[Dixielandjazz] I Wanna Be Like You (was Aba Daba)

David Richoux tubaman at tubatoast.com
Mon Jul 2 09:09:18 PDT 2007


Is it posted to your site? I am really liking their version of "Is  
You Is or Is You Ain't My baby"
http://www.jazzconnection.nl/Media/Audio/Is%20you%20is%20or%20is%20you 
%20ain't%20my%20baby.mp3
http://tinyurl.com/2ay23o

Dave Richoux

On Jul 2, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Rob & Carla Henneveld wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Just a mail from a rainy Holland.
>
> Jazz Connection recently recorded "I Wanna Be like You" together  
> with Andy
> Cooper of Kenny Balls Jazzmen, live in Breda.
>
> Andy  told me Louis Prima did the soundtrack and Kenny Ball Jazzmen  
> the
> single version. The single version became a hit so there Andy  
> Cooper told
> us: that bloody song kills me every night".
> After we recorded that concert a monkey escape from a Zoo in  
> Rotterdam over
> here. Everybody in Holland was talkin about it. From that moment we  
> were a
> hit on stage with that song (I never told Andy why the public was so
> enthousiasic....).
>
> Kind regards,
> Rob.
> www.jazzconnection.nl
> www.yes2jazz.com
> www.4beat6.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: David Richoux [mailto:tubaman at tubatoast.com]
> Verzonden: maandag 2 juli 2007 2:34
> Aan: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> CC: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Onderwerp: Re: [Dixielandjazz] I Wanna Be Like You (was Aba Daba)
>
> Bill, (and all)
>
> That is a Kenny Ball record I don't think I have - do they do it like
> Louis Prima? It must have been recorded very soon after the movie was
> released!
>
> Is there anyone on the list who knows more about the "trad" recording
> sessions for that film?  I have looked at the liner notes for Disney
> CD soundtrack reissues of "Bear Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like
> You" but there was not a lot of specifics.  I know Frank Thomas was
> the director, but did he actually play? Tubist George Bruns ("Yo Ho -
> A Pirate's Life for Me" and "Dave Crockett!" ) is listed for music
> credits - was the rest of the Firehouse 5+2 gang involved in any way?
>
> Maybe all will be revealed in the 2007 DVD reissue of the film. There
> was a "Making of" on the 1997 release but I don't have it.
>
> Previous  Disney CD releases of tracks from it are sort of vague
> about the personnel (other than the "stars" Prima and Phil Harris -
> and some web listings don't even include Prima as a "star!")
> movies.yahoo.com lists some music credits:, Robert and Richard
> (brothers?) Sherman and Terry Gilkyson for "Bear Necessities." http://
> tinyurl.com/ysf25n
>
> By the way, the Jungle Book 2 (apparently a bit of a flop) had noted
> New Orleans jazz fan John Goodman in the Phil Harris role of Baloo.
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:
>
>>> "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!)
>>
>> Dear Dave,
>> The Kenny Ball Band from the UK have been 'doing'  "I Wanna Be Like
>> You" for years.
>> It was one of their early hits. Great fun too.
>> The first of their many recorded versions, was made for Pye on 12
>> March 1968.
>> It is a regular vocal feature at concerts for their clarinet player
>> Andy Cooper.
>> Kind regards,
>> Bill.
>>
>
>
>
>




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