Welcome to Jazz

By Carolyn Sloan, Jessica Gibson (illustrator),

Book cover of Welcome to Jazz: A Swing-Along Celebration of America's Music, Featuring "When the Saints Go Marching In"

Book description

AN INTERACTIVE, SWING-ALONG PICTURE BOOK-WITH 12 SOUND CHIPS! Are you ready to swing? Discover the wonders of jazz: How to get in the groove, what it means to play a solo, and the joy of singing along in a call-and-response. In this interactive swing-along picture book with 12 sound chips,…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Welcome to Jazz as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this book because it showcases the history of jazz and how it began in New Orleans. But what I love most of all is that the sounds of jazz instruments are included in the book.

Push the buttons, and you will hear drums. Push another button, a tuba—another, a trumpet, etc. I also heard singers scatting and singers improvising. Hearing the sounds of jazz brings the music to life.

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