King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin by Costanza, Stephen 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 244627 Available

Dewey: 780.92/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 930 AD

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Subjects: Joplin, Scott,|d1868-1917 Composers - United States - Biography Pianists - Biography African American musicians - Biography Ragtime music

Summary: A rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.

Lin-Manuel Miranda : revolutionary playwright, composer, and actor [Gateway biographies]by Schwartz, Heather E. 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2020)

BTSB #: 791490 Available

Dewey: 792.02/BAges: 9-14   
AR: 6.3 MG Lexile: 1010

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Subjects: Miranda, Lin-Manuel,|d1980- Actors - United States - Biography Composers - United States - Biography Lyricists - United States - Biography

Summary: Playwright and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known as the mind behind the smash-hit musical Hamilton. This title explores Hamilton and Miranda's other works, as well as his life off-stage.

Mary's idea by Raschka, Christopher 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 739789 Available

Dewey: 781.6509/BAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Williams, Mary Lou,|d1910-1981 Women jazz musicians - United States - Biography African American jazz musicians - Biography Jazz musicians - United States - Biography Pianists - United States - Biography Composers - United States - Biography

Summary: A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman.

Song in a rainstorm : the story of musical prodigy Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins by Armand, Glenda 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2021)

BTSB #: 068476 Available

Dewey: 786.2092/BAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 770 AD

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Subjects: Blind Tom,|d1849-1908 Pianists - United States - Biography Composers - United States - Biography Blind musicians - United States - Biography African American musicians - United States - Biography Musicians - United States - Biography

Summary: Born blind into a life of slavery, Thomas Wiggins was dismissed as a "useless burden." But through the loving protection of his family, he went on to become one of the greatest musicians of his time.

Who was Duke Ellington? [Who Was?]by Payne, M. D. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 705246 Available

Dewey: 781.6509/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.7 MG Lexile: 1040 F&P: U

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Subjects: Ellington, Duke,|d1899-1974 Composers - United States - Biography Band directors - United States - Biography Jazz musicians - United States - Biography

Summary: A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz.