[wind whooshing] [croaks] [bird chirps] ♪ Ba-dooba dooba doodah!

♪ I love jazz!

There's music in the air and I can feel it!

♪ I'm on my way ♪ ♪ I'm on my way ♪ ♪ It's always jazz that I will play ♪ ♪ I've got the skills ♪ ♪ So I can thrill on this gui-tar!

♪ ♪ I'm on my way ♪ ♪ And I will play that jazz music ♪ ♪ And I say this rooster knows ♪ ♪ My musical crows gon' take me far!

♪ ♪ Nawlins, swing, bossa nova ♪ ♪ I'm the rooster that'll show ya ♪ ♪ Jazz is what I love and it's my time ♪ ♪ I'm gon' to the tip top!

♪ ♪ That Barnyard where they BeBop!

♪ ♪ And I'll join that band to really make me shine!

♪♪ Jamming Jazz Contest at Birdland?

Ahh, yeah!

Huh?

It's them!

The Barnyard Band.

The coolest jazz band there ever was!

There's no band better in the whole... wide... world!

I'm gonna join that jazz band!

♪ I'm on my way a shining star ♪ ♪ And I am ready to go far ♪ ♪ The band will say you've made our day!

♪ ♪ And welcome me!

♪♪ - Me first!

- No!

♪ I am the best and I'll impress ♪ ♪ With jazz music I confess ♪ ♪ This Rooster knows ♪ ♪ My musical crows gon' take me far!

♪ ♪ Nawlins, swing, bossa nova ♪ ♪ I'm the rooster that'll show ya ♪ ♪ Jazz is what I love and it's my time ♪ ♪ I'm gon' to the tip top!

♪ ♪ That Barnyard where they BeBop!

♪ ♪ And I'll join that band to really make me shine!

♪ - ♪ I'm on my way ♪ - ♪ He's on his way ♪ - ♪ I'm on my way ♪ - ♪ He's on his way ♪ [Rooster] ♪ Jazz I will play!

♪ ♪ Jazz he will play!

♪ [Rooster] ♪ I'm on my way ♪ ♪ He's on his way ♪ ♪ I'm on my way!

♪ [Rooster] Acoustic Rooster and his Barnyard Band!

Well, who do we have here?

Whaddya say!

I'm Acoustic Rooster, here to play!

I'm headed to the BeBop Barnyard to play in the Jammin' Jazz Band Contest.

It's a band contest.

- So you need a band.

- [giggles] Have you ever been in a jazz band?

No, ma'am, but you see, I know jazz, I feel jazz, and it's smooth and easy as 1-2-3.

Hmm.

You think playing in a group is easy, do ya?

Ahh, super easy.

[laughing] - Well, good luck, Rooster!

- [giggles] - [bell dings] - Hey, do you hear that?

Hear what?

Everything's quiet.

Exactly.

That's the world waiting on us to fill it with jazz!

[giggle] Fill the world with jazz?

How do we do that?

[laughs] Like this.

Yeah, jazz!

Wow.

You're fantastic!

What's your name?

He said it in his song!

Oh yeah, you're rootie tootie!

No, he's The Music Rooster!

[laughs] I'm Acoustic Rooster.

Or "Rooster" for short.

Got it?

I mean... [clears throat] ya dig?

We dig!

We're the Chick-A-Dees!

I'm Shooby, she's Dooby and she's Dee!

Hola, Rooster!

[laughs] Well Shooby, Dooby, Dee!

Pleased to greet ya, happy to meetcha.

Can y'all show me how to get to the BeBop Barnyard?

Sure!

It's a left at the path up ahead!

That's the farm.

Then pass the apple orchard... Whoa!

Oh my!

[Dee] Take a left at the gazebo, and you'll see the barn!

[jazz music playing] [Rooster] Wow!

Uh, oh!

Huh?

[clears throat] Good day, good people.

I'm Acoustic Rooster, and I'm here to swing with the Barnyard Band in the Jammin' Jazz Band Contest!

Swing?

Playground's out back, kid.

Oh!

I meant swing, as in play music!

