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by Gary Golio (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
James Ransome's glorious art celebrates jazz icon Sonny Rollins and how he found an inspired spot to practice his saxophone when his neighbors complained.
Sonny Rollins loved his saxophone. As a teenager, he was already playing with jazz stars and making a name for himself. But in 1959, at age twenty-nine, he took a break from performing--to work on being a better, not just famous, musician. Practicing in a city apartment didn't please the neighbors, so Sonny found a surprising alternative--the Williamsburg Bridge. There, with his head in the clouds and foghorns for company, Sonny could play to his heart's content and perfect his craft. It was a bold choice, for a bold young man and musician. Sonny's passion for music comes alive in jazzy text and vivid, evocative paintings of New York City. His story celebrates striving to be your very best self, an inspiration to music lovers young and old.Author Biography
Gary Golio is a fine artist, musician, and psychotherapist. He is the author of Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars and the New York Times bestseller JIMI: Sounds Like A Rainbow--A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix, as well as many other award-winning books. He lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
James Ransome is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books, including The Creation (by James Weldon Johnson), which won a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, and Let My People Go (by Patricia McKissack), winner of an NAACP Image Award. His other books include This Is the Rope (by Jacqueline Woodson), Young Pele (by Lesa Cline-Ransome), and Sky Boys (by Deborah Hopkinson). He lives in upstate New York with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and their family.
Number of Pages: 32
Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.1 x 10.7 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 19, 2021
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
