Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

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  • Author : Chris Raschka
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780531070956
  • Edition : Reprint
  • ISBN : 0531070956
  • Label : Orchard Books
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Orchard Books
  • Number Of Pages : 32
  • Package Dimensions : 0.10 inches (Height) x 9.50 inches (Length) x 0.25 pounds (Weight) x 8.70 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 1997-09-01
  • Publisher : Orchard Books
  • SKU : 844924
  • Studio : Orchard Books

It would seem a riddle worthy of the sphinx: how do you give children a sense of jazz music without playing a note? Chris Raschka answers loudly and clearly with the illustrated, syncopated Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. This sparse, rhythmic, repetitive text (inspired by a recording of Parker's "A Night in Tunisia") embraces and reflects the sound and feel of jazz when read aloud: "Charlie Parker played be bop. / Charlie Parker played saxophone. / The music sounded like be bop. / Never leave your cat alone." Whether in complete phrases or in nonsense refrains that taste like music in your mouth ("Alphabet alphabet, alphabet, alph, / Chickadee, chickadee, chickadee, chick, / Overshoes, overshoes, overshoes, o, / Reeti-footi, reeti-footi, reeti-footi, ree."), Raschka brings melody to the page, and rhythm to eager ears. Raschka, whose Yo! Yes? won a Caldecott Honor, and whose Mysterious Thelonious--another ebullient, musical exploration of a jazz legend--was named a 1997 ALA Notable Book, proves once again that he is just as at home with a paintbrush as he is with a pen. His bold, quirky illustrations add movement and light to the words, buoying their already lyrical effect. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop is a colorful, whimsical romp through the world of jazz, sure to set young and old toes a-tapping. (Ages 4 to 8) --Brangien Davis

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