Mm.

What's this now?

You're here to play jazz music, are you?

Well, Young Rooster, you've got a nice sound, but our band has all the members we need.

Hey, new friend.

[tappity-tap] Duck, we don't have a guitar player.

It sure could be hip to... [trumpet blast] He can't just march in here yellin', "I wanna join the band."

Not cool.

I mean, we don't know how good his playin' is.

Wait!

You're Duck Ellington!

The best piano-playing band leader... On this side of the Euphrates!

[nervous giggle] Wow!

I'm not sure where that is, but it sounds far!

[gasps] And you're Lil Herdin, drumming vir-tu-o-so!

"Vir-tu-o-so"?

What's that word mean?

It means Lil's drumming is bad.

As in, real good!

And you're Mules Davis, the best trumpet player since ever!

[snort] Well, you ain't wrong.

But, uh, where's Ella Finchgerald?

[Ella Finchgerald scatting] She's the super-sweetest songbird to ever sing!

That ain't nothing but the truth, Ruth.

Ruth?

His name is "Rooster."

[laughs] He almost met me out on the road, but was a little too distracted to notice.

I was so excited to meetcha, I didn't even greetcha.

Sorry, Ms. Ella.

[distinct scat giggle] I forgive you, sugar!

[giggles] Thank ya kindly.

Well, I'm here 'cuz y'all are the best anywhere.

I'm a shining star on jazz guitar, and I wanna to play with your band!

Hold on now.

We don't know how well this kid plays!

He might not know a thing about jazz.

Hmm.

We heard a few guitar licks, but we can't judge someone JUST on a few notes.

I heard that!

And we have the Jammin' Jazz Band Contest to focus on right now.

Uh, maybe come back later, kid.

But, we could use a guitar player.

- Lil's right.

- That's why I'm here!

To play in the contest with your band!

Well little mister, everybody in this band has panache.

Do you?

Acoustic Rooster's got panache for sure!

What's panache?

- Style, I think.

- Hmm.

Panache!

Come on, Duck, aren't you curious?

Let him dream his little dream.

Maybe he's got what it takes.

All right.

All right!

Let's hear you, Rooster!

We'll decide if you have the skills to join this band.

Yup.

It don't mean a thing, if this cat can't swing.

He's a Rooster, not a cat!

- [giggles] - To the gazebo!

[Rooster] Oh, yeah.

It's time for this Rooster to boogie woogie!

Follow the beat, Rooster!

Call and response is the key.

And add some sounds that blend with the music.

- Got it?

- Yup, yup, yup, yup!

[jazz music playing] ♪ Jazz my baby jazz is musical fun!

♪ ♪ Jazz my baby jazz is for everyone ♪ ♪ Hey, if you follow me I'll follow you ♪ ♪ Until this song is done ♪ ♪ Jazz is a beat, a swing and a bouncy sway!

♪ [all] ♪ Jazz is a beat a swing and a bouncy sway!

♪ ♪ Follow that beat ♪ ♪ And that groove is on its way!

♪♪ Take it, Mules!

♪ Dig this sound jazz is what I feel!

♪ [all] ♪ Dig this sound jazz is what I feel!

♪ ♪ Jazz is a story sing it back to me!

♪ [all] ♪ Jazz is a story sing it back to me!

♪ ♪ And if you sing to me I'll sing to you!

♪ ♪ Until this song is through ♪ - Your turn, Rooster!

- [different tune playing] ♪ I'm on my way, I'm on my way ♪ ♪ It's always jazz that I will play ♪♪ I got it!

♪ I'm on my way with my guitar ♪ Yeah!

What about this?

Jazz!

Sing it back... [Mules blows hard blares] Rooster, you're supposed to be playing with us.

You're playing a whole different song!

Try again... ♪ When you play jazz ♪ ♪ You gotta follow the beat ♪ [all] ♪ When you play jazz ♪ ♪ You gotta follow the beat ♪ ♪ Follow the beat that gets dancers on their feet!

♪ - [guitar music playing] - I got it!

Dancers dancin'!

