How Sweet the Sound
Kwame Alexander
jan 2025. · Hachette Audio · Narator: Karen Murray
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Featuring artists ranging from Miles Davis to Kendrick Lamar, dive into this stunningly illustrated celebration of the history of Black music in America by the award-winning author of The Undefeated.
Listen to the sound of survival, courage, and democracy—the soundtrack of America. Hear Billie Holiday's raspy, mournful voice, and tap your foot to Louis Armstrong's trumpet. Scream with James Brown and bop your head to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Can you spot the 80+ references to artists like Robert Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Beyonce?
Come dance to Kwame Alexander’s melodious narrative of the history of Black music in America, accompanied by the vibrant illustrations of Charly Palmer.
The book includes extensive back matter, providing even more context and history about the music and musicians.
Listen to the sound of survival, courage, and democracy—the soundtrack of America. Hear Billie Holiday's raspy, mournful voice, and tap your foot to Louis Armstrong's trumpet. Scream with James Brown and bop your head to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Can you spot the 80+ references to artists like Robert Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Beyonce?
Come dance to Kwame Alexander’s melodious narrative of the history of Black music in America, accompanied by the vibrant illustrations of Charly Palmer.
The book includes extensive back matter, providing even more context and history about the music and musicians.
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Kwame Alexander is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over forty books, including his Newbery Medal-winning novel The Crossover; American Story, winner of the Coretta Scott king Illustrator Award; The Undefeated, winner of the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor; The Door of No Return; and Becoming Muhammed Ali, which he co-wrote with James Patterson. An Emmy Award-winning producer and the Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts at Chautauqua, he invites you to visit him at kwamealexander.com and on Instagram and X @kwamealexander.
Charly Palmer is a fine artist, illustrator, and the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award winner for Mama Africa! and author-illustrator of The Legend of Gravity. He studied art and design at the American Academy of Art and fine art at School of the Art Institute, both in Chicago. He invites you to visit him at charlypalmer.com.
Charly Palmer is a fine artist, illustrator, and the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award winner for Mama Africa! and author-illustrator of The Legend of Gravity. He studied art and design at the American Academy of Art and fine art at School of the Art Institute, both in Chicago. He invites you to visit him at charlypalmer.com.
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