Dyer, Geoff.
Summary: Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the giants of jazz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DYEClayton, Dhonielle
Summary: In 1920s New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Zora, banished after an incident in Harlem, struggles with her overbearing family, magical powers, love of jazz, and forbidden romance with a white man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CLAAlexander, Kwame.
Summary: Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Monkey, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2011