Jazz for Kids is a perfect representation of another timeless adage: "jazz is life." There is seriousness in the fun, and there is joy in the seriousness. Music is at its most powerful when it makes one feel connected with the past, and …Read More
Jazz for Kids is a perfect representation of another timeless adage: "jazz is life." There is seriousness in the fun, and there is joy in the seriousness. Music is at its most powerful when it makes one feel connected with the past, and Jazz for Kids breathes new life into songs we think we've known forever. It shows how jazz can elevate even the most minuscule events in life. Jazz for Kids takes simple folk songs and nursery rhymes and turns them into something that you never saw coming.
Pop Goes the Weasel (1852) bring to life the uniquely ebullient, driving feeling that can only be brought to a melody through jazz. It's a refreshing reminder to hear how these arrangements can turn a seemingly plain, ordinary, and extremely familiar melody into a surprising, joyous, uplifting delight.
from the liner notes by Joe Alterman