Jazz on a Saturday Night

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By Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon
Publisher Scholastic Inc
Jazz on a Saturday Night
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Celebrated illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon have won the Caldecott Medal twice, and now they present stunning illustrations of an evening of jazz music, complete with a special CD. 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 toetapping 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 picturedand then hear each instrument play on a specially produced CD. Whats the featured song? Jazz on a Saturday Night, written and recorded to accompany this book.

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348 words348 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile AD580LLexile AD580L
Published 2007Published 2007
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Book ISBN:

9780590478939

Sample Book Reading logs and activities:
Graphic Organizers - Jazz on a Saturday Night

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