Hi MIKE!
October 19th, 2007hi mike–you silly boy! I’m sitting right here watching all these come in! Mom
Teacher Ted
Music For Young Children
Fantastic Concert Opportunity
March 3rd, 2007Dear Friends:
An upcoming concert sponsored by our Seattle Early Music Guild is compelling.
Please investigate. Family concerts of this quality are gold.
Best Regards,
Ted
Rhythm is our business, business sure is swell
March 2nd, 2007We have been listening to this band play while the little boy with the frog looks at the menu at the “Fancy Restaurant”.
The Jimmie Lunceford band was one of the most popular bands among dancers of the big band era.
Interestingly, if you have never encountered it before, different takes of a song were preserved on recordings as they were published in those days. This recording has 2 takes of the “Rhythm is our Business”. It is fun to listen to the subtle differences of the two takes side-by-side as is offered on this disc.
Sometimes a take was released to the “Armed Forces Radio Network” during WW II. This was distributed to the troops during the war for goodwill and morale, and not for profit. Sometimes they were released on a non-standard size record disc that could only be played on military provided equipment by the troops. Poignant history…These are highly prized recordings among jazz collectors. Occasionally you will even see one on “Antiques Roadshow”, but more often, at collectors conventions of antique records.
Can you match one of the two takes to the one I use in class?
Happy Exploring!
Frog Goes to Dinner
March 2nd, 2007This past week we began to read Mercer Mayers “Frog Goes to Dinner” to add “saxophone, trumpet, and drums” to vocabulary.
Note the unusual format of many of Mercer Mayers books: no text—just drawings to which you and the child make up and interpret the story line! Very creative process!
Best Regards, Ted
