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Title: The Jazz Kid
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Narrator: August Ross
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-12-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Paulie Horvath is never going to be a good student like his brother, John, never going to follow his hardworking father into the plumbing trade, never going to ease his mother's mind by passing tests or cleaning up his room. But once he hears jazz by accident from the basement of a speakeasy, he knows exactly what he will do: learn that music and make it his life. Jazz is all around in gangland Chicago, but not so easy for a 12-year-old to find, especially when his father disapproves of it. Paulie has to lie, beg, and steal just to get time for lessons, time to practice, time to slip across town to see stars like King Oliver and Louis Armstrong.
Lies last only so long until they are found out, and a confrontation is coming. Will he choose home and family or sleazy dives with that wonderful music? To decide, Paulie has to face an even tougher question. What is jazz, after all?
Author James Lincoln Collier has played and studied jazz throughout his life. Here is a novel that shows us a great moment in the history of jazz, and points at issues that still trouble us today.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Good book.
1920s Chicago jazz atmosphere
This YA novel is a well-written and engrossing look into the Chicago jazz scene of the late 1920s. 12-year-old Paulie (who today would probably be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder) finds his calling in learning to play jazz cornet. But his father wants him to enter the plumbing business, and even with his mother's support, Paulie can't keep his grades up enough to get permission to pursue his music. Paulie eventually has to choose -- lose his music, or lose his family? Published in 1996, this YA novel is now, sadly, out of print.
The Jazz Kid
This is a great book for kids and adults alike. I recently reread this book, and having just finished it and refreshed my memory I am reminded of the great writing, plot, and charcters in this book. The story tells of a time when gangsters ruled Chicago and owned nightclubs and practically conrtolled the musicians who work for them. Paulie Horvath gets mixed up in the wild new style of music, Jazz. I recommend this book to anyone.
Two thumbs up!!!
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Title: The Jazz Kid
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Narrator: August Ross
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-12-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Paulie Horvath is never going to be a good student like his brother, John, never going to follow his hardworking father into the plumbing trade, never going to ease his mother's mind by passing tests or cleaning up his room. But once he hears jazz by accident from the basement of a speakeasy, he knows exactly what he will do: learn that music and make it his life. Jazz is all around in gangland Chicago, but not so easy for a 12-year-old to find, especially when his father disapproves of it. Paulie has to lie, beg, and steal just to get time for lessons, time to practice, time to slip across town to see stars like King Oliver and Louis Armstrong.
Lies last only so long until they are found out, and a confrontation is coming. Will he choose home and family or sleazy dives with that wonderful music? To decide, Paulie has to face an even tougher question. What is jazz, after all?
Author James Lincoln Collier has played and studied jazz throughout his life. Here is a novel that shows us a great moment in the history of jazz, and points at issues that still trouble us today.
Members Reviews:
Five Stars
Good book.
1920s Chicago jazz atmosphere
This YA novel is a well-written and engrossing look into the Chicago jazz scene of the late 1920s. 12-year-old Paulie (who today would probably be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder) finds his calling in learning to play jazz cornet. But his father wants him to enter the plumbing business, and even with his mother's support, Paulie can't keep his grades up enough to get permission to pursue his music. Paulie eventually has to choose -- lose his music, or lose his family? Published in 1996, this YA novel is now, sadly, out of print.
The Jazz Kid
This is a great book for kids and adults alike. I recently reread this book, and having just finished it and refreshed my memory I am reminded of the great writing, plot, and charcters in this book. The story tells of a time when gangsters ruled Chicago and owned nightclubs and practically conrtolled the musicians who work for them. Paulie Horvath gets mixed up in the wild new style of music, Jazz. I recommend this book to anyone.
Two thumbs up!!!