Dubbed "The First Lady of Children's Music," Ella Jenkins has released over thirty albums on Smithsonian Folkways since her first recording, Call-and-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing, in 1957. Written for the International Year of the Child in 1979 and performed on the tiktiri (a double clarinet from India), this four-track-long instrumental recording is an album of playful tunes.
4 I Climbed a Mountain (From Songs Rhythms and Chants for the Dance)
Dubbed "The First Lady of Children's Music," Ella Jenkins has released over thirty albums on Smithsonian Folkways since her first recording, Call-and-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing, in 1957. Written for the International Year of the Child in 1979 and performed on the tiktiri (a double clarinet from India), this four-track-long instrumental recording is an album of playful tunes.