Posts Tagged ‘jazz’

Live Video: Coal Train Railroad

Tweet …still swooning… Here’s a nice, tightly edited glimpse into a recent Coal Train Railroad show, in their hometown of Nashville, TN.  You’ll hear bits of 3 songs, including the fabulous “Snuggling Suits Me Just...
January 29th, 2010 | OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More

Coal Train Railroad CD Review

Coal Train Railroad CD Review
Tweet COAL TRAIN RAILROAD The Sound: Jazz.  Straight up, honest-to-goodness grown-up jazz music with kid-friendly lyrics. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Hayes Greenfield, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker Best Moments: I simply swoon over “Snuggling...
January 21st, 2010 | Best New Kid's Music, OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat – OWTK Book Review

Tweet Scat singing is the easiest, most fun-tastic way to introduce kids to jazz. Babies coo and scat naturally. Toddlers scat ’cause it’s silly. And bigger kids use wacky verbalization to crack up their kid sisters/brothers and amuse...
February 6th, 2009 | OWTK Children's Book Reviews | Read More

The Soundtrack for Going Green

Tweet Many moons from now what will we most certainly remember about the year 2008?Here’s my short list: Insane gas prices. The subprime mortgage fiasco. The many women Roger Clemens has bedded while being shot in the ass with ‘roids. The...
May 6th, 2008 | OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

OWTK NCAA Kid’s Music Tournament – Harmonica Pocket vs. Johnette Downing

Tweet Here we have the first game from The Singin’ in the Rain Region. This first contest pits two very different albums against each other, which is always fun to watch in the NCAA basketball tourney. (2) The Harmonica Pocket “Ladybug...
March 20th, 2008 | OWTK Kid's CD Reviews | Read More

Hayes Greenfield’s Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz Live

Tweet OWTK has been fortunate enough to be in the audience for dozens of kid’s shows over the past couple years and while that does not crown me the definitive authority on what makes a great children’s musical performance I feel pretty...
February 25th, 2008 | OWTK Kid's Concert Reviews, OWTK Kid's Music News | Read More
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