Fred Jackson Jr - All Night Long (feat. Dee Alexander)

from GENRE by Fred Jackson Jr / Spacetonic Music

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about

I wrote this song thinking about my son. I was looking at a baby picture and remembered how I used to take care of him everyday up until he went to school. I remember being his primary care taker. We did everything together. In his early years I was Moma and Daddy while his mom pursued her career. Early mornings and late nights. This song is dedicated to parents. It's about protecting our babies. It's specifically about the first 3 to 4 years of parenting. What it feels like or what I felt like everyday up until the first day of school.

A lot of wonder... Before the baby can talk... etc.

FYI it is a “contra facts” on “Giant Steps” by John Coltrane. The goal was to play the song as it wasn’t Giant Steps. Often I like to play to the new melody.

lyrics

All Night Long- (Watch the Baby)
(F. Jackson Jr.)

Intro w / chant

(call and response)
All night long (3x) (background) / Everyday, everyday / Ad libs (lead vocals)
(Call) (response)

“Watch the Baby”
-All night long- (chant over lap)

Hey____

Verse 1: (Giant Steps progressions)

You look in to my eyes, then you look around, when you smile then I know it’s true. (Or I know I know?)

That you’re a Ha-ppi-ee Ba-a-b-e and you slept good “All Night Long”

The, thoughts, running through your mind I will never know.

Cheeks, so swe-et, and you kn-ow that they got a glow.

It’s a bran - knew da-y ne-ver seen before.

And then we’re on our way out the door now, here we go! 😀

Scat melody one time around

Verse 2: (or solo)

You walk in - to your class, then you look around, when you smile then I know it’s true.

That you’re a Ha-ppi-ee Bo - oy now-ow and you slept good “All Night Long”

The, thoughts, running through your mind I will never know.

Cheeks, so swe-et, and you kn-ow that they got a glow.

It’s a bran - and knew da-y ne-ver seen before.

And now I’m on my way out the door now, here you go! 😀

Outro / w (vamp)

(call and response)
All night long (3x) (background) / Everyday, everyday / Ad libs (lead vocals)
(Call) (response)

(1) “Watch the Baby”, “hug the baby”, “kiss the baby”, “Love the baby”
-All night long- (chant over lap)

Hey____

credits

from GENRE, released December 20, 2021
Dee Alexander (vocals) ; Miguel Dela Cerna (piano) ; Joshua Ramos (bass) ; Dana Hall (drums)

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Fred Jackson Jr / Spacetonic Music / Erudition Project image

Fred Jackson Jr / Spacetonic Music / Erudition Project Chicago, Illinois

Fred Jackson Jr is a composer ; Saxophonist ; Educator. Born in 1974 in Fort Worth, Texas.

“People have always been my biggest musical influences. I have studied and still exploring the many music genres of the world.” ... more