Struttin' with Some Barbecue: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz - Couverture rigide

Powell, Patricia Hruby

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ISBN 10 : 1580897401 ISBN 13 : 9781580897402

Editeur : Charlesbridge, 2018

Synopsis

Lil Hardin and her man, Louis Armstrong, were musical royalty--inventing a new kind of sound--makin' jazz. Believe it, baby!

This is the true story of Lil Hardin Armstrong: pianist, composer, and bandleader in the early days of jazz. Ahead of her time, Lil made a career for herself--and for Louis Armstrong, her modest, unassuming husband. Louis might never have become the groundbreaking jazz player he was, if it hadn't been for Lil. Scat-inspired verse celebrates how Lil overcame race and gender barriers to become the first lady of the Chicago jazz scene.

"Brimming with a contagious love of jazz and its first lady, this work brings down the house"--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell grew up in a musical family, became a concert dancer and choreographer, and married a jazz musician. When she hears Lil's music, she can't help but dance. Patricia's debut book, Josephine, received a Sibert Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Her equally moving and powerful second book, Loving vs. Virginia, established Patricia as a commanding voice in children's literature.

Rachel Himes is a museum educator, author, and illustrator. Her debut picture book, Princess and the Peas, puts a modern African American spin on the classic fairy tale. In Struttin' with Some Barbecue, Rachel conveys Lil's energy and verve through acrylic and collage illustrations inspired by period art and music. www.rachelhimes.com

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Starting in 1898
 
Yessir, Lillian Hardin
was proud to be who she was.
Her mama made sure of that.
Grandma made double sure.
 
Grandma was a slave—
a bought-and-sold slave—
till the Civil War ended
and she was freed—
free to earn wages
free to raise up her daughter
Dempsey.
Raised her up proud.
 
Dempsey became Lillian’s mama.
She worked as a cook
for a white family
to give Lillian chances
she’d never had.
Lil’s daddy was
long gone.
 
Lil was reared by
Mama and Grandma
in Memphis, Tennessee,
two blocks from
wild, wailin’ Beale Street —
 
where you got
dee-licious
ham, beans, greens
and bar-be-cue
(mm-hmmm)
but also
blues music
juke joints
and pool halls,
yessirree.
 
All that whoopee worried Mama.
She had a daughter to raise up right.
 
1900-1915
 
At two years old
Lil fiddled around,
fingering the keys
on the rooming-house organ,
her feet dangling
off the bench.
Her cousin stomped on the pedals
below—
making that pump organ
moan, wheeze, and groan.
Mama said,
This girl—
she could be
a piano-playing lady—
a concert pianist.
 
Yes ma’am,
that’s what Mama said,
but bright bold Lil
could make as much music
on an upturned bucket.
 
Still, Lil learned note reading
and piano playing
thanks to schoolteacher
Miss Violet White.
Lil said,
“I used my fingers any way I wanted.”
Sure enough, her fingers went
every which-a-way,
but long as she hit the right notes,
Miss Violet said okay.
 
At nine,
Lil’s feet reached clear to the pedals.
She became the Sunday-school organist
at the Lebanon Baptist Church—
played “Onward, Christian Soldiers”
so it bounced
with a beat so snappy
the kids couldn’t help but dance.
Lil just had to dance, too,
sittin’ right there at the organ.
Reverend Petty, up in the pulpit,
glared at Lil.
Mama shook her head, said,
Vulgar.
Grandma crossed her arms, said,
Common.
 
Shucks,
Lil was just followin’
her heart—
or maybe her gut.
 
’Round about high school
Lil played piano in a recital,
competing for best in her class.
Mama beamed.
 
Oh no!
Lil lost her place
in the music
but used her noggin
to make a new ending—
improvised it.
The audience thought,
This little girl’s so clever—
she’s thinking
and making music
at the very same time.
 
My oh my,
didn’t she just bring home
first prize!
WOW za DOO

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Charlesbridge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580897401
• ISBN 13: 9781580897402
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Himes Rachel
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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