Songs From The Playground

Yoto Says: The world is a playground, and music is the key. There's endless fun for everyone with these fresh takes on schoolyard classics!   

Jazzy Ash is a celebrated vocalist, writer, arts educator, and founder of Leaping Lizards Music, a music and theatre education program for students, preschool through twelfth grade.

In this card, Jazzy Ash is reimagining African American folk songs written and sung by children in playgrounds over the last 100-200 years. Joined by her pianist, she is creating a unique jazz-inflected take on these tunes and creating something that is old, yet new, universal yet unique.

Track Listing: 

1. Yoto Intro

2. Fly Through My Window 

3. Oats and Beans 

4. Pizza Pizza Daddy-O 

5. Head and Shoulders

6. Green Grass Grows 

7. Mister Rabbit 

8. Bought Me a Cat

9. Down, Down Baby

10. My Mama’s Calling Me 

11. Old Lady Sally 

12. C-Line Woman

13. Little Johnny Brown 

14. Love Somebody

15. Yoto Outro