Comments on: Disney Jazz Songs – Iconic Renditions of Timeless Classics

By: Rob Peters

Rob Peters — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:36:59 +0000

Well, the one outstanding choice I might have a disagreement with is the Ellington rendition of Disney’s CHim-chim-cheree. Nice enough, with great balance and restraint. Hummable. It’s a lovely, bouncy tune in a universe created by Disney that emphasized the light-hearted Bert the chimney sweeper in a Disneyesque world. (Buy the green ticket, Dad.). My choice would have been for Mr. Coltrane’s 7 minute version, wherein the tune is flattened or placed in a very eerie key, and explores the galaxy where a more Fellini-esque or Stephen King-like universe exists. After all: Bert DOES eventually recognize the other-world of sound and sight — in London at night…. Rob Peters, Benicia CA.

By: Bill Moller

Bill Moller — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:57:07 +0000

That was fun. Other than the beautiful Bill Evans treatment, I’d not heard the other tunes. Loved them all. Great angle for an essay.
Thank you.

By: Tony Carter

Tony Carter — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:09:24 +0000

Hello Matt
I might just have beaten you this time.
My guess would be that you don’t know The Firehouse Five Plus Two
They recorded an album called Firehouse Five Visit Disneyland.
Not really surprising as they were all animators at Disney Studios
Here is a sample of their music from about 1957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4pijJQ_esg&ab_channel=DominikusLevy

By: Anibal Morillo

Anibal Morillo — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:46:48 +0000

There is an interesting version of Someday my Prince Will Come by Miles Davis, an alternate take included in The Columbia Years 1955-1985 collection. The bass player (Mr PC, I believe) starts the song and Miles corrects him “not ta da da, just boom boom boom”. They start over and Miles, of course, was right. This was caught on tape, and it is the only version I know where Miles raspy voice can be heard