Cellabration: Tribute to Ella Jenkins
CELLAbration!"is not the kind of record that will leave you ready to relinquish your rights to the CD changer altogether, but as strictly-for-kids music goes, few discs are as solid. As a sampling, the 18 tracks culled here cast a warm, enveloping light on Ella Jenkins. "Did You Feed My Cow" (Sweet Honey in the Rock), written in the 50s, exposes her rootsy, traditional side; "Jambo" (Red Grammer) captures a gift for culture-bridging and untempered joy; and "The World of Whickum-Whackum" (Bill Harley) sums up her grasp of the supremely silly.--Tammy La Gorce