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Title details for Just a Lucky So and So by Lesa Cline-Ransome - Available

Just a Lucky So and So

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Arnell Powell
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Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe King Oliver. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif's Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school's revered marching band. By the time he returned to his neighborhood, the King himself became his mentor and invited Armstrong to play with him in Chicago. Here is a joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician and buoyant personality who introduced much of the world to jazz.

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  • Release date

    August 16, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666595093
      • File size: 7566 KB
      • Duration: 00:15:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 930
    • Text Difficulty: 4-6

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 25, 2016
      Despite impoverished beginnings, music and a prevailing joie de vivre carried young Louis Armstrong from the streets of New Orleans to the stages of New York City, Hollywood, and Europe. The Ransomes swiftly trace Armstrong’s musical development, acquiring his first “pawnshop cornet” and apprenticing with mentor Joe Oliver; an unwelcome stint at the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys provided additional training. Quotations from Armstrong float across the pages (“When I pick up that horn, that’s all. The world’s behind me, and I don’t concentrate. On nothing but it. I love them notes”) as Ransome’s fluid watercolors bring to life both the New Orleans neighborhood Armstrong called home and his musical passion—he’s holding or playing his horn in nearly every scene. A detailed author’s note dives deeper into the performer’s life, rounding out a solid introduction to Satchmo. Ages 6–10.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:930
  • Text Difficulty:4-6

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