Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist conservation including To the Stars

including To the Stars

—Rita Williams-Garcia

Acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell grew up in a musical family

" Each page is a pleasing mix of colorful tissue-paper collage art

Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist conservation including To the StarsBy: Susan Wood Illustrated by: Duncan Tonatiuh A playful picture book biography of the father of space age bachelor pad lounge music. A self taught Mexican composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist, Juan Garca Esquivel was a pioneer in the use of stereo sound in the 1950s and 1960s. Juan's music is quirky, fun, and truly out of this world, with unusual instrumentation, unorthodox vocal textures and effects. Juan was a true musical innovator, using