It's amazing, at the way you get around."
Anyone who has seen a Peanuts cartoon will
recognize the first track Linus & Lucy which is often mistakenly
called Snoopy's Theme by people who don't know it's title,
probably because it is often used as the music that the gang dances and parties
to. This version of Linus & Lucy is in a lower key than
it's usually played plus the horns are muted. This whole album is music from or
inspired by the Peanuts television specials and movies. This
is one mellow smooth cool jazz album. When not reminding me of the cartoons
this music takes me back to another part of my childhood. My mother's Godmother
belonged to a country club and twice a year, sometimes more often we would go
there on holidays for brunch or dinner. The club had a ballroom and a cocktail
lounge. Often in the lounge there would be a jazz combo, usually just a trio
(piano, drums and upright bass) at the time I was too young to appreciate jazz,
so I never hung around the lounge. Plus I think children were not allowed in it. Back to this album. Many of the tracks are
the themes for the characters, track 3 for example is Peppermint Patty and
track 7 is Charlie Brown. There is even a track titled Oh,
Good Grief! Track number 6 Wright Brothers Rag sounds like
something that would play during one of Snoopy's WWI Flying Ace fantasy
sequences. Track 11 Little Birdie is the only track that has
any lyrics, I forget which special or movie it was featured in, but obviously
it references Woodstock.
If you like jazz and you like the Peanuts cartoons then you
wil love this album.
1 comment:
I'm not a jazz fan in the least, but this album does sound like it could be interesting.
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