{"id":7687,"date":"2015-07-06T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:26:21","slug":"benny-goodman-and-teddy-wilson-taking-the-stage-as-the-first-black-and-white-jazz-band-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/06\/benny-goodman-and-teddy-wilson-taking-the-stage-as-the-first-black-and-white-jazz-band-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage As the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BennyGoodmanTeddyWilson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7688\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BennyGoodmanTeddyWilson.jpg\" alt=\"BennyGoodmanTeddyWilson\" width=\"250\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/082342362X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=082342362X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkId=F2X3T45VXBRTSHFE\">Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage As the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History<\/a><br \/>\nby Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author) and James E. Ransome (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Brought together by the love of jazz, Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa and helped create the style of music known as swing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chicago&#8217;s West Side Colt&#8217;s Electric Park, 1922:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Pop boom pop boom<\/em><br \/>\nAbove Benny,<br \/>\nthe Fourth of July exploded<br \/>\nOne hundred colors, loud,<br \/>\nlive and hot<br \/>\nIn front of him, the jazz band<br \/>\nclarinet, piano, drums<br \/>\n<em>pop boom pop boom<\/em><br \/>\nBenny sat, toe tapping,<br \/>\nfingers snapping,<br \/>\nlistening<\/p>\n<h3><strong>STEM + the Arts = STEAM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>STEAM DIY Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on a date on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/jazz\/\/kids\/time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive Timeline<\/a> to journey back in time and discover how jazz became America&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nonfiction.monday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6943\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nonfiction.monday.jpg\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nonfictionmonday.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\n<!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage As the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author) and James E. Ransome (Illustrator) Booktalk: Brought together by the love of jazz, Teddy Wilson and Benny Goodman broke the color barrier in entertainment when they formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/06\/benny-goodman-and-teddy-wilson-taking-the-stage-as-the-first-black-and-white-jazz-band-in-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage As the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-nonfiction-monday","category-picture-book-of-the-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8103,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions\/8103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}