♪ Do-do-do-do!

♪ Now backwards!

C'mon!

[guitar music playing] Jazz!

Whoa!

- Whoo wee!

- [laughing] I was swingin', wasn't I?

[Mules blows hard blare] That thing was not swing.

Mm-mh.

Let's just call the whole thing off.

No!

Please, I can... Sugar, to join this jazz band, you gotta have more than guitar skills.

You need jazz band skills.

Yeah.

Three important jazz band skills.

First, you gotta feel the music, and follow...

The beat!

Second, you gotta call and respond.

We called, but you didn't respond.

- Call... - And...

Respond?

[clears throat] It's like this.

When I say aye, you say yo!

- Aye... - [all] Yo!

- Aye... - Oh!

[giggles] When I play... [blows horn] you say... [blows horn] [blows horn] [blows kazoo] [both giggling] I'm the master on the kazoo!

[laughing] Ya hear that, Rooster?

That's call.

And response.

You can't do it alone, we gotta do it together.

Third, the icing on the cake, the salt on the peanuts, the groove in your move is improvisation.

[all] Yeah!

Uh, what?

I know improvisation!

It means I get to make stuff up!

In jazz?

Mm, not exactly.

Yes, you add a musical bit of your own, but it must fit in, or blend with the sound that's already playing.

[piano music playing] Blend, baby, blend!

[trumpet music playing] I need to blend in?

But I'm trying to stand out!

[chuckles] And you sure did.

But not in the right way.

The "right" way?!

But, but, uh, I'm the best at jazz guitar!

Oh, youngin', that don't mean a thing, if we ain't swingin' to-get-ther.

That's right.

Are you pickin' up on what we're puttin' down, sugar?

Uh... what?

Ugh.

If you wanna join our band, you gotta play jazz the "right" way.

Right, so you must work on your jazz band skills.

You gotta learn to col-la-bo-rate.

Collaba--what?

[all sigh] You see, Rooster, in music, it means we work as a team to make a beautiful song.

But I sounded great!

I thought you'd want a shining star on the jazz guitar on your team!

Now being on a team isn't only about you, Rooster.

I know you're not gonna like this, but I don't think you're ready to join our band.

Mules is right.

You're not ready.

Not yet, Acoustic Rooster.

[gasps] Aw c'mon.

Please?

- Nope.

- Ugh, not fair.

I do not dig it!

I hope we didn't hurt his feelings.

Aw, I'm sure he's okay.

I think he's a good kid.

Maybe he just needs a little time to take a break.

Mm-hm.

He needs to take five.

He sure does.

And, you know, we weren't too quick to say no, were we?

Nah.

[dramatic music playing] [sighs] Aw, man.

I really wanted to join the band and jam with the jazz greats.

But I blew it.

Now I feel horrible.

Aw, Rooster.

Don't give up.

That's easy for you to say, Lil.

You're already in the band.

Well, I'm not much older than you, Rooster.

And ya know, getting in wasn't easy for me either.

Before I could join, I had to practice on fence posts - and cowbells... - [ding-ding] ...until the band knew I could keep a steady beat.

The band doesn't think I can do that, or any of the other jazz band skills.

Aw, hold on now!

You just need practice!

A set-back is just a set-up for a comeback.

Ya dig?

Hmm.

Mm, nah, I still give up.

Hey.

The band didn't say no forever!

They just said "not yet."

Come on!

I wanna show you around the Bebop Barnyard!

Whoa!

This is the Apple Orchard!

[taps in rhythm] In summertime, we like to sing and play out here too!

Whoa.

Check out the rainbow!

That's Birdland.

The best place to play music anywhere.

- Wow.

- [giggles] C'mon!

Welcome to Birdland!

It's a funny name for the best jazz concert place ever!

Come through here.

Wait a minute.

This is that Birdland?

Wow.

I've always dreamed of playin' with a band here'!

Oh, I would love to jazz, jive and jam on this stage.

[sighs] But that's never gonna happen now.

Aw, you will, once you learn those three jazz skills.

Then I'm sure the band will let you play with them.

