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9781420508208 | 1 edition (Lucent Books, June 29, 2012), cover price $39.40

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Combining bright colors and musical patterns with rhythmic text, this toe-tapping, finger-snapping picture book pays tribute to such jazz greats as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and John Coltrane. 50,000 first printing.
By Diane Dillon (illustrator) and Leo Dillon

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9780590478939 | Rei/com edition (Blue Sky Pr, September 1, 2007), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Presents an introduction to jazz along with brief profiles of such famous jazz musicians as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Max Roach, and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Profiles more than sixty innovators in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Billy Taylor, and Tito Puente.

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9780516222752 | Childrens Pr, September 1, 2004, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Profiles more than sixty innovators in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Billy Taylor, and Tito Puente.

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Offers a look at the life and accomplishment of one of the most celebrated players on the jazz scene, from his childhood days in Montreal, his struggle through poverty and racial prejudices, and his tales of triumph in playing with some of the other best jazz musicians in the world, such as Ray Brown and Herb Ellis.

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9780888995377 | Groundwood Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Offers a look at the life and accomplishments of Oscar Peterson, one of the most celebrated players on the jazz scene.

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Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones

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9780531115640 | Franklin Watts, September 1, 1999, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones

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9780613293679 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones

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Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music

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9780531158364 | Reprint edition (Franklin Watts, September 1, 1997), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music

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9780531113202 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 1997, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music

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9780613293549 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Describes the lives and artistry of some of the best-known jazz pianists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of different innovators on the development of jazz music

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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

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9780531159040 | Franklin Watts, August 1, 1998, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: 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

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9780531114100 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1998, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: 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

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9780613292245 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: 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

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Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones (view table of contents)

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9780531164051 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 2000, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Discusses the role of drumming in jazz and surveys some of the greatest jazz drummers in history, from Warren Baby Dodds and Arthur Zutty Singleton to Tony Williams and Elvin Jones

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Surveys the lives and music of such well-known jazz performers as Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and others.

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9780590074933 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1977, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An account of the lives, music, and influence of instrumentalists and vocalists who have shaped and changed American jazz, from Scott Joplin to John Coltrane

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