This Jazz Man

by Karen Ehrhardt Narrated by James "D-Train" Williams

Overview

"The images will capture young readers while the easy rhythm and familiar counting song based on "This Old Man" will begin their jazz education."-AudioFile Magazine

Editorial Reviews

"This jazz man, he plays seven,/He plays notes that rise to heaven." The "jazz man" here is Dizzy Gillespie, one of the nine jazz greats profiled in this clever retooling of the song "This Old Man." Playful mixed-media collages echo the musical genre's groundbreaking energy, and the rhythmic text will keep the young audience bopping along. (ages 3 to 7)
The November 2006 issue of Child magazine

Kirkus Reviews

Ehrhardt offers her version of the classic song, "This Old Man," with a few surprises. Ten two-page spreads update the sing-along favorite, each of the first nine devoted to a different jazz legend, from Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong to Charlie "Bird" Parker to John Burks "Dizzy" Gillespie to Charles Mingus and others. (On number ten, naturally, they jam.) In addition to the revision of the verses themselves-"He plays solo with his sticks / With a bomp-bomp! Bubbuda-bomp!" for example-additional scat phrases dance across the pages in a riot of color. Brief, concise biographies of the nine jazz men are a bonus surprise at the end (although they won't be accessible to the very young target audience). Roth's illustrations, in mixed-media collage and printmaking on watercolor paper, fill the pages with interesting shapes and multiple colors. His nifty patterned outfits for the jazz men get prime exposure when they take a bow after their jam session. Slight but snappy. (Picture book. 3-6)

The New York Times Book Review

This Jazz Man . . . is gentle and upbeat. Here the idea is that every great musician joins one big imaginary jazz band, and it’s a whole lot of fun.”
The New York Times Book Review

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172282539
Publisher:	Live Oak Media
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

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