Quote:
“Most people called his music jazz. But Duke called it 'the music of my people.'“
Quote:
“Most people called his music jazz. But Duke called it 'the music of my people.'“
Blurb:
This is a good book to use in a classroom when you are learning about music and important people who changed music. This book gives a good, semi-in depth overview of who Duke Ellington was.
so-soReview:
This book won a Caldecott honor medal in 1999. It also won a Coretta Scott King Award. It is about the musician Duke Ellington and his life.
7 and 8 for my 20 books by Black Women also my read alouds this week.
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This book offers a very comprehensive look at the swing-jazz era: the music and musicians, the black-vs-white elephant in the room; the media that developed around the craze; the dances; the city of New York during the 1920s-1940s, etc. It's great research for my forthcoming novel about Billy Tipton, a transgender male musician whose initial impetus for presenting as male was to get work as a musician in OK City.
pickDuke Ellington is a (B) book by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney. The book Duke Ellington has won the National Council of Teachers of English, Caldecott, and the Coretta Scott King award. This story is about Duke Ellington's life, experiences, accomplishments, and legacy. The book is excellent for a read-aloud (RA) because it allows having higher thinking questions and discussion. #UCFLAE3414SP21
“With the tunes that he and Billy wrote, Duke painted colors with his bands sound.“
A great biography to learn about the greatest composer of the 20th century
pickWhat's funny is when I think of Duke Ellington now I think of Big Mouth where there is the Ghost of Duke Ellington, so it was nice to learn some real facts about him other than the fake cartoon I knew him as on the show. I'm sad that I hadn't already known about him but that's why I think these children's books are so valuable.
