This one is for Kitty and Cubby - congrats on issue one
"As Good As It Gets - Jazz Oddities" Dept.:
Each of these songs is sung by someone who is best known to most of us for their work on the SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! series of cartoon shorts. Thing is, all of these people are also well respected jazz perfomers in their own right.
Grady ("I GOT SIX!") Tate, delivers solid soul
Click to viewEssra ("INTERJECTIONS!" & "SUFFRIN' TIL SUFFERAGE") Mohawk
Jack Sheldon, my favourite SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! alumni, has a documentary that's been made about him. Notice how they made the CONJUNCTION JUCNTION conductor look like him?
There's an almost clarinet-like purity to Jack's "CONJUNCTION JUNCTION" singing partner Terry Morel
and then there's sexy-pretty Blossom Dearie...
Lastly, Bob Dorough, the guy who wrote most of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK and who's voice is immediately recognisable, sings The Beatles