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Summary: Follows the beloved American jazz singer's rise to fame, describing the difficult historical and cultural factors that she overcame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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Summary: Relates how the famous jazz trumpeter began his musical career, as a poor boy in New Orleans, by singing songs on street corners and playing a battered cornet in a marching band.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 1997
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Summary: A collection of poems recounts the efforts of Esquire magazine graphic designer Art Kane to photograph a group of famous jazz artists in front of a Harlem brownstone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016