Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-2

The Baby Loves Jazz Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Megaforce
• ASIN: B000T2PRHA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Wheels On The Bus

2. Hello Green

3. Make Me want to Scat

4. Giraffe Dance

5. Drum Lesson #2

6. Big Huge Daddy Hugs

7. Four Funky Fish

8. Pink is Pink

9. Peanut Butter and Jelly

10. Whole World in his Hands

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Old Macdonald

2. I use Potty

3. Purple's My Favorite

4. Bass Skate

5. Skip To My Lou

6. Class In Session

7. Busy Bees Play Bongos

8. Hey Diddle Diddle

9. Meet Philly Joe

10. Band on the Drum

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Childrens
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 4-SEP-2007

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz For Kids - Get Them Started Early!, October 13, 2007

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Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-2 (Audio CD)

Last year, when the first "Baby Loves Jazz" CD was released I did an experiment. Whenever I went to visit friends who have small children (2-4 years old), I took the disc with me and asked their parents to play it while I watched how the kids reacted. In nearly every case the children - both boys and girls - were soon watching the speakers and clapping their hands or tapping their feet. Not only that, but the parents weren't bored either. Guess that's why the CD became a big success.

This year, the producers upped the ante by issuing this two-CD set of "Greatest Hits". While the title is a bit corny and misleading - there was only one disc previously issued - it's what's in the package that counts, I guess. The 26 songs - they are short, since the full set runs about 80 minutes - contain tracks from the first release plus a bunch of new songs. There are "jazzed up" standards like "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "This Little Piggy" as well as new songs like ""Four Funky Fish" and "I Use Potty" (yep!). The "jazz" style is closer to bebop than jazz of the 20s or 30s (or "Smooth Jazz") and the musicians are New York session players. Sharon Jones, the vocalist, has a new pop CD out on her own.

The nicely packaged album comes with a colorful poster and is almost budget priced at a $17.98 list for the 2-disc set. That's a bargain to keep yoking children entertained for a few hours, and low enough that - even if you own the 2006 original - you can replace it in child's music collection.

Steve Ramm

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for kids' playtime., January 16, 2011

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steve (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-2 (Audio CD)

Our son loves this CD, the music is not super obnoxious like some other kids CDs. Lots of fun songs that our son likes to dance and sing to.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning tool for music and humor, October 23, 2009

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N. Hattori (Sonoma County, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-2 (Audio CD)

This CD set includes many familiar kids songs, new humorous songs on themes that are familiar to kids (like "I use potty" and "Big daddy hug"), as well as ones that would help kids learn about musical instruments (e.g., the name and sound of each piece of a drum set). All songs are done in such a fun way, that I find myself singing and dancing to many of them. (I'm so tired of other nursery songs!) Some songs include a few phrases that I'm not excited about my 2 y.o. son learning (such as "C'mon men"), but I can live with it. I also recommend another CD by them, titled "Go Baby Go." I have two of their Book with CD (Miles and Charlie) but I hardly use the book and wish I hadn't bought them.