Best Books 2014: Little Melba and Her Big Trombone| Nonfiction

by SLJ
Nov 14, 2014 | Filed in Reviews+
Born in Kansas City in 1926 with the “plink,” “hum,” and “thrum” of music dancing in her head, Melba Doretta Liston befriended a “long funny-looking horn” at age seven and taught herself to play. Euphonious text and kinetic oil paintings introduce a jazz virtuoso who faced down discrimination and wowed the world with her divine sound.

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