Take an inspiring trip to the music halls of the 1940s, when groups of young female musicians broke racial and gender barriers–and forever changed the face of jazz….
Join the fans of picture books, feminism, and jazz at Ballard’s Secret Garden Books for a reading of Mama Mable’s All-Gal Big Band Extravaganza, a new book written and illustrated by Seattle’s Annie Sieg.
Everyone knows about Rosie the Riveter, the icon for working women during World War II. Now prepare to meet a group of young women who did the same for music! From saxophonists and drummers to trumpeters, pianists, trombonists, and singers, talented young women across the country picked up their instruments–and picked up the spirits of an entire nation–during the dark days of World War II. Together they formed racially integrated female bands and transformed the look and sound of jazz, taking important strides for all women in the world of music.
Annie Sieg shines a spotlight on the young women who epitomized the sound and spirit of jazz of the era, while opening young readers’ eyes and ears to the role of women then and now in music.
Event Details
The event will be at Secret Garden Books, 2214 NW Market St., Ballard, on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 at 6:30 PM. It is free and the public is invited. Secret Garden Books is a full-service, general bookstore, featuring books for everyone since 2000, with a particular specialty in children’s books since 1977.
The event site is: https://www.secretgardenbooks.com/event/annie-sieg-mama-mables-all-gal-big-band-jazz-extravaganza
About the author / illustrator
Annie Sieg is an illustrator and writer whose fierce feminism has never gotten in the way of her career as a ballroom dance teacher, or her interests in folklore, music, and jazz.