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The first book of jazz / by Langston Hughes ; pictures by Cliff Roberts ; music selected by David Martin.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection ML3508 .H84 1955
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, author.
- Series:
- First books ; 58.
- First book series ; 58
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
- Jazz.
- Genre:
- Jazz.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 65 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Third printing
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Franklin Watts, 1955.
- Summary:
- An introduction to jazz for young readers, focusing on its historical development and its most famous performers.
- Contents:
- Just for Fun
- African Drums
- Old New Orleans
- Work Songs
- Jubilees
- Golden Slippers
- The Blues
- Ragtime
- Boogie-Woogie
- Singing Trumpets
- Louis Armstrong
- The Birth of Jazz
- Improvising
- Syncopation
- Chicago and New York
- What is Jazz?
- Ten Basic Elements of Jazz
- Jazz Instruments
- Swing Music
- Bebop
- Famous Jazz Musicians
- Suggested Records for Study
- 100 of My Favorite Recordings.
- Notes:
- Issued in dust-jacket
- Illustrated lining papers
- Series statement inferred by title statement; volume number designation also inferred.
- Includes discographies ("Records" on pages 58-59; "100 of my favorite recordings" on pages 62-64) and index
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. First book of jazz.
- OCLC:
- 617655
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