Joe Bev the Musical: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 11, Volume 11
About this audiobook
In the variety hour, Joe Bevilacqua performs his own jazz compositions, accompanied by Paul Salomone on piano, Edward Fuqua on bass, Leif Eric on guitar, and Jim Mason on drums. In addition, Joe Bev performs Daws Butler’s Magic Drums with Joe Gatto on drums, and sings Cab Calloway and Irving Mills’ Minnie the Moocher as his Camp Waterlogg character Sgt. Lefty and the Chipmunks, featuring Julian Baker on trombone and keyboard. The selections are gleaned from Bevilacqua’s hundreds of hours of audio work that spans more than 40 years, including The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor, Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, and Camp Waterlogg, including: “Do I Dare Believe”, “I’m Big, You’re Small”, “You Can’t Tell Me What to Do” (instrumental), “You Can’t Tell Me What to Do” (vocal), “Make the Earth Say Beans”, “What You See, You Must Believe”, “The Magic Drums”, “Living in a Witchway” (rehearsal), “Living in a Witchway (vocal)", “Living in a Witchway” (instrumental), “Minnie the Moocher,” “Mosquito Mother”, “Dances-with-Sven”, “Which Way is it that a Witchway Goes” (instrumental), “Which Way is it that a Witchway Goes” (vocal), “Ring-Around-the-Rosey Blues”.
About the author
Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.
Daws Butler was the master of voice. His was the voice behind most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, and a hundred others. He also originated the vocal character of Cap’n Crunch and other famous Jay Ward cartoon characters. His significant work with Stan Freberg in the 1950s on The Stan Freberg Show and multimillion-selling records such as “St. George and the Dragonet” are still held in reverence today. He also ran a voice acting workshop for many years. Among his many successful students are Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, and Corey Burton, from Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind.
Pedro Pablo Sacrist á n was born in Madrid and graduated with an MBA from a prestigious business school. His passion for education and writing led him to create Bedtime Stories, short stories that help teach kids values.
Lorie Kellogg is a busy graphic and voice-over artist as well as a skilled improv comedian. She studied painting, printmaking, and video and film at the Kansas City Art Institute and the California Institute of the Arts.
