I love that she played the piano as fiercely as she sang her songs. Her signature shouts, moans, and melismas made me feel as if she was revealing secret parts of her life story.
I love that she could take a song and give it her own indelible spin, such as “Respect” and “Say A Little Prayer.” I love that she sang lyrics as if the words were written for her alone. I treasure so many things about Aretha’s music. Sometimes the songs were so good he would play them a second time, saying, ‘That was so nice, I’m going to play that twice.” He did many, many double plays with Aretha Franklin songs. What I especially loved was listening to music on the radio-on Berkeley’s KDIA (“Lucky 13”) with DJ Bob Jones. And dancing! I loved trying out the latest moves to my favorite songs-the breakaway, the typewriter, the four corners, and the penguin, to name a few.
I would sit for long spells on the living room floor listening to entire albums-singing along, reading the liner notes, and writing out the words to the songs I liked. I listened to songs while I got ready for school, in the car going someplace or another, and at the end of my school day. It seems I was always either about to do or doing something related to music. Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.5 x 9.Music was a big part of my childhood.Brimming with ebullience and the joy of making music, Little Melba and Her Big Trombone is a fitting tribute to a trailblazing musician and a great unsung hero of jazz. Overcoming obstacles of race and gender, Melba went on to become a famed trombone player and arranger, spinning rhythms, harmonies, and melodies into gorgeous songs for all the jazz greats of the twentieth century: Randy Weston, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and Quincy Jones, to name just a few. She joined a band led by trumpet player Gerald Wilson and toured the country. By the time she was a teenager, Melba s extraordinary gift for music led her to the world of jazz. At age seven, Melba fell in love with a big, shiny trombone, and soon taught herself to play the instrument. As a child, she daydreamed about beats and lyrics, and hummed along with the music from her family s Majestic radio. Melba Doretta Liston loved the sounds of music from as far back as she could remember. List Price: $18.95 (Hardcover - Biography / Music / Trombone / Loved Music - 2014) Katheryn-Russell-Brown (A) and Fran Morrison (ILT)
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