Oscar Lives Next Door A Story Inspired By Oscar Petersons Childhood(1st Edition)

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Bonnie Farmer ,Marie Lafrance

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ISBN: 177147596X, 978-1771475969

Book publisher: Owlkids

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Book Price $0 : A Fictional Glimpse Into Famous Jazz Musician Oscar Peterson’s YouthLong Before Oscar Peterson Became A Virtuoso Jazz Pianist, He Was A Boy Who Loved To Play The Trumpet. When Childhood Tuberculosis Weakened His Lungs, Oscar Could No Longer Play His Beloved Instrument. He Took Up Piano And The Rest Is History: Oscar Went On To Become An International Jazz Piano Sensation.Oscar Lives Next Door, Now Available In Paperback, Is A Fictional Story Inspired By These Facts. The Book Imagines A Next-door Neighbor For Oscar Named Millie, Who Gets Into Mischief With Him But Also Appreciates His Talents: Oscar Hears Music In Everything, And Millie Calls Him A Magician For The Way He Can Coax Melodies From His Trumpet. Millie Writes To Oscar During His Long Stay In The Hospital For Tuberculosis, And She Encourages His Earliest Notes On The Piano.Set In Oscar’s True Childhood Neighborhood Of St-Henri?now Known As Little Burgundy?the Book Provides A Wonderful Sense Of This 1930s Neighborhood Where Much Of Montreal’s Black Working Class Population Lived. Detailed Digital Illustrations Make The Community’s Culture And Music Almost Tangible.The Book Concludes With A Page Of Informational Text About The Author’s Own Connection To Little Burgundy And A Short Biography Of The Jazz Legend.