All the Sounds

All the Sounds. Performed by Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats. CD. Approx. 28 min. Produced by Lucy Kalantari. 2018. Dowload: $9.49.

K-Gr 5—

            Honored with a Parents’ Choice Silver Award, this fourth album for children by Kalantari features 10 original songs in a variety of jazz musical styles, primarily from the jazz age.  Special guests include Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and Adelmo Guidarelli as Mr. Opera Man. Kalantari has an excellent voice for the jazz style, and is joined by a children’s chorus on several songs. The backup musicians make beautiful music on big and little cellos, ukulele, piano, bass, clarinet, trumpet, drums and percussion. In “La Cosecha,” the children are making a salad, singing in English and Spanish. “I Know a Little Fellow” teaches some musical terms, such as pianissimo and fortissimo. The listener can “Howl to the Moon” and dance with the wolves. Mr. Opera Man, in an operatic voice, sings about bunnies in “Bunny Hop.” If one is “Travelin’ All Around” in this beautiful world, one can see many sights and hear children saying “hello” in different languages. The other songs include “Sounds of Summer,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark,” “Ain’t No Dog Like Mister,” “The Peace Song,” and “All the Sounds.” This is an excellent album to introduce jazz to young audiences.