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Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | December 1982 to February 1983 Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Pop, show tunes | |||
Length | 35:50 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Steve Goldman | |||
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Jump! is a studio album by the American musician Van Dyke Parks, released in 1984 on Warner Bros. Records.[1][2] The album is a retelling of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales.[3] Parks mixes numerous musical styles, including bluegrass, Tin Pan Alley, 1930s jazz, and Broadway musical.
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The New York Times wrote that the music "has the effervescence and tunefulness of the best scores for Disney films."[6] The Fresno Bee determined that "this musical-without-a-stage fuses Gershwin, ragtime, a little light opera and precious little contemporary pop into an intriguing work."[7]
All lyrics written by Martin Fyodr Kibbee and Van Dyke Parks, except where noted; all music composed by Van Dyke Parks.