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Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz.

Jazz helps lift America's spirits during the early years of the Depression as the sale of records boom and jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington are at the top of their form.

Born into a traveling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age.

John Coltrane's musical composition is performed by a box, a snowflake, some raindrops, and a kitten.

Examines the nature of jazz, with discussions of the music and the people, customs, history, economics, and styles connected with it.

The story of Billy Bathgate, a boy who has insinuated himself into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang to become apprentice and protege to one of the great murdering gangsters.

Explores the roots and history of jazz, discussing how it first appeared and developed, its musical elements, and significant performers.

A group of children move, play, hum and sleep to the sound and beat of jazz music.

A reference guide to jazz music and performers that includes profiles of more than 1,700 artists, reviews and ratings for the best jazz recordings, historical essays, and listings of other jazz books, magazines, and mail-order sources.

An illustrated chronicle of jazz in the twentieth century, discussing the origins of the genre and the contributions of some of jazz's most significant musicians; and including articles that look at important songs, landmarks and personalities, conventions of jazz performance and composition, and the mingling of jazz with other art forms.