Hmm.

Play with them, huh?

[Louis] Sign up now, for the Jammin' Jazz Band Contest, hosted by... me!

Louis Farmstrong.

[giggles] Yeah!

Just three spots left!

That's it!

If the others think I need to learn to play together, then we should play together, in the contest!

That's why I came here in the first place!

Uh, Rooster?

[giggles] The band will be thrilled I got the last slot!

Thanks for the idea, Lil!

B-But that's not what I meant!

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band.

Come on, Lil!

Let's tell the band!

Whoa!

Hey y'all, the band is signed up for the Jammin' Jazz Band Contest!

Ooh-wee!

I love me some good news.

Impossible!

The sign-ups are tomorrow.

As in: Wednesday!

[clears throat] Wednesday, as in, today is Wednesday, Mules?

[trumpet music playing] Ugh!

Fly me to the moon, Ella.

I got my days mixed up!

It's all good, hun.

What matters is we're signed up now.

Yup!

I signed us all up, me, you and us!

So, we can play in the contest together.

Wait.

Whaddya mean "together," Young Rooster?

Heh.

Well, I guess we better get practicing.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

We already told you, Rooster.

You're not ready to play in the band.

Not yet.

Well then I'll get ready.

Quick, fast, and in a hurry.

[laughing] It's not that simple, sugar!

This is bad, and this time, that ain't good.

Welp, I suppose this means we're not playing this year.

But you're our favorite band!

You play every year!

Why?

Well...

I guess we can't disappoint our fans.

[all] Hooray!

[giggling] Maybe it was meant to be, so maybe we just try and see.

But first we need to help Rooster here learn his jazz band skills.

Sure, yeah!

Skills.

But the contest is two days away.

[clears throat] One day away.

Tomorrow.

But we can still teach him.

Y'all taught me my band skills.

- C'mon!

- Yeah!

Come on!

Please?

In one day?

It's impossible to learn all the band skills he needs not to mention the panache.

Hmph!

That's the double truth, Ruth.

Seriously, his name is Rooster!

You mean to say, the best players this side of the Euphrates can't teach a Rooster how to swing?

Oh!

I guess they can't.

[giggles] Too bad!

[chuckles] Oh!

Sounds like the young-ins are giving us a challenge.

[scoffs] Well I ain't ever turned down a good challenge.

Rooster really just needs to work on three things.

Right, Duck?

Fine.

One.

You must follow the beat, Young Rooster!

One, two, three, four.

Follow that beat even more.

Two.

When the band calls, you gotta respond!

♪ La-dee-da-dee-do ♪ ♪ La-dee-da-dee-day ♪ And what's skill number three, hun?

Three.

You gotta learn Improvisation, youngin.

Impro-va--whaddya say?

It's when you add your own special sounds to the music, but you gotta blend-in, baby!

So you're playin' along with the same song.

[both] ♪ La-dee-da-dee-do ♪ [trumpet music playing] Well then, who will teach him the first lesson?

Oh.

Me.

[clears throat] Right-o.

Hop to it, Young Rooster.

We got work to do!

Remember, first, follow the beat!

No problem!

I've got a sweet-beat in my head.

A one, a two, a one-two-three-four.

[guitar music playing] [laughing] Not the beat in your head.

The steady beat the band is playing!

Oh!

Got it.

Wait, what?

Uh, Lil?

A little help?

[drum beat] [Duck Ellington] That beat.

- That beat?

- [Duck Ellington] Yep.

Now, tap your foot to match Lil's beats on the drum.

One, two, three, four.

Follow that beat even more.

[Rooster] One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Together!

On this same beat!

Got it?

Abso-lutin-tootly!

Hooray, today!

Now, beats can be slow, or medium or fast, for different songs.

- Oh!

- [giggling] That's called tempo.

Well, I got that.

Oh, ho, ho.

Do you, now?

Well, if the speed of the beat changes, can you still follow along with the band?

Lil, a faster beat!

[upbeat music playing] A one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

We're playing together.

On a faster beat!

My drum beat keeps everyone grooving together.

