Dizzy
By Jonah Winter
(Arthur A. Levine Books, Hardcover, 9780439507370, 48pp.)
Publication Date: October 2006
Categories: Music - Jazz, Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage, Biography & Autobiography - Music
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From the author of FRIDA comes a jangly, jumpy, beboping book about Dizzy Gillespie, the clown prince of jazz.
This is the story of Dizzy Gillespie, a real cool cat who must have been born with a horn in his hands, judging from the way he played the trumpet. Jazz was his ticket on a train to better days, and he left his hard life in a small town for New York City and the hottest band around. But did Dizzy stand straight and play right? NO! He was a clown. He hit high notes, low notes, never-been-heard notes, and before he knew it, Dizzy created a whole new music: BEBOP.
This is a story about a boy who breaks all the rules -- and finds his own personal heaven along the way.
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