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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
2) Whiplash
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite East coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In "Born to Drum", Barrell explores the extraordinary history of the world's most primitive instrument and the musicians who have made it legend. He interviews some of the most famous and revered and well-known drummers of our time, including Chad Smith, Ginger Baker, Clem Burke, Sheila E, Phil Collins, Nick Mason, Patty Schemel, Butch Vig, and Omar Hakim, who share astonishing truths about their work and lives. He investigates the stories of late,...
4) Drummer boy
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After accidentally being thrown away, a beloved toy drummer boy goes on an adventure that eventually brings him back to a warm home, where he is placed near baby Jesus in a manger scene.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little mouse who is teased for being the smallest and for playing an acorn drum is singled out to give a gift to the very special child who has been born in a nearby stable.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Junior Asparagus stars as The Little Drummer Boy, a lonely child who finds the true meaning of Christmas when he stumbles upon the birth of the baby Jesus. A story of generosity, hope, and love, this timeless tale will warm the hearts of children everywhere!
8) Drummer girl
Author
Publisher
Coteau Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A girl obsessed with music must deal with sexual harassment as she struggles to fit in with a band.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Travis Barker's soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer's art and his life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery--a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood. It brings to a close the first chapters of a well-lived life, inspiring readers to follow the rhythms of their own hearts...
10) Backstage pass
Author
Publisher
Hit Records
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Stories from the road and in the studio with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dan Fogelberg, Peter Frampton, the Eagles, Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, and many more"--Cover
12) Road rash
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"When teen drummer, Zach, signed up to spend the summer on tour with a rock band, he didn't realize the stairway to heaven was such a bumpy ride" --
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Peter 'Ginger' Baker is a legend. A pioneering drummer who transcends genre, he's done much to popularise world music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is that rare thing - both critically acclaimed and globally successful. He has also lived a life more rock'n'roll than most.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the world’s most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz drumming, he was headhunted by the band after bumping...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Wanting fans, not friends, drummer Lupe Lopez, who is determined to rock kindergarten--literally--refuses to play by the rules until a less-than-starstruck teacher and the lack of fans make her reconsider her "no friends" rule.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
p2015
Language
English
Description
On their fiftieth anniversary comes a groundbreaking rock n' roll memoir by one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead is perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. From the music to their live-concert sound systems and fan recordings, they were...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The last surviving member of David Bowie's band The Spiders From Mars, which helped launch his Ziggy Stardust persona, shares stories and photographs, offers details of the album sessions, and recalls the rock and roll excess that drove the band apart.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The inside story behind one of the most revered bands in music history during the early days of punk rock in New York, from legendary drummer Marky Ramone. Rolling Stone ranked the Ramones at #26 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." They received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. And Marky Ramone played a major part in this success--his "blitzkrieg" style...
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