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Ella Fitzgerald - CD

Miss Ella's Playhouse Ella Fitzgerald CD
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  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602517205659
  • Item Number: MSI720565
  • Release date: 08/19/2008
  • 1. A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  • 2. Organ Grinder's Swing
  • 3. The Muffin Man
  • 4. Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)
  • 5. Melinda the Mousie
  • 6. Old Mother Hubbard
  • 7. Molasses, Molasses (It's Icky Sticky Goo)
  • 8. Bean Bag Song
  • 9. Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer
  • 10. The Hot Canary
  • 11. Old McDonald
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Miss Ella's Playhouse by Ella Fitzgerald on CD


Jazz and even vocal music can be a tough nut to crack for younger listeners, but Ella Fitzgerald's irrepressible enthusiasm and constant musicality make her a natural for children's listening. Accordingly, Universal packaged 11 of her lightest novelties into the brief Miss Ella's Playhouse, pitched to ages one to four and billed as "Kid, Parent & Earth Friendly." Leading off with the 1938 nursery rhyme hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket," the disc makes a fair introduction for children to Ella specifically and great vocal jazz in general (regardless of the argument that children could appreciate her "serious" music without this set of dumbed-down material). The disc is divided between early Decca material of the nursery rhyme variety ("The Muffin Man," "Old Mother Hubbard") and peak-era Verve novelties like "Bean Bag Song," "Two Little Men and a Flying Saucer," and "The Hot Canary." Fans of the Great American Songbook may not be able to handle this type of material, but Ella Fitzgerald makes it all shine with a twinkle in her eyes, even when she's recording "Old McDonald" in 1966, nearing her half-century mark. ~ John Bush, Rovi
  • Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 602517205659
  • Item Number: MSI720565
  • Release date: 08/19/2008
  • Label: Verve
  • Genre: Vocal, Jazz
  • Style: Swing, Vocal Pop, American Popular Song, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
  • Album Time: 31:12

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  • Miss Ella's Playhouse Ella Fitzgerald CD
Miss Ella's Playhouse Ella Fitzgerald CD