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JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH - APRIL 2009

Each April, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) shines the spotlight on the extraordinary history of jazz and its importance in American culture. JAM encourages people of all ages to read books about jazz, study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, and support institutional jazz programs.

The San Mateo County Library invites you to join us in this important effort. Please take the opportunity to explore some of the suggested titles below.

Children

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	Jazz Makers: vanguards of sound by Alyn Shipton
History of jazz and biographies of some of its pioneers.

	History of Jazz by Stuart Kallen
Discusses origins of jazz, prominent musicians and movements and jazz's influence on rock and roll.

	Louis Armstrong and the Jazz Age by Dan Elish
Part of the "Cornerstones of Freedom" series.

	This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
Picture book provides an introduction to jazz and nine well known jazz musicians.

	Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo Dillon
Learn about jazz and hear each instrument play on the accompanying cd.

	Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
Picture book where illustrations and rhyming text celebrate jazz roots.

Young Adult

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	Sky : a novel in three sets and an encore by Rod Townley
The story of a teen with a passion for jazz and his struggle for self determination that leads him to 1959 Greenwich Village beat poet and jazz scene.

	Hot nights cool dragons by Matt Zurbo
Sassy Piero and brother Bobby hear jazz music and decide to sneak out of their house to investigate the source.

	Dizzy Gillespie by Tony Gentry
Delves into Gillespie's background and examines the impact he had on society.

	Here in Harlem by Walter Dean Myers
Celebrates the diverse and colorful community of Harlem through a poetic review of its many residents, from the jazz artist and veterans to the nannies and mail carriers and more.

Adult

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	Jazz Ear: conversations over music by Ben Ratliff
Interviews with a variety of jazz artists.

	New History of Jazz by Alyn Shipton
Covers jazz from its beginnings to Jazz as World Music and post-modern jazz.

	Jazz on Record: the first sixty years by Scott Yanow
Traces the history of recorded jazz all the way from the mid 1890's to the developments of the early 21st Century.

	Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD by Richard Cook
A very comprehensive discography

	Growing up with Jazz: twenty four musicians by W. Royal Stokes
Includes such groupings as "Keepers of the flame" and "Visionaries and eclectics"

	Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues by Howard Mandel
A valuable reference work on the two related genres.

	Jazz: a regional exploration by Scott Yanow
Explores the distinct regional variations of this musical form

	Jazz for Dummies by Dirk Sutro
A great book for all of us who aren't quite sure of what they were talking about in the other books on this list.

	Jazz: a film by Ken Burns by Ken Burns
It's a Ken Burns documentary!

	The House that Trane Built : the Story of Impulse Records by Ashley Kahn
Noted jazz writer Kahn's history of Impulse is also the story of the genesis of an American art form and the evolution of the record industry through the tumultuous 1960s.masterful albums.

Selected by Joe Toschik, Half Moon Bay Library, 4.2009

WEB RESOURCES

•	jazz24.org
•	Smithsonian
•	Library of Congress
•	Yoshi's

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