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Author Dillon, Leo.

Title Jazz on a Saturday night / Leo & Diane Dillon.

Publication Info. New York : Blue Sky Press, [2007]
©2007

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  LJW J PIC. BK DIL (BOOK & CD)    Storage
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Children's Department  J 781.65 DIL c.2  Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 781.65 DIL c.2  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 781.65 DILLON    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  JJRT DILLON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 785.4 DIL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J781.65 DILLON    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J ART & MUSIC 781.85 DIL    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  JE DIL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 781.65 D579J    Check Shelf

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Summary Synopsis: If you have ever been lucky enough to hear great jazz, then you will understand the pure magic of this book. Leo and Diane Dillon use bright colors and musical patterns that make music skip off the page in this toe-tapping homage to many jazz greats. From Miles Davis and Charlie Parker to Ella Fitzgerald, here is a dream team sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular music form and read a biography of each player pictured-and then hear each instrument play on a specially produced CD. What's the featured song? "Jazz on a Saturday Night," written and recorded to accompany this book.
Awards Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 2008.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.
Contents "CD includes information about jazz and all the instruments in this book. CD also features the original song "Jazz on a Saturday Night, " inspired by the paintings in this book." -- back cover.
Credits Lyrics by Leo & Diane Dillon; music and production by Ira Ingber.
Performer Spoken by Leo & Diane Dillon.
Bibliography Includes discography.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.3 0.5 117601.
Reading Counts RC 4.2 1.0.
Subject Jazz musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Jazz musicians -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
African American jazz musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American musicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Jazz -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.
Jazz -- Biography.
African American jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799208
African American musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799273
Jazz. (OCoLC)fst00982165
Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
Jazz musicians.
Jazz music.
Curriculum library.
Genre/Form Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Picture books for children.
Picture books for children.
Books with discs.
Books with discs.
Nonfiction.
Compact discs.
Added Author Dillon, Diane.
Other Form: Online version: Dillon, Leo. Jazz on a Saturday night. New York : Blue Sky Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)608484276
Online version: Dillon, Leo. Jazz on a Saturday night. New York : Blue Sky Press, ©2007 (OCoLC)609778140
ISBN 0590478931
9780590478939
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