musicians - Kids Biography
- Popular & Rock Musicians - Kids Biography
- Musical Instruments - Brass and Woodwinds
- Bop/Hard Bop Jazz
- Jazz - General & Miscellaneous
- Trumpet
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