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Sophisticated ladies : the great women of jazz / Leslie Gourse ; illustrated by Martin French.
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| Authors: |
Gourse, Leslie.
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| Call number: |
j927.8 GOU |
| Publisher: |
New York : Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Young Readers Group, 2007. |
| Publication date: |
2007. |
| Subject: |
Women jazz singers -- Biography.
Juvenile literature.
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| Title: |
Sophisticated ladies : the great women of jazz / Leslie Gourse ; illustrated by Martin French. |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Physical description: |
64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Bessie Smith : the blues -- Ethel Waters : stormy weather -- Mildred Bailey : sweet and pure -- Mabel Mercer : talking a song -- Billie Holiday : matchless lady day-- Ella Fitzgerald : simply the best -- Anita O'Day : swinging style -- Peggy Lee : all there is -- Dinah Washington : gospel and blues -- Sarah Vaughan : pure sass -- Betty Carter : pure jazz -- Rosemary Clooney : everybody's singer -- Cassandra Wilson : soulful and sensual -- Diana Krall : in the classic mode. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and discography (p. 63). |
| Added author: |
French, Martin.
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| ISBN: |
0525471987
9780525471981 |
| LCCN: |
2006014852 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1090513
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| Bib No.: |
1090513 |
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