Click the Google Preview button to take a look inside this book. Innovators of American JazzSeries: Inspiring Collective BiographiesBy Stanley I. Mour DetailsDetails ReviewsReviews What is a popular kind of music that originated in the United States? The answer is Jazz. Mixing folk and blues influences, talented artists from Scott Joplin to Wynton Marsalis have kept jazz at the forefront of the American music scene. The musicians portrayed in this book played different instruments and had different styles, but all helped keep jazz fresh and new. Follow ten prominent jazz musicians (Scott Joplin, Daniel Louis Armstrong, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Benjamin David Goodman, John Birks Gillespie, Charles Christopher Parker, Jr., Miles Dewey Davis, III, John Coltrane, and Wynton Marsalis) through their many successes and varied hardships.Publication Date: 09/01/2013Copyright: 2014Pages: 128Trim Size: 6 x 9Illustrations: Illus. with color and black-and-white photographs and illustrationsGrade Level: 5–upAge Level: 10–upLC Number: 2012024622Lexile: 880ATOS Reading Level: 6.8Dewey: 781.65092FormatsFormatISBNList PriceDiscount PriceLibrary Ed.978-0-7660-4166-0$33.27$24.95Multi-User eBook978-0-7660-5801-9$33.27$24.95 "The chapter notes and bibliography found at the back of this book clearly illustrate the depth of research that went into the writing of this book."TriState Young Adult Book Review Committee, March 2014 Loading… Other books in Inspiring Collective Biographies 1 Loading… Loading… Library Ed.: 978-0-7660-4166-0 List Price: $33.27 Discount Price: $24.95 + Add to wish list Multi-User eBook: 978-0-7660-5801-9 List Price: $33.27 Discount Price: $24.95 + Add to wish list Please log in Log in or register to create a wish list. Login or Register Loading… -----OR----- Click to buy at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble