LAST LISTENED TO last night
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty good
RATING
It's a nice piece of vocal jazz, all about a wee boy asking his dad endless questions. Sometimes the questions get wild, like Daddy can i have that big elephant over there. It's a touching song by a father who wants to set his kid on a good path into life, with a main melody supplied by a piano. The supporting cast features a muted trumpet that underscores the vocal lines in a few sections, and some relaxed drumming and percussion. A simple song that, unusually for jazz, has vocals instead of solos, indeed they are a direct replacement here.
3 comments:
Hi stewart. I think this is a genius idea for a blog. If you would like to look at my blog, there is a thread about music, but it is 'polluted' with all sorts of shit as well as that. I haven't had any comments about my music posts so far, so if you can be arsed....
Dear Stewart, I used to hear my Daddy play this song on his old record player. Thanks for putting it on your Blog. Do you kow by any chance were I can find CD's from Oscar Brown Jr. with this song on it.
Thanks, take care,
Jeroen Kaldenhoven
jeroen@bol.co.tz
Hey Stewart,
A good friend of mine, jazz singer extraordinaire Sheila Jordan, recorded that song from the "mothers" point of view and it's become one of the famous renditions of the song. She does it with bass and voice only which was one of the things that made her unique as a singer. She is known for many recordings with just bass and voice. The song can be found on several CDs, including "Portrait of Sheila", "I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass", and the "Very Thought of Two".
It recently was recorded for a special mother's day release called "From A Mother's Heart" and can be purchased as a download from that CD on www.SoundVisionsMedia.com, CDBaby and through iTunes. You can find the lyrics online for that version too.
I"ve been singing it myself for many years and it's one of the great, classic vocal songs from Oscar Brown, Jr.
Hope this helps some of your readers.
Ellen
EllenJohnson.net
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