June Christy - The Cool School/Do-Re-Mi

Title: The Cool School/Do-Re-Mi Artist: June Christy Release Date: 2/7/2006 Re-Released On: 2/10/2006 Label: EMI Gold, Blue Note/EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 094635101720, 094635101751 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cool, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Poignant, Sophisticated, Springlike, Stylish, Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Earnest, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Sentimental, Soothing, Cheerful, Gentle, Intimate, Reserved, Sensual, Wistful, Sweet, Complex, Laid-Back/Mellow, Plaintive, Romantic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Give a Little Whistle
2. Magic Window
3. Baby's Birthday Party
4. When You Wish Upon a Star
5. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
6. Aren't You Glad You're You
7. Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (The Magic Song)
8. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
9. Looking for a Boy
10. Small Fry
11. Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead
12. Swinging on a Star
13. Cry Like the Wind
14. Adventure
15. Make Someone Happy
16. Ambition
17. All You Need Is a Quarter
18. All of My Life
19. I Know About Love
20. Fireworks
21. Asking for You
22. It's Legitimate

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD EMI Gold 1017 2006 CD Blue Note/EMI

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The Cool School remains the most complex and contradictory album in the June Christy catalog: a collection of children's music crafted without sentimentality or saccharine, it brilliantly articulates the confusion, isolation, and yearning that form the core of childhood experience. Equally surprising, the arrangements are the most direct and unadorned of Christy's career, eschewing horns and cotton-candy fluff to focus squarely on her crisp, nimble vocals and the Joe Castro Quartet's driving rhythms. Familiar songs like "Swinging on a Star" and "Looking for a Boy" are stripped of artifice to recapture their innate power and mystery. In short, The Cool School celebrates the intelligence of children, and refuses to pander to audiences of any age. This generous two-fer release also includes another creative detour, Christy's fascinating interpretation of Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's little-known 1960 Broadway musical Do-Me-Ri. The songs are lightweight but appealing, affording Christy the opportunity to cut loose and have some fun. Her trademark intelligence and sophistication nevertheless remain intact, stripping tunes like "I Know About Love" and "Make Someone Happy" of their over-the-top theatrics to focus squarely on their emotional underpinnings. Half of the record comprises an instrumental set led by Christy's husband, tenorist Bob Cooper, and featuring West Coast giants Buddy Collette, Bud Shank, and Conte Candoli; Cooper's efforts are no less impressive, adding depth and panache to Styne's featherweight melodies. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Viola Guitar Bill Hinshaw French Horn Bill Miller Producer Bob Cooper Leader, Sax (Tenor), Clarinet (Bass) Bud Shank Flute (Alto) Buddy Collette Sax (Tenor), Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone) Conte Candoli Trumpet Jack Nimitz Sax (Baritone) Joe Gordon Trumpet June Christy Vocals Mel Lewis Drums Monty Budwig Bass Norman Benno Oboe Pete Jolly Piano Vincent DeRosa French Horn