No matter what type of jazz song.

BeBop, Bossa Nova, Blues, we gotta play together, following the same beat, at the same speed.

Got it.

Okay.

Now dig this!

[strumming] Rooster!

That's not the same beat.

That beat's way too fast!

[upbeat music playing] [Duck Ellington] Better.

We're playing together again, following the same beat!

Ha ha!

Brilliant!

You did it!

I did it!

Aw, thanks, Duck.

And I know there's more to learn.

But the contest is tomorrow and Ella's waiting, so see-ya.

Bye.

- Thanks!

- One, two--huh?

But there is more to learn, here!

[groans] Uh, you okay, Duck?

I'm fine.

[vocalizing] ♪ La-dee-da-lo- lah-day dee doh!

♪♪ [applause] So, Rooster, it's my job to teach you some call and response.

Oh.

Sure, Daddy-oh!

I mean, Mama-oh?

[laughter] So in a jazz band, you gotta know how to share the music.

Share the music.

Hmm, I dig it.

Good.

So, call-and-response is one way we do that.

It's like a musical conversation.

Conversation.

Got it.

I pick up what you're puttin' down.

I'll sing a line, and you answer.

I call, and you respond.

S'that cool, sugar?

[giggles] Sugary sweet!

[hums] Your turn!

♪ Sho-daba-de- Shodaba-do-yo-hon ♪ You got it!

[hums] ♪ Sho-bada-boo-dobada- boo-dobada-bidoo ♪ - ♪ Do-do-do-do-do... ♪ - Rooster... - ♪ Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba... ♪ - Rooster... ♪ Dooo-dooo-doooo... ♪ Rooster!

It's call and respond, sugar.

Not respond, respond, respond.

- [chuckles] Oh, right.

- [giggles] [Ella Finchgerald] One more time, sunshine.

[guitar playing] ♪ La do, da da leee, da he-hee ♪♪ That was the jazz call, Rooster.

What's your response?

Rooster?

Rooster, go, go!

Now!

Uh, go, now?

Okay.

I guess I got it!

I'll go see Mules for my third lesson.

Thanks, Miss Ella!

Bye.

[Ella Finchgerald] Wait!

I didn't mean leave!

We're not done yet.

Ugh.

[Shooby giggling] We can call and respond, Ella.

We can do it in scat, too!

- Scat-scat-scat!

- Scat-scat-scat!

Scat-scat-scat!

[chuckles] Nailed it.

[laughs] Oh, you Chick-A-Dees.

[guitar playing] [trumpet blows] Hmm.

That "no" blow sounded like "maybe"?

Listen, Rooster.

You're still playing the wrong song.

I'm trying to teach you about improvisation.

But I thought that means I get to make up whatever music I want.

Well, that's sort of improvisation.

But you still have to go along with the same song, and play something that blends in with the band.

Yeah, kid.

Jazz is a river of rhythm.

You just gotta dive in and feel the water.

Huh?

A river of rhythm?

There's like, a flow to the music.

Mm-hmm.

So when you play that guitar, you add something new to the song, but it's gotta blend in with the music that's already there.

So, I can add whatever I want, but I can't add whatever I want?

Ugh, I don't get it.

I--um, hmm... Maybe just show him, Mules.

All right, all right.

Do you know "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"?

Well, yeah, um, Mr. Mules, sir.

Well then, let's play.

["Old MacDonald Had a Farm" playing] What I improvise--or make-up, are sounds I add to that song that blend in with it.

[jazz music playing] Wow-we, Mr. Mules!

And you just made that up right now?

[laughs] Yup.

That's how I roll, kid.

Oh!

Got it.

But I like my song even better.

[guitar playing] Whoa, hold up, hold up, youngin'.

You're not blending.

That's a totally different song.

That's not "Old MacDonald."

[chuckles] And they call me stubborn.

Okay now.

Well, that's sort of what I meant.

You're adding something, but it doesn't blend with "Old MacDonald."

Uh... [sighs] This is bad, and that ain't good.

Lil, I don't know if he's ever gonna get this.

Uh... Mr. Mules?

Mr. Mules?

Mr. Mules?

[sighs] Lil, I'm not pickin' up what the band's puttin' down.

The day's almost over and the contest is tomorrow!

You'll get it, Rooster.

Just don't give up.

I'm a shining star on jazz guitar.

What the band is saying just can't be right.

I feel like if I do all this playing together stuff, I...

I can't show off what I can do.

Rooster... is that what you're really worried about?

Uh, what are you talking about?

You're scared they won't let you be a star.

That's why you're not listening.

Uh, well... maybe, yeah.

A little.

You'll still shine, Rooster.

Those jazz skills will help you learn how to play the right way.

How to play the "right" way?

[sighs] I gotta think about this.

Okay, Rooster.

You do that.

[dramatic guitar music playing] ♪ Was on my way, was on my way ♪ ♪ Thought that jazz, I could play ♪ ♪ Thought I had the skills ♪ ♪ So I can thrill on this guitar ♪ ♪ Was on my way ♪ ♪ But if I play jazz the wrong way ♪ ♪ This Rooster knows ♪ ♪ My musical crows ♪ ♪ Might not take me ♪ ♪ Far ♪ [sighs] Aw, man.

Hey, Rooster?

What's wrong?

Oh, hey, Chick-A-Dees.

You see, I wanna play with the Barnyard Band, but there's all these jazz skills I have to learn.

I just wanna shine on my guitar.

Well, we want you to shine, too.

Yeah!

And we wanna cheer you up!

I know!

We'll play some jazz for you.

[jazz music playing] ♪ A-tisket, a-tasket ♪ ♪ A red and yellow basket ♪ ♪ I sent a letter to my doggy ♪ ♪ On the way I dropped it ♪ ♪ The itsy bitsy spider had a basket ♪ ♪ A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I... ♪ - [Chick-A-Dees singing at once] - Hey!

[Chick-A-Dees continue singing] ♪ A red and yellow basket ♪♪ Wack-a-whoa!

Wack-a-whoa!

You're not making jazz music like that.

You've got to play together.

Listen.

- It's her fault!

- It's her fault!

I like spiders.

Come on now.

Start with a tap like this.

Follow the same beat.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Now when I play some notes, you gotta take turns and respond.

Like you're answering my question.

♪ La da da?

♪ ♪ Da da-da la ♪ ♪ A tisket, doh-ee-doh tasket ♪ ♪ Da-da-daaa!

♪ Whoa, whoa, Chick-A-Dees, stop!

You gotta play together.

Now if I call out, "A tisket," you could respond with, uh... A tasket?

Yeah, a tasket!

Yes!

♪ A tisket a tasket... ♪ ♪ A red and yellow basket ♪♪ Yeah!

That's call-and-response.

It's like a musical conversation.

But playing jazz means we get to make stuff up, right?

Sure.

But it can't be just anything.

It's gotta blend.

Let's try that.

♪ A tisket ♪ ♪ A tasket!

♪ ♪ Sha-dooba-dooba- dooba-dowah!

♪ Nice improvisation!

♪ A red and yellow basket ♪ ♪ I sent a letter to my doggie ♪ ♪ Doba-dada de bah ba do baya!

♪ ♪ And on the way I dropped it!

♪ Yeah!

That blended with the song really well!

♪ I dropped it!

♪ ♪ I dropped it ♪ ♪ Yes, on the way I dropped it!

♪ ♪ A little chick-a-dee picked it up ♪ ♪ And put it in her pocket!

♪ ♪ And put it in her pocket!

♪ ♪ Shooby Dooby Dee Dee!

♪ Acoustic Rooster!

Wooo-wooo!

That song was solid!

Ya dig?

We dig!

[laughs] You followed the beat!

You took turns with call-and-response!

And you added new sounds that blended with the song.

[giggles] We did it!

We're all shining stars!

All shining stars.

That's what the band was trying to tell me.

I gotta go!

Uh, what?

[Rooster] Uh, Mr.

Duck?

Everybody?

I think I get what you were trying to teach me.

Hmm.

