{"id":1799,"date":"2024-04-16T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/?page_id=1799"},"modified":"2024-11-02T09:21:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:21:31","slug":"a-history-of-jazz-playlist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/for-kids\/a-history-of-jazz-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Sometimes I listen to jazz.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/History-of-Jazz.png?resize=860%2C1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1770 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Check out the music from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/739900\/dk-super-readers-level-4-history-of-jazz-by-dk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/739900\/dk-super-readers-level-4-history-of-jazz-by-dk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">History of Jazz<\/a><\/strong>. Each chapter has playlists just for kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen and let me know which songs that you love! <em>(P.S. Make sure you ask a grownup for help contacting me.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"1280\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1770\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melissamwai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/History-of-Jazz.png?resize=860%2C1280\" style=\"object-position:62% 39%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"62% 39%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-67d842cc6dee0a99a30fc4b8a85b1e88\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/0NR7hFkJ6uTXsJuSp5ewaS?si=0f308354453b4720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 1: The Basics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-fba5f273588ba6dcddc641e906951650\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/7C74FrVlh3i0C0XmSQVyHy?si=a524a4d46bac431a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 2: Jazzy Beginnings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-014887f15840aaed393e0fa7264d1ce7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2ZOEfrSTO4WBsdDCwHFcCL?si=f4200f6a00394d72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 3: Jazz Age<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9a8210b0049f2d49ff65f1b6873518ca\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/24ObreUJnxDJEOs2bvbWaT?si=fc31356afe974a2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 4: Off to War<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-17d5b2130caa3167dca31a378c5b4ccf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3M0ICHGMKawP0lIKZeunOB?si=04862bf3ccb7497c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 5: Singing is In<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-013e189857b1e6c7713a45dcae1451f1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/64dVKfWpusYsCVhkOmkVE7?si=e2778ad349ee4ec8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 6: The Pizzaz of Afro-Cuban Jazz<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9edf248ece02fbfd498594681d9abfca\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/0FDs80IyJ2skVwoLAOVihm?si=b7118b09be0f4815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 7: To Bebop or Not To Bebop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9c6e2db4ebc20ffc4911b6001accf1e5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/7Fkv3Hnp5NwodexkLL5Q6x?si=c90bb3fd6533426f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 8: Cool Gets Hot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-d1bc0696694fc49659d634db6233a343\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6Zn7brPiUI0bEUacvziDq3?si=29268ad1d2d7441b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 9: The Shape of Jazz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-975005383940713fee00202560e59585\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2ycH12K55FkxK0lJSdnxBo?si=93c513cf816c4a81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 10: Where in the World is Jazz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-ec2b20836906634e9ee9d3deac502aaa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/2chel03jcZXvu1m4FhHKi8?si=e167f69823f342cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapter 11: Jazz Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I listen to jazz. Check out the music from History of Jazz. Each chapter has playlists just for kids. Listen and let me know which songs that you love! (P.S. Make sure you ask a grownup for help contacting me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1595,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1627,"url":"https:\/\/melissamwai.com\/index.php\/books\/","url_meta":{"origin":1799,"position":0},"title":"Books","author":"Melissa Mwai","date":"June 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"My books are available on Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or request them from your local bookstore or library.* Thank you for reading and reviewing. OUT NOW About I Can Make a Friend I Can Make a Friend is part of a new easy reader series by Paw Prints. 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