The free verse is arranged to conjure speed and playfulness, and the imagery is amusing, i.e., Dizzy's puffy cheeks are compared to a frog's. ... The ever-experimental Young uses gouache and bursts of orange and pink pastel strokes to form Gillespie and his hot trumpet, whereas Parker's saxophone sounds are rendered in greens and blues. ... Irresistible.--School Library Journal (starred review) Exuberant and gorgeous--like the music.--Kirkus Reviews

Gary Golio is the author of several best-selling and award-winning musical picture-book biographies, including "Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow, When Bob Met Woody, "and "Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey. "Gary Golio lives in Hudson Valley, New York. Ed Young is the illustrator of more than eighty books for children, seventeen of which he has also written. Among his books is the Caldecott Medal winner "Lon Po Po, "which he both wrote and illustrated. He says that his work is inspired by the philosophy of Chinese painting. He lives in Westchester County, New York.