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A picture book biography about jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
I loved the way the artwork so perfectly conveyed the way Dizzy took the anger he felt and turned it into music, especially music that changed the world. I liked how the story emphasized how Dizzy marched to his own beat and that it served him well.
Acrylic, collage, and pencil illustrations support the artwork and are ripe with emotion.
An author's note is included following the story. Good read aloud for grades 2-4+.
I loved the way the artwork so perfectly conveyed the way Dizzy took the anger he felt and turned it into music, especially music that changed the world. I liked how the story emphasized how Dizzy marched to his own beat and that it served him well.
Acrylic, collage, and pencil illustrations support the artwork and are ripe with emotion.
An author's note is included following the story. Good read aloud for grades 2-4+.
My third graders had fun watching this video of Dizzy and Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1uMjz3n3w then we read the book. It was a great pairing because we saw some of his playfulness in the performance.
The book shared how Dizzy put his energy and anger into his music. He still had a tendency to break the rules and Jazz is all about breaking the rules. Winters explains that some people would see it as a negative, but his rule breaking was actually a strength for him.
The book shared how Dizzy put his energy and anger into his music. He still had a tendency to break the rules and Jazz is all about breaking the rules. Winters explains that some people would see it as a negative, but his rule breaking was actually a strength for him.
Jonah Winter recreates a bebop sound with words in this energetic picture book biography of innovative jazz legend, Dizzy Gillepsie. Following the scrappy fighter turned musician (who used his music to release his anger and frustrations) from his roots in the deep South all the way to the bright lights of the city that never sleeps, Winter's text imitates the stylings of its subject as the poetic narrative rhymes, repeats, skips, dances and even breaks in an occasional scat or "bebop!"
Illustrator Qualls provides a vibrant accompaniment of cool pink, grey, brown, purple and blue. Soft shapes and polka dots are punctuated with darker red and sharp edges. The perspective shifts (dizzyingly?) from straight in the first few scenes to tilted just a bit, and the change in angles gives even the pictures an off-the-cuff, jazzy, improvised tone. Scenes become more and more collage like as Dizzy remains the leit motif throughout. Even the text can't keep still and begins to leap to the beat of the words, stretching to all caps font, snaking up and away across the page, changing color, and adding extra characters for emphasis.
An extensive author's note fills in details only alluded to in the poem. Lack of timeline or bibliography make this a jumping off point only for school reports, but Dizzy is a delight to look at and listen to all on it's own merit.
Illustrator Qualls provides a vibrant accompaniment of cool pink, grey, brown, purple and blue. Soft shapes and polka dots are punctuated with darker red and sharp edges. The perspective shifts (dizzyingly?) from straight in the first few scenes to tilted just a bit, and the change in angles gives even the pictures an off-the-cuff, jazzy, improvised tone. Scenes become more and more collage like as Dizzy remains the leit motif throughout. Even the text can't keep still and begins to leap to the beat of the words, stretching to all caps font, snaking up and away across the page, changing color, and adding extra characters for emphasis.
An extensive author's note fills in details only alluded to in the poem. Lack of timeline or bibliography make this a jumping off point only for school reports, but Dizzy is a delight to look at and listen to all on it's own merit.
Loved this lyrical, melodic picture book biography on the famous jazz trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie. I loved how his story was written and the illustrations were so well done. Dizzy was a prankster and a classic rule-breaker which led to his success as the creator of "Bebop" which is a style of jazz, opposite of swing. His unique style and rhythm led him to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time. I enjoyed the Author's Note in the back which discussed his life in greater detail with some interesting facts. I had to check out some of his music afterwards of course, and my family and I really enjoyed "Salt Peanuts".
Solid picture book biography on Dizzy Gillespie. Not sure I'll remember much about it in a day or 2 but I enjoyed reading it. The attempt at a jazzy free verse didn't quite connect with me though. I'd love to hear the author read it aloud since he clearly had a particular rhythm and cadence in his head when he wrote it.
My third graders had fun watching this video of Dizzy and Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO1uMjz3n3w then we read the book. It was a great pairing because we saw some of his playfulness in the performance.
The book shared how Dizzy put his energy and anger into his music. He still had a tendency to break the rules and Jazz is all about breaking the rules. Winters explains that some people would see it as a negative, but his rule breaking was actually a strength for him.
The book shared how Dizzy put his energy and anger into his music. He still had a tendency to break the rules and Jazz is all about breaking the rules. Winters explains that some people would see it as a negative, but his rule breaking was actually a strength for him.
Dizzy was a crazy dude. He cut up on stage a lot. He really did make a name for himself and he came up with a whole new style of jazz. He had a very hard childhood. He was bullied and abused. Music was really his way out of his home.
The artwork is amazing here. The art is moving and grooving and helps put the mood of bebop jazz forward. It’s great artwork. I learned something reading this book. I like that.
The nephew thought this guy was funny. He would shoot spit wads out of his horn during the concert and that speaks to my nephew. He thought it was a good story. He gave this 3 stars.
The artwork is amazing here. The art is moving and grooving and helps put the mood of bebop jazz forward. It’s great artwork. I learned something reading this book. I like that.
The nephew thought this guy was funny. He would shoot spit wads out of his horn during the concert and that speaks to my nephew. He thought it was a good story. He gave this 3 stars.
Sean Qualls' art provides the ideal backdrop for a text that begs to be read like slam poetry. It is all so stunning I had to go back and reread it numerous times.
Dizzy Gillespie did not have an easy beginning. He lived with an abusive father and was bullied by other children. When he discovered the trumpet, he blew all his anger and pain out into it. Eventually he created a new kind of jazz called bebop.
I appreciated the additional information at the back of the book that filled me in on additional information about him.
Dizzy Gillespie did not have an easy beginning. He lived with an abusive father and was bullied by other children. When he discovered the trumpet, he blew all his anger and pain out into it. Eventually he created a new kind of jazz called bebop.
I appreciated the additional information at the back of the book that filled me in on additional information about him.
Dizzy gives an account of Dizzy Gillespie's life from childhood to renowned jazz legend. The artwork is fun as well as the text, which swoops, changes font size, and jumps across the page.