About the Author

Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer and tireless champion of jazz, is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and the winner of nine Grammy Awards. The artistic director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center programme, he lives in New York City. Paul Rogers has created everything from baseball-stadium billboard portraits to a silkscreen portrait of Wynton Marsalis for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. He lives in Pasadena, California.

Reviews

Rogers’s pictures recall the delightful Hirschfeld tribute in the “Rhapsody in Blue” segment of Disney’s “Fantasia 2000” — kicky lines and outlines in a whirl of motion. “I huz- huzz- huzzz a kazoo when I gets the mood,” the young narrator exults. Readers will huzz right along.
—New York Times

Onomatopoeic words will challenge readers and delight listeners . . . Rogers’ hip, playfully cartoonish spreads pop with clever visual allusions to jazz tunes and players. Loud and clear, the creators show how tuning into everyday sounds can inspire music. Clap, clap, CLAP!
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Warm up those vocal chops and get ready for the swingingest read-aloud of the year.
—Booklist (starred review)

This exuberant articulation of sounds both subtle and grandiose is sure to inspire closer listening and creative responses.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Booklist called it "the swingingest read-aloud of the year." School Library Journal made it a "pick of the day." We suspect that a lot of New Orleans Santas will be making this one a pick of the day, too.
—NOLA.com (Times-Picayune)