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The Jazz Fly
While seeking directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band's music.
Manufacturer: Tortuga Press
Price: $8.95
 The Jazz Fly
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| User Reviews |  | snap zabadoo zom dom dom zabazo zabazoo zaba zoo zaroni
rating: 5
Oh I love this book! so do my three year old son and daughter. I bought it when they were infants and read/sang it aloud. It is so catchy and fun. I sang it in a car in Guatemala and the driver and everyone in the car started singing along with me. they asked me to send the book to them. it is so charming and all I have to say is zaba ba bong hurry along click and get this book and cd zippidy quick zaroni
I am buying it again to give as a gift to my children's class. I may even buy it to give out as holiday gifts.
This cat can really write!
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Encore! Encore!
rating: 5
Rock-n-Reading! The Jazz Fly rocks and excites children about reading. I have used this book in class with Pre-K up to fifth grade students. I purchased two copies for my granddaughter. We keep one at her house as well as mine. This soon to be classic has a fun character story as well phonetic skills. It's a great read and tons of fun.
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General Music
rating: 5
This book is great for a K-2 general music lesson. It has a great introduction to jazz music and improvisation. All my students wanted to hear more jazz and move to jazz after reading this book. Can also be easily used as a sub lesson, since the whole book is on CD.
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A Great Gift for any Musically Inclined Child
rating: 5
I've given several copies of this book/CD as gifts to my friend's children. It's always enthusiastically received.
Most conventional music education seems to ignore jazz, which is puzzling since it is our own music, not a European implant. Matthew Golub has found a way to make the learning process truly enjoyable. The rhythms are infectious; you find yourself singing along with the CD. And the cartoon-like text is fun for children of all ages. This is a book to own, if you have a musically inclined child.
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Everyone Stops to Listen!
rating: 5
I first heard the cd that comes with this book when my 5th grade teacher played it in class. Everyone stopped what they were doing to listen even two kids who hardly ever stop talking. My teacher's a drummer and so am I so we LOVED the jazz beat. I read that another reviewer thought the beats were on 1 and 3. Anyone can hear the hi-hat clicking on beats 2 and 4. This is real jazz played by real jazz musicians! (I don't think that reviewer is a musician.) The thing I liked most about The Jazz Fly besides the music, was the illustrations and the way it introduce scat as a kind of language. It IS a language, ZA-BA-ZA-BOO-ZA-BA. Everyone can speak it their own way.
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