Jazz for Kids, Everybody's Boppin'

Lisa Yves & The Kids, Lisa Yves | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2002)
• Original Release Date: May 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz For Kids/Newsound
• ASIN: B00006351L
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sing, Sing, Sing

2. Bird and Diz

3. Be-bop Lives

4. Everybody's Boppin'

5. Alphabet Scat

6. In a Mellow Tone

7. (Hey) Daddy

8. The Drycleaner from Des Moines

9. I'm Beboppin too

10. Colors of the Blues

11. Straighten Up and Fly right

12. Counting to Ten

13. A night with Bach in Tunesia

14. Cute

15. Twisted

16. Roy G. Biv

17. Jazzabye

18. Clap Your Hands

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz for "Kids" of All Ages, June 17, 2000

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Louis A. D'Antonio (Randolph, Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jazz for Kids Everybody's Boppin (Audio CD)

First, let's acknowledge what this cd isn't: it isn't cute, gimmicky, cliche-ridden, patronizing, watered-down, compromising, dull, sappy, etc., etc., which so many sessions aimed at a particular non-traditional audience usually are. On her own merits - for a moment taking the wonderful kids out of it - Lisa Yves is a remarkable musician with beautiful phrasing and a warm fluid voice that scats effortlessly, even when she's working in a register more suited to the kids. Her writing is hip, engaging and inventive, and she holds her own on Jon Hendricks' turf. But now, add these extraordinary kids. Where did they develop chops at such an early age? Usually, you hear kids trying to scat or sing jazz, they sound strained, off-tempo, uncomfortable, as if they'd prefer crooning with Raffi. But these youngsters relate to the music. They glide, slur, punch, skip, doubletime and all of it, like pros. I love them and I love this recording. I'ts what music & kids should be about and Ms. Yves gracefully puts it all into a comfortable context with references to folks from Bach to Monk - and many in between. My six year old & I ride around the Green Mountains listening to Jazz for Kids and happily scatting together. I wish Yves were teaching in his school.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!, June 10, 2000

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"marabelle" (Boston. Ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jazz for Kids Everybody's Boppin (Audio CD)

Hi. I would just like to say how wonderful this CD is. With jazz standards such as Straighten up and fly right and originals like the alphabet scat I was wowed by this CD. The music is stuff you and your kids will love. Its a fabuous Cd and I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a cd for adults who think about jazz as kids do broccoli, November 25, 2000

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jack goldman (springfield, pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz for Kids Everybody's Boppin (Audio CD)

this is a great kids cd but also doubles as a jazz cd for adults who consider jazz in the same way kids may treat broccoli. no pun intended: this is a tasty album. i have given this album to over fifteen parents with children aged 4-15 and all parents say this cd is their kid's favorite. sorry barney. and everyone knows kids are the toughest critics. just ask the broccoli.