Archive for December 19th, 2011

Duke Ellington Meets Tchaikovsky

December 19, 2011 @ 7:05 am | Filed under: Books, Music

Swiped from Scott’s Facebook:

“I know that song,” says the five-year-old, eyes lighting up. She bobs her head. “That’s jazz.”

He’d looked this clip up because I got excited when Julie Danielson mentioned (also on Facebook) that she was working on a review of this picture book for SevenImp:

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite by Anna Harwell Celenza.

Looking forward to Jules’s review, and to checking out this book!

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