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Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
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Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear growing up in the South in the 1930s: preachers praying, music on the radio, the bustling of the household. These vivid noises shaped John's own sound as a musician. Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.

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Book Information
PublisherHenry Holt & Company, Inc.
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100805079947
ISBN-13978-0805079944
Publication Date04/01/2008
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About (Author) : New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford has 34 books of poetry, nonfiction and children's literature, including Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, winner of an ... more
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About Sean Qualls (Illustrator) : Sean Qualls is a published illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sean Qualls include Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane, Phillis's ... more
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