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Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public Library . Oscar finds magic in the trumpet, but all that changes when he is sent away to recover from tuberculosis. An author's note describes the Montreal neighborhood where the Petersons lived and how it has changed over time. For a time during his recovery, Oscar

Salvadore, formerly at District of Columbia Public Library . Oscar finds magic in the trumpet, but all that changes when he is sent away to recover from tuberculosis. An author's note describes the Montreal neighborhood where the Petersons lived and how it has changed over time. For a time during his recovery, Oscar stops talking but finds his voice by the time he returns home. Although much of the Little Burgundy neighborhood where he grew up is gone forever, Oscar's legacy lives on in the students and jazz enthusiasts who have been influenced by his music." VERDICT An engaging look at the man who put Montreal and Little Burgundy on the map of jazz history.—Maria B. Together, text and image present a long ago time and place with characters that resonate today. The fictionalized narrative includes actual events from the life of jazz pianist and c

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 most of Montreal’s Black working class population lived. Detailed digital illustrations make the community’s culture and music almost tangible. 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. When a bout of childhood tuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. Millie writes to Oscar during his long stay in the hospital for tuberculosis, and she encourages his earliest notes on the piano. Long before Oscar Peterson became a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a boy who love

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• Title : Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood
• Author : Bonnie Farmer
• Rating : 4.53 (536 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-1-25
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 32 Pages
• Asin : 1771471042
• Language : English