With fluid, sinuous illustrations and red hot poetry, Jazz, a collaboration between award-winning author Walter Dean Myers and his son, artist Christopher Myers, is a spirited tribute to the American-born musical form. Rhythmic lines, lively illustrations, and creative book design dance readers through the history of jazz and hit some of its highlights: Louis Armstrong, second lining in New Orleans, be bop, blues, and the classic jazz trio. With a sensitive introduction that explains the evolution of jazz from its traditional African and European beginnings, a glossary …

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