Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake

by Jazz For Kids / Various (Eco)

Overview

Verve's Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle and Shake is a wonderful collection of kid-friendly novelty tunes by some of the biggest names in jazz. Fun, funny, and breezy, the collection will have both kids and parents dancing as well as singing, clapping, wiggling, and shaking. Helping the party along are wild tracks by Ella Fitzgerald (the swinging nursery rhymes "Old MacDonald" and "The Muffin Man"), Louis Jordan ("Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"), the so-childlike-they-included-him-twice Slim Gaillard ("Chicken Rhythm" and "Potato Chips"), and Lionel Hampton ("Rag Mop"). There are a few easygoing tunes to keep things from getting too wild, such as Blossom Dearie's "Doop-Doop-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)" and Carmen McRae's lovely "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along." The only song that seems out of place is Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World," as it injects a serious air that is missing elsewhere. Still, this is a CD that any parents who want to add some variety to their kid's diet of Bob the Builder and Jay Jay the Jet Plane songs should pick up. You'll probably find yourself listening to it when the kid isn't around. [Five years after its original release, Jazz for Kids was reissued by Universal with the same tracklisting but a different cover.] ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	03/17/2009
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602517956544

Tracks

1. Old McDonald  - Ella Fitzgerald
2. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens  -  Jordan
3. Yes! We Have No Bananas  - Louis Prima
4. Chicken Rhythm  - Slim Gaillard
5. Mumbles  - Oscar Peterson  - Clark Terry
6. Rag Mop  - Lionel Hampton
7. The Muffin Man  - Ella Fitzgerald
8. When The Red,Red, Robin Come Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along  - Carmen McRae
9. Potato Chips  - Slim Gaillard
10. Doop-Do-O-De-Do Op (A Doodlin' Song)  - Blossom Dearie
11. What A Wonderful World  - Louis Armstrong

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Clark Terry   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong's Orchestra and Chorus   Primary Artist
Oscar Peterson   Primary Artist
Oscar Peterson Trio   Primary Artist
Blossom Dearie   Primary Artist
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Louis Jordan   Primary Artist
Louis Prima   Primary Artist
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist
Louis Prima & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Lionel Hampton   Primary Artist
Slim Gaillard   Primary Artist
Carmen McRae   Primary Artist
Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist
Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra   Primary Artist
Tommy Goodman   Conductor
Ken Druker   Sequencing

Technical Credits

Frank Silver   Composer
Ella Fitzgerald   Composer
Johnnie Lee Wills   Composer
Mark Smith   Production Assistant
Alex Kramer   Composer
Bryan Koniarz   Supervisor
George David Weiss   Composer
Harry Woods   Composer
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Ellen Fitton   Mastering
Bundora   Composer
Deacon Anderson   Composer,Composer
Harry Squires   Composer
Irving Cohen   Composer
Christine Jelloian   Production Coordination
Denise Koleda   Design
Giselle Potter   Illustrations
Hollis King   Art Direction
Ryan Rogers   Design,Illustrations
Cy Coleman   Composer
Irving Conn   Composer
Julia Bundora   Composer
Johnny Lee Wills   Composer
Jill Ettinger   Product Manager
Simon Oxley   Illustrations
Mark Coates Smith   Production Assistant
Irving Cohn   Composer
Ken Druker   Selection
Slim Gaillard   Composer
Dana Smart   Series Supervision
Joan Whitney   Composer
Clark Terry   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Bob Thiele   Composer