''The Nutty Squirrels'' is a children's album by

Don Elliott Don Elliott Helfman (October 21, 1926 – June 5, 1984), known as Don Elliott, was an American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist, and mellophone player. Elliott recorded over 60 albums and 5,000 advertising jingles throughout his career. C ...

and Granville Alexander "Sascha" Burland under the name

Nutty Squirrels ''Nutty'' was a British comic magazine that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with '' The Dandy''. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, ''Nutty'' was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic co ...

. The album was released in 1959 by Hanover, a label owned by

Bob Thiele Robert "Bob" Thiele (July 27, 1922 – January 30, 1996) was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels. Early life and career Bob Thiele was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United Sta ...

and

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, composer, writer, and actor. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and ...

. The song "Uh! Oh! Part-2" reached the Top 20.

Track listing

Side one

#"Uh! Oh! Part-1" (Sascha Burland,

) - 2:14 #"Uh! Oh! Part-2" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:19 #"Ding Dong" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:08 #"Something Like That" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:08 #"Jumping Bean" (Burland, Elliott) – 1:5 #"Nutty" (

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...

) – 2:15

Side two

#"Uh-Huh" (Burland, Elliott, Leu Camacho) – 2:29 #"

Salt Peanuts "Salt Peanuts" is a bebop tune composed by Dizzy Gillespie in 1941, co-written by drummer Kenny Clarke. The song was copyrighted on October 13, 1941 and credited to both musicians. It has also been erroneously cited as a composition by Charlie Park ...

" (

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...

) – 2:15 #"Eager Beaver" (

Stan Kenton Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...

) – 2:02 #"Bang!" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:02 #"Nutcracker" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:05 #"Zowee" (Burland, Elliott) – 2:05

Personnel

* Granville Alexander "Sascha" Burland *

Al Caiola Alexander Emil Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016) was an American guitarist, composer and arranger, who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, and pop. He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of t ...

– guitar * Don Arnone – guitar *

Jack Six Jack Six (July 26, 1930 – March 14, 2015) was an American jazz double-bassist and composer. Six was born in Danville, Illinois, and initially learned trumpet as a teenager before switching to bass. He studied at Juilliard School, Juilliard in 19 ...

– double bass *

Ronnie Bedford Ronnie Bedford (June 2, 1931 – December 20, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipie ...

– drums

References

1959 albums Don Elliott albums The Nutty Squirrels albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub