University of Florida Homepage

Music

Jazz Baby

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Jazz-Baby-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/2/2006 Jazz Baby Transcript “I started out to make a little CD just for my own kids, using the very talented jazz musicians who were sleeping on my couch and eating my spaghetti,” writes Lisa Beth Kovetz on the liner notes for the three-CD […]

Scat Like That

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Scat-Like-That-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/26/2006 Scat Like That Transcript Now, here’s a song from the prolific duo of Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer that has my complete culinary attention: Brief Sound Clip: This tasty, bi-lingual excursion into the world of pies is on a new CD called Scat Like […]

Songs from the Neighborhood

That’s Jon Secada with the opening for his rendition of the theme song that Fred Rogers made famous on his Mister Rogers Neighborhood, which premiered today in 1967, and is still being rerun on television stations everywhere.

Beethoven’s Wig

That’s part of Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony” set to words on a CD called Beethoven’s Wig,” which features such other favorites as Bach’s “Bouree” for guitar, Delibes’ “Pizzicato from Sylvia,” and a most astonishing version of Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.”

A Year With Frog and Toad

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Year-with-Frog-and-Toad-music-review-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2006 A Year With Frog and Toad Transcript For many ancient calendars, springtime marked the beginning of the new year, and so it does for those hibernating animals, like frogs and toads — both the ones found in nature and the ones that appear […]

Mother’s Day Music

That’s the Chicago Children’s Choir from their lovely CD called Open Your Heart, which gathers together a group of songs from around the world.

Doc Watson’s Sings Songs for Little Pickers

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Doc-Watsons-Songs-for-Little-Pickers.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/28/2006 Doc Watson’s Sings Songs for Little Pickers Transcript All this month we’ve been airing programs about the poetry of words. There’s also a kind of poetry that’s made by fingers over the strings of a guitar — like Doc Watson’s. Just have a […]

Happy Bees

That’s Ralph and Gabrielle Kotkov singing the title song from a new CD called Happy Bees based on a recent picture book by Arthur Yorinks.

High School Musical

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/High-School-Musical-music-review.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/14/2006 High School Musical Transcript It’s the season when high schools around the country are putting on their spring musicals. That high school institution is the subject of a popular new Disney movie and a soundtrack that’s been climbing the best-seller charts this spring. […]

The Planet Sleeps

There are many CDs on the market of lullaby music for young children, but The Planet Sleeps, is one of the best — from its dream-like cover art to its selection of sixteen songs from the global village.