Welcome to Jazz: A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music, Featuring “When the Saints Go Marching...

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Carolyn Sloan Jessica Gibson

Welcome to Jazz

A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music, Featuring “When the Saints Go Marching In”

Carolyn Sloan, Jessica Gibson

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Workman Publishing
01 October 2019

Children's & Educational; Music: general interest (Children's&YA); Educational: Music

Kids love music. They're natural singers and dancers, and they improvise every time they play. They were born for jazz! And Welcome to Jazz was made for them.

Written by music educator Carolyn Sloan, Welcome to Jazz is structured around the iconic song 'When the Saints Go Marching In' using the ingenious, interactive picture-book-and-sound-chip format.

Welcome to Jazz narrates the story of jazz and discusses what the audience is hearing as the band begins to play. Best of all, the sound chips actually demonstrate what's happening – what vocal scatting sounds like, how to pick out a swing beat, and the tones of different instruments, from the trumpet to the clarinet. And in the end, kids can sing along with the band in a traditional call-and-response verse.

By: Carolyn Sloan
Illustrated by: Jessica Gibson
Imprint: Workman Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 302mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781523506880
ISBN 10: 1523506881
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , English as a second language , Children's (6-12)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Carolyn Sloan is a music educator at the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, New York, and the author of Finding Your Voice: A Practical and Spiritual Approach to Singing and Living. A songwriter and musician, she has been writing music for theatre, television, and children for the past 20 years. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews for Welcome to Jazz: A Swing-Along Celebration of America’s Music, Featuring “When the Saints Go Marching In”

A swinging invitation to get into the groove. --Kirkus Reviews . . . a five-star performance from start to finish. --BookPage Welcome to Jazz is a perfect entree for a young person's journey into the wonders of jazz. Carolyn Sloan's insightfulness into the basics--rhythm, sound, improvisation--makes concepts clear while providing a fun and exciting adventure into the exploration of the art form. Highly recommended for children of all ages. --Justin DiCiccio, jazz performer, composer, pedagogue, and Associate Dean/Chair Emeritus of The Manhattan School of Music's Jazz Arts Program