[Dixielandjazz] Aba Daba

[David Richoux]

"I wanna Be Like You" is very hot these days with the "Youth" - we  
get a very good reaction to it when we play "mixed" festivals. It may  
be because of the cover of it by the popular group "Smash  
Mouth" (from San Jose!)
(a "mash-up" version is at:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/529328/i_wanna_be_like_you/ )
or Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's version:
http://www.bbvd.com/jukebox_04.html - our arrangement is most like  
that one.

The original version by Louis Prima and the Disney session band is  
certainly great, but my favorite version is done in Latin Jazz/ 
Spanglish by a group called "Mas Mamones" from New Orleans -
http://tinyurl.com/2ezxjl  (not a sound clip, but an interesting  
story about interlinked modern bands in New Orleans.)

Dave Richoux

On Jul 1, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Raymond Dillon wrote:

> Check out Jim Bottorff's Banjo page at www.jbott.com. Aba Daba  
> Honeymoon is
> one of those tunes which sounds great, especially when breaking out  
> of the
> minor verse into the major chorus. I'm surprised  it's not done by  
> Dixieland
> bands more frequently. Another "monkey" tune with the same feature  
> is "I
> Wanna Be Like You". Same with "Down In Jungle Town".
> Ray
>
>