Dizzy

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.

Main Author: Winter, Jonah, 1962-
Other Authors: Free, Kevin R (Narrator), Qualls, Sean.
Format: Kits Kit Books Print Book Kit Audiobooks Kit
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2007.
Subjects:
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Accompanying book published by Arthur A. Levine Books (2006) and illustrated by Sean Qualls.
"Unabridged Biography"--Container.
"The same text is on both discs. Disc 2 has page-turn signals"--Container.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 2 sound discs (15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book ([48] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.)
Issued also on cassette.
Issued also as Recorded Books Unabridged Biography on compact disc.
Audience: 8 years and up.
ISBN: 9781428152267
1428152261
Author Notes: Children's author and illustrator Jonah Winter was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1962. He has created many popular books, including works about baseball and biographies of famous individuals including Frida Kahlo, Roberto Clemente, and Barack Obama.

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