Have you ever been walking down Main Street in Disneyland or the Magic Kingdom and heard from a distance some New Orleans-style ragtime piano? Chances are you were hearing CHRIS CALABRESE, the resident ragtime pianist at the various Disney parks.
In 1998 he released an album of songs from Disneyland in his ragtime style, RAGTIME AT THE MAGICAL KINGDOMS. The results are really fun. You'll hear common tunes like Yo Ho, The Tiki Tiki Room and It's a Small World and you'll also hear tune that are not so common. Miracles From Molecules, You're a Lifetime Journey and One Little Spark are all tunes that the common Joe can't hum but Chris knows them so well that the ragtime versions on this disc perfectly represent the originals.
I'm posting Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, a short one-and-a-half minute piano rag because Song of the South hit the theatres on this day in 1946. The theme park connection is that this song is featured on the Splash Mountain ride. Most kids these days would probably know this song from Splash Mountain and have no idea that it is actually a tune from Song of the South. That is how tight a grip Disney has on that 'politically incorrect' film from the 40s.
 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Chris Calabrese 1998   |
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