Customer Reviews

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-2

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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
"Anything Phonographic"

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.

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.

I have always liked listening to this cd, but now that my daughter is a toddler, she has really gotten into it. Her car seat shakes with all her jamming out, especially during song #6, where she makes the lion ROAR. At the end of each song, she says "MORE, MORE" or "OH NO" because she doesn't want the music to end. Best music purchase I've made for the kiddos.

This collection of jazz for children is hip, cool, fun, and enjoyable for the adults as well. My son has learned about numbers and colors from this album and requests favorites from it as well. It sounds like "real" music, unlike a lot of the saccharine children's music out there. Even I can't help but sing and dance to some of the songs on this one. If you like jazz and are looking for children's music, this is an excellent choice.

My husband bought this for our daughter when she was about a year old and she has always loved listening to it. She used to just stand by the CD player and listen to it but now that she is 18 months old, she loves to bounce up and down and "dance" to the songs. Whenever we put it on she runs over to the CD player. The songs are so cute and catchy, not at all annoying. I know many of the lyrics myself and will sing along with the tunes. I think this is such a great introduction to jazz and music for little ones. Parents will love it too! I plan on giving it as a gift and will order "Baby loves Hip-Hop" and "Baby Loves Salsa" too...

At my daughter's suggestion, I bought Baby Loves Jazz for my nearly-two-year-old granddaughter. She simply loves the music. She dances. She is animated as the music plays. She knows the characters and the instruments, although she's only had Baby Loves Jazz for a few weeks. The artists who created this cd are creative and imaginative. I can't conceive of a better introduction to jazz for a preschooler. I highly recommend this product.