The story of Ben is fiction, but it could be the story of more than one jazz musician who grew up in the twenties. Using the art-deco style of the period, Rachel Isadora not only captures the poignancy and yearning of a youthful talent, but in page after page of striking art seems to convey the very sound of music.

Ben在放學回家的路上，喜歡去Zig Zag Jazz Club逗留一會兒，讓自己沉浸在充滿音樂的世界里。 Ben 非常享受空氣中充滿著鋼琴聲、薩克斯風、鼓、小號...等這些和諧又愉悅的樂器聲，這些美妙的旋律總是縈繞在Ben腦海里。當中，小號美妙的聲音更是讓Ben久久難以忘懷。回到家中，Ben 還會吹著他無形的小號給家人、朋友聽。某天，當Ben 坐在Zig Zag Jazz Club的門廊前，隨著屋內傳來的旋律吹奏他無形的小號時，有位男士稱贊他吹的真好聽。這位男士正是Zig Zag Jazz Club里吹小號的樂手，而他的稱贊與鼓勵也開啟了Ben 的夢想之路。

Featuring stunning, evocative black-and-white art, this Caldecott Honor book concerns a boy growing up in the 1920s who aspires to be a jazz musician--"Ben thinks the trumpeter is the cat's meow."