Back in the 60’s jazz legend Louis Armstrong recorded “Disney Songs the Satchmo Way”. Lending his unique voice and trumpeter skills to classic tunes including When You Wish Upon a Star, Whistle While You Work and others.
Now Walt Disney Records announces “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”, a brand new collection of 13 classic Disney songs recorded by a mix of Jazz luminaries and newcomers that have risen to the top of the crop of future Jazz greats.
Track listing (posted on Amazon)
1. Ev’rybody Wants To Be a Cat Roy Hargrove
2. Chim Chim Cher-ee Esperanza Spalding
3. Some Day My Prince Will Come Dave Brubeck
4. Find Yourself Regina Carter
5. You’ve Got a Friend in Me Joshua Redman
6. He’s a Tramp Dianne Reeves
7. Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Kurt Rosenwinkel
8. Gaston The Bad Plus
9. Alice in Wonderland Roberta Gambrini with The Dave Brubeck Trio
10. The Bare Necessities Alfredo Rodriguez
11. It’s a Small World Nikki Yanofsky
12. Belle Gilad Hekselman
13. Circle of Life Mark Rapp
“Everybody Wants to Be A Cat – Disney Jazz Volume 1” will hit shelves February 15th.
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