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Jump! (album)

Jump!
Jump! (Van Dyke Parks album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by Van Dyke Parks
Released February 1984
Recorded December 1982 to February 1983
Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Pop, show tunes
Length 35:50
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Steve Goldman
Van Dyke Parks chronology
Clang of the Yankee Reaper
(1975)Clang of the Yankee Reaper1975
Jump!
(1984)
Tokyo Rose
(1989)Tokyo Rose1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars

Jump! is a studio album by Van Dyke Parks. It was released in 1984 on Warner Bros.. The album (and its accompanying children's book) is a retelling of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales. Parks mixes numerous musical styles. On Jump! these include bluegrass, Tin Pan Alley, 1930s jazz, and Broadway musical.

All lyrics written by Martin Fyodr Kibbee and Van Dyke Parks, except where noted; all music composed by Van Dyke Parks.


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