Dizzy

Name: Dizzy
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonah Winter
ISBN: 9781440799006

Author: Jonah Winter

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/15/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in. "... a delightful story that introduces readers to an influential and unique American musician."-School Library Journal, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

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 hel......more

Goodreads review by James

My daughter, 6, chose this book from the library earlier today and it lead to a great evening. We read the book together and then I put on some music by Dizzy Gillespie and we watched him play, but we also had a conversation about the challenges he overcame. The value of books like this for children......more

Goodreads review by Darin

If Duke Ellington was the Prince of Jazz, the Dizzy Gillespie is the Clown of Jazz! He had a hard life, being beaten by his father and other in the neighborhood. But when a music teacher shows him the trumpet, everything changes. He quickly realizes he has talent, moves to Philly and "started acting......more