Editorial Reviews
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, Music, Hayes Greenfield, Richie Havens, Children's, Childrens, Jazz, Pop
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With financial and visual help from world-renowned painter (and jazz fan) Roy Lichtenstein, alto-sax player Hayes Greenfield, his fellow musicians, and kid contributors happily transform a handful of nursery rhymes into jazz tunes. All the elements that make jazz what it is are here--spontaneity, color, texture, skewed phrasing, melody, and magic, to name a few. And the kids, who are perhaps more in tune with jazz rudiments than most adults, react with great passion and playfulness in this lively 1998 recording session. Richie Havens adds his distinctive voice to the proceedings, but vocalist Miles Griffith madly steals the show, tearing into "Blow the Man Down" like a man about to be blown down, and breathing new life into the immortal standards "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "This Old Man," "The Muffin Man" and others. Ranging from the sublime and beautiful to the madcap and capricious, Griffith is, as the liner notes declare, "a totally up cat"--just like the disc. Delightful and instructive. --Martin Keller
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Nursery rhymes and traditional children's songs get the jazz treatment from some top-line artists, saxophonist and arranger Hayes Greenfield, vocalists gravel-voiced folk/pop artist Richie Havens, Miles Griffith and Lisa Michel, David Berkman on piano, Jay Anderson on bass and several others. A group of young children add their enthusiastic, if not always musical voices to the mix, too. This is no lullaby album, by the way, although it has some quiet moments, most notably the lovely "Fiddle... read more
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Hayes Greenfield Manufacturer: Liquid 8 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B000085RU7 Release Date: 2003-02-04 |
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Kids CD I Can Listen To.......2004-12-04
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Hayes Greenfield Manufacturer: © 1998 Baby Music Boom, Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00000DPZ9 Release Date: 1999-02-09 |
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Amazon.com
With financial and visual help from world-renowned painter (and jazz fan) Roy Lichtenstein, alto-sax player Hayes Greenfield, his fellow musicians, and kid contributors happily transform a handful of nursery rhymes into jazz tunes. All the elements that make jazz what it is are here--spontaneity, color, texture, skewed phrasing, melody, and magic, to name a few. And the kids, who are perhaps more in tune with jazz rudiments than most adults, react with great passion and playfulness in this lively 1998 recording session. Richie Havens adds his distinctive voice to the proceedings, but vocalist Miles Griffith madly steals the show, tearing into "Blow the Man Down" like a man about to be blown down, and breathing new life into the immortal standards "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "This Old Man," "The Muffin Man" and others. Ranging from the sublime and beautiful to the madcap and capricious, Griffith is, as the liner notes declare, "a totally up cat"--just like the disc. Delightful and instructive. --Martin KellerCustomer Reviews:
And Now for Something Completely Different.......2002-04-08
Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz Reaches the Target Audience!.......2002-04-03
Great Jazz for kids and their parents.......2002-04-02
pied piper of jazz.......2002-04-01
First, he possesses the ability to communicate lofty ideas to children in a manner and vocabulary which they not only comprehend, but, respond to with enthusiasm. While watching my son with this CD over the last several days, it occurred to me that the CD had planted a seed of passion for music within him. He is now asking questions about different types of music and, is expressing an active interest in learning an instrument.
Next, the music on the CD is familiar to children - this provides them easy access to the material. However, Mr.Greenfield treats the material in a way which introduces them to the rudiments of jazz. He conveys all of the joy and fun of that music in a way which allows children to experience and participate in it - it allows them to experience the thrill of musical performance.
Finally, the inter-active experience of the CD has helped to wean my son from the television, and, seems to have made him less
interested in its barrage of child targeted advertising. He seems so taken now with music that the messages of mass media have less impact on him.
For these reasons, I would recommend the CD to any parent seeking to introduce his child to the beauty and joys of music.
A Star shines For All Children.......2002-04-01
Our childrens' lives have become overloaded with so much unneccesary information. They are watching way to much television and playing to many video games that introduce them to all forms of violence. Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz successfully touches the soul of all children. This is a CD for all children!!!!!
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