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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone is a 2014 children's picture book by Katheryn Russel-Brown and illustrator Frank Morrison, published by LEE & LOW BOOKS INC.

Synopsis
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone tells the story about child trombone-playing prodigy, Melba Doretta Liston (1926-1999). Growing up, Melba was musically inclined and had music and rhythm playing in her head all day. At age 7, she came across a beautiful trombone and her mother bought it for her. She was not very skilled at playing the trombone at first, but she worked hard to practice which eventually paid off. At age 8 she was asked to play on the local radio station and in high school she joined Alma Hightower's after-school music club.