Readie Jeebies: When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat
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Author: Muriel Harris-Weinstein (on JOMB)
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Chronicle Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0811851311
Blithe bobbling, babbling and blowing of bubbles in cheery sherbet pinks and lime get our lips slipping and our tongues tripping and leave us finger-snapping, toe-tapping and scatting every time.
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Excerpt of Louis Armstrong from a recording of Ain’t Mishavin’ found on The Internet Archive.
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