Jane Voss & Hoyle Osborne
Side by Side
Side by Side
Music for Munchkins
What Parents/Aunts/Uncles/Etc. Are Giving
Even if you’ve never aimed to be a parent, in this new-fangled age of mix ’n’ match families you may find yourself somehow related to somebody’s little one. Now it’s holiday gift time.
So, here goes a highly subjective, no-apologies-offered list of available favorites; oldies, roots, retro, and progressive.
First on the list of considerations is the ragtime piano of Hoyle Osborne and the remarkable tinkly voice of Jane Voss, coming together to bring ’teens and ’20’s music to life for young people on Side by Side. No child’s musical preparation is complete without knowing the classics, and what qualifies better than Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields’ “On the Sunny Side of the Street”? But this early jazz era education doesn’t end there. “Papa’s on the Housetop” is a subversive bit of hokum by bluesman Leroy Carr. “Eli Green’s Cakewalk” by Sadie Koninsky dates from 1898, and “Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?” is perfect Tin Pan Alley Yiddishism. In a more modern vein, Voss sings two ballads: Frank Loesser’s “Inch Worm” (the very one Danny Kaye premiered) and her own loving “Song to a Shrinking Violet.”
All this infectious good fun is available from A Gentle Wind. One eight-year-old femme we know sang out each song, in front of a full-length mirror, in huge hats and long dresses. Go girl! (Bay Area Reporter)
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields) • (There’s Something Nice About Everyone But) There’s Everything Nice About You (Terker, Bryan & Wendling) • Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? (Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie) • Eli Green’s Cakewalk (Sadie
Koninsky) • Sweet Indiana Home (Walter Donaldson) • Just the Same (Joe Burke & Walter Donaldson) • Papa’s on the Housetop (Leroy Carr) • Carrie’s Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone) • Side by Side (Harry Woods) • Alligator Crawl (Thomas "Fats" Waller) • The Inch Worm (Frank Loesser) • Song to a Shrinking Violet - excerpt (Voss) • If You Love Me (Malvina Reynolds) • Prairie Lullaby (Billy Hill)
Jane Voss, vocals & guitar •
What Parents/Aunts/Uncles/Etc. Are Giving
Even if you’ve never aimed to be a parent, in this new-
So, here goes a highly subjective, no-
First on the list of considerations is the ragtime piano of Hoyle Osborne and the remarkable tinkly voice of Jane Voss, coming together to bring ’teens and ’20’s music to life for young people on Side by Side. No child’s musical preparation is complete without knowing the classics, and what qualifies better than Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields’ “On the Sunny Side of the Street”? But this early jazz era education doesn’t end there. “Papa’s on the Housetop” is a subversive bit of hokum by bluesman Leroy Carr. “Eli Green’s Cakewalk” by Sadie Koninsky dates from 1898, and “Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?” is perfect Tin Pan Alley Yiddishism. In a more modern vein, Voss sings two ballads: Frank Loesser’s “Inch Worm” (the very one Danny Kaye premiered) and her own loving “Song to a Shrinking Violet.”
All this infectious good fun is available from A Gentle Wind. One eight-
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields) • (There’s Something Nice About Everyone But) There’s Everything Nice About You (Terker, Bryan & Wendling) • Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? (Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie) • Eli Green’s Cakewalk (Sadie
Koninsky) • Sweet Indiana Home (Walter Donaldson) • Just the Same (Joe Burke & Walter Donaldson) • Papa’s on the Housetop (Leroy Carr) • Carrie’s Gone to Kansas City (Blind Boone) • Side by Side (Harry Woods) • Alligator Crawl (Thomas "Fats" Waller) • The Inch Worm (Frank Loesser) • Song to a Shrinking Violet -
Jane Voss, vocals & guitar •
Rhythm ’n’ Rhyme: America’s Songs & Their Stories
A Concert for Children
A Concert for Children
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Cassette • $10
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