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hobbes4626's review
5.0
This book is a wonderful introduction to the blending of music from African and Gullah people who lived on the islands around Charleston. This music is called Rag and the dance is called Charleston. This book mentions many memorable jazz artists like Car Anderson, Jabbo Smith who were both trumpeters with Duke Ellington and Freddie Green, a guitarist for Count Basie's Orchestra. Each of these artist received training at the orphanage spoken in the story, the Jenkins orphanage run by rev Daniel Joseph Jenkins who was able to turn negative things into positives!
annieliz's review
4.0
I'm definitely going to be sharing this book with second graders, and pair it with some sweet ragtime music. There is a Jenkins Orphanage Band video on Youtube.
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