U GOTTA HEAR THIS `GO BABY GO' JAZZES UP CHILDHOOD STANDARDS.Byline: Glenn Whipp Staff Writer Soul singer Sharon Jones Sharon Jones is an American soul/funk singer. Biography Born Sheron Lafaye Jones, on May 4 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York at an early age and lives there now, recording for independent Brooklyn based recording label Daptone Records. had gone to bed at 4 in the morning, worn out by a Friday night show in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with her illustrious backing band, the Dap-Kings. After only a couple of hours' sleep, the 50-year-old Jones was up again, heading back to the East Village to sing for an altogether different audience -- kids and their parents anxious to bop BOP Oncology A chemotherapy regimen: 1. BCNU, Oncovin, prednisone 2. Bleomycin, Oncovin, Platinol to the sounds of ``Baby Loves Jazz: Go Baby Go!'' (Verve Records Verve Records is an American Jazz record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records (founded 1953) and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously. , $12.98). ``I didn't realize I would be working with so many babies,'' Jones says, laughing, as she talks by phone while heading to Jersey's Lake Bayonne for an afternoon fishing trip. ``But let me tell you, by the end of the show, I was sweating. They make you move, those babies do.'' The music on ``Baby Loves Jazz'' contains plenty of rhythm to get kids shaking their bottoms. But this isn't some watered-down version of America's great art form. The players are a who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame of cutting-edge musicians, including keyboardist John Medeski Anthony John Medeski (b. 28 June 1965) is an American jazz keyboards player and composer. He plays the acoustic piano and an eclectic array of keyboards, including the Hammond B3 organ, melodica, mellotron, clavinet, ARP String Ensemble, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Moog Voyager , bassist Lonnie Plaxico Lonnie Plaxico (b. 4 September 1960) is an American jazz bassist. Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both double bass and bass guitar). and trumpeter Steve Bernstein. Jones shares vocal duties with studio veteran Babi Floyd. The players add funk and fizz to an assortment of children's music standards -- ``Happy and You Know It,'' ``Old MacDonald,'' ``The Wheels on the Bus'' -- songs you thought you'd never want to hear again until you listen to this band performing them. But the disc really hits its stride at the end as it downshifts into bedtime mode. Jones delivers a lovely gospel take on ``You Are My Sunshine,'' followed by a dreamy dream·y adj. dream·i·er, dream·i·est 1. Resembling a dream; ethereal or vague. 2. Given to daydreams or reverie. 3. Soothing and serene. 4. , seven-minute ``Banana Boat Song'' and the closing ``Lullaby Jazz,'' guaranteed to create sweet dreams for anyone who hears it. ``That lullaby song is the one I remember,'' Jones says. ``I just got so relaxed singing that song. It's pure peace.'' Jones doesn't have children of her own, just a ``heap of nieces and nephews,'' as well as the kids she works with at her Brooklyn church where she has been active as a choir director and organist. ``I'm a big kid myself,'' she says with a hearty laugh. ``Nobody has to tell me what kids like -- my mind is there already.'' Jones and the Dap-Kings will be at the Henry Fonda Theater on Sept. 22, showcasing the hard-driving funk from their two standout albums as well as five new numbers they'll be recording this fall for their next release. ``We're looking at recording in October and November, finishing up in December and having something out in the spring,'' Jones says. ``Then it's back on the road doing what we love to do.'' ``Baby Loves Jazz: Go baby Go'' is available in stores and online. Glenn Whipp, (818) 713-3672 glenn.whipp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (CD cover) |
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