Meadowland’s 4th grade proudly presents
Thursday December 6th, 2012 at 8:30am and 6:30pm
A Musical by John Jacobson and John Higgins.
All songs in the song packet are to be memorized by October 31st, 2012
All songs are subject to lyrics quizzes if not learned by date above.
If this song packet is returned the music class after the final performance, the students will receive a prize.
Gotta Be Jazz!
Improvise.....Harmonize.....Stylize.....That's gotta be jazz!
Let's create....Communicate...Swing or straight...That's gotta be jazz!
From Satchmo to Duke Ellington, their roots were in the blues.
From Miles and Ella to "Trane and Bird,
They made their mark; they paid their dues.
From New Orleans to Chicago, from New York to West Coast cool,
Oh, it all began in America, where jazz broke all those old school rules.
Trussell/ Thiele: Pedrick:
Improvise .... Badop bop, doo bee doo bop.
Harmonize ... Doo bee doo whee doo bop.
Stylize ... Badopba------
That's gotta be jazz! ... jazz!
Let's create ... Badop bop, doo bee doo bop.
Communicate ... Doo bee doo whee doo bop.
Swing or straight .... Badop bop
ALL:
That's gotta be jazz! That's gotta be jazz! That's gotta be jazz!
That's gotta be------
Doo bee doo whee doo bop, -jazz!
When You’reSmilin’
When you're smilin' keep on smilin'
The whole world smiles with you
And when you're laughin' oh when yourelaughin'
The sun comes shinin’ through
But when you’re cryin' you bring on the rain
So stop your sighin 'be happy again
keep on smilin Cause when you're smilin'
The whole world smiles with you
Oh when you're smilin' keep on smilin'
The whole world smiles with you
Ah when you're laughin' keep on laughin'
The sun comes shinin' through
Now when you're cryin' you bring on the rain
So stop that sighin' be happy again
keep on smilin Cause when you're smilin'
And the whole world smiles with you
The great big world will smile with you.
Basin Street Blueslues
Sahiti:
Won't cha come along with me, to the Mississippi?
We'll take the boat to the land of dreams
Steam down the river down to New Orleans.
Chorus:
The band's there to meet us, old friends there to greet us,
We'll see the place where the folks all meet;
heaven on Earth, they call it Basin Street.
Basin Street is the street where the elite will always meet in New Orleans,
land of dreams,
you'll never know how nice it seems
or just how much it really means.
Glad to be, yes siree, where welcome's free, dear to me,
Where I can lose, my Basin Street blues.
Isabella E.:
Basin Street is where we'll always meet,
yagotta go there to meet the elite.
Down in 'N Orleans, the land of dreams,
You know what I mean.
Chorus:
Glad to be, yes, siree,
Where welcome's free, dear to me,
Where I can lose my Basin Street blues.
Sahiti and Isabella E.
My Basin Street blues.
My Favorite Things
Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Part II (Trussell)
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, Apple Strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles, Schnitzel Noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the dog bites, when the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad.
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.
Route 66
If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six!
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six!
Now you go through Saint Louie, Joplin, Missouri,
and Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico,
Flagstaff Arizona;
don't forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino.
Won't you get hip to this timely tip,
When you make that California trip.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six!
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six!
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six!
Yeah!
It Don’t Mean a Thing
Kelly C.:
What good is melody, what good is music, if it ain't possessing something sweet?
Lauren B:
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music, there's something else that makes the tune complete.
Chorus:
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
It don't mean a thing, all you gotta do is sing.
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot, just give that rhythm everything you got!
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah
(Spoken)
Rhythm! (15 beats- clap, slap R thigh, slap L thigh, clap, snap R, snap L, clap twice)
Melody! (14 Beats- snap fingers of R hand at head level and lean R)
Harmony! (13 beats- snap fingers of L hand and lean L)
It's Music! (13 beats- everyone pretend to play your favorite instrument)
Part 1 Part 2
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot Makes no difference
Just give that rhythm everything you got Talk about rhythm!
All: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah (3X)
Birdland
Five thousand lightyears from Birdland, but I'm still preaching the rhythm.
Long gone uptight years from Birdland, and I'm still teaching it with 'em.
Years from the land of the Bird and I am still feeling the spirit.
Five thousand light years from Birdland, but I know people can hear it.
Bird named it. -Bird made it, -Bird heard it, -then played it.
Well stated! Birdland,
It happened down in Birdland.
Birdland, I'm singing Birdland.
Birdland, 'olswingin' Birdland.
Down them stairs, lose them cares. Where?
Down in Birdland. Total swing, bop was king there,
Down in Birdland. Bird would cook, Max would look. Where?
Down in Birdland. Miles came through, 'Trane came, too. Where?
Down in Birdland. Basie blew, Blakey, too. Where?
Down in Birdland. Cannonball played that hall. There,
Down in Birdland. Where?
Down in Birdland. No cares----
Down in Birdland tonight!
Gotta Be Jazz!
Improvise.....Harmonize.....Stylize.....That's gotta be jazz!
Let's create....Communicate...Swing or straight...That's gotta be jazz!
From Satchmo to Duke Ellington, their roots were in the blues.
From Miles and Ella to "Trane and Bird,
They made their mark; they paid their dues.
From New Orleans to Chicago, from New York to West Coast cool,
Oh, it all began in America, where jazz broke all those old school rules.
Part 1: Part 2:
Improvise .... Badop bob, doo bee doo bop.
Harmonize ... Doo bee doo whee doo bop.
Stylize ... Badopba------
That's gotta be jazz! ... jazz!
Let's create ... Badop bop, doo bee doo bop.
Communicate ... Doo bee doo whee doo bop.
Swing or straight .... Badop bop
ALL:
That's gotta be jazz! That's gotta be jazz! That's gotta be jazz!
That's gotta be------
Doo bee doo whee doo bop, -jazz!