Is that so?

Yeah.

I may be the best at jazz guitar... playing by myself, but, it's like Mules said.

"That don't mean a thing, if we ain't swingin' to-get-ther!"

- [laughs] - [laughs] [chuckles] A-one, two, three, four.

Oooh!

Oooh!

All right.

Let's hear what you got, sugar.

♪ Sha-ba-da da de-a-lee, lo-lo!

♪ ♪ Sha da da de ya do do weh ♪ [jazz music playing] ♪ The rhythm surrounds me... ♪ ♪ Follow the beat!

♪ - ♪ Call me ♪ - ♪ I'll respond!

♪ ♪ Repeat, repeat ♪ ♪ Let's improvise together, you and me!

♪ ♪ Wait a minute, hear that?

♪ ♪ Our blending is sweet!

♪ [chuckles] Ready, Rooster?

[guitar strumming] My bad!

I gotta follow the beat!

♪ Sho-baba-doo baba-doo, baba-do ♪ ♪ Sho-badoo bi-doo ♪ ♪ Sho-bada da da da da da ♪ ♪ Sho-bada do do do do do do ♪ - ♪ Bam!

♪ - Ha ha ha ha!

Woooh!

Wow!

You followed the beat of the drum for the rhythm of your strum!

And that call-and-response was the cat's meow!

Mm-hmm, solid blending, youngin'!

Yes!

You rocked it!

We shined like stars!

- Together!

- Uh-hmm.

This Jammin' Jazz Band Contest might be all right after all, sugar.

Great, even!

Just in time, too!

It's showtime!

[jazz music playing] Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Jazz Fans!

The contest you've been waiting for is about to begin!

First up!

Cat Calloway's Big Band!

- [cheers and applause] - [Louis Farmstrong] Ooh, yeah.

[jazz music playing] Wow!

It's the Bee Holiday Trio, folks, featuring Thelonious Skunk!

And, next up, it's Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band!

[cheers and applause] [jazz music playing] ♪ We asked a few friends to come together ♪ ♪ To play this here show, and make it sound clever ♪ ♪ The band stormed the stage, some glorious weather ♪ ♪ Played us this song ♪ ♪ That would last 'til forever... ♪ [jazz music playing] [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ This song is a singin' ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ This jazz is swingin' ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ This jam is ringin' ♪ ♪ We made it to the show, 'cuz this band is swingin' ♪ ♪ We made it to the show, 'cuz this band is swingin' ♪ ♪ Duck's on piano ♪ [Lil Herdin] ♪ Don't he sound clever ♪ [all] ♪ Mules on the horn ♪ [Lil Herdin] ♪ A bonafide treasure ♪ [all] ♪ Rooster's guitar ♪ [Lil Herdin] ♪ Light as a feather!

♪ ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ And did it together!

♪ [jazz music playing] [Ella Finchgerald] ♪ Bap-bap bada bada bada bada da ♪ [jazz music playing] [out of tune strumming] [crowd gasps] Oh, no.

♪ We did it together ♪ ♪ We did it together ♪ ♪ It's a pleasure ♪ ♪ It's a pleasure ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Swingin' together ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Singing' together ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Swingin' together ♪ [all] ♪ Everybody swings!

♪ ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Swingin' together ♪ [all] ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Stayin' together ♪ ♪ We made it to the show ♪ ♪ Singin' together ♪ ♪ Everybody swings!

♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ [all] ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody swings!

♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody swings ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Nah, nah, hey, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody swings ♪ ♪ We made it to the show!

♪ [cheers and applause] Whoo-we!

We did it!

Whoohoohoo-we!

Now that's playin' in a band.

That was SO much fun!

But I made a huge mistake, and played a wrong note.

Y'all were right, I don't think I'm ready to join the band yet.

- Oh, sugar!

- Nah, nah, nah.

All right, all right, all right!

Time for the awards announcement, everyone!

In third place ... [drumroll] ...

The Cat Calloway Band!

[Lil Herdin] Yeah!

Way to go, Cat Calloway!

[Louis Farmstrong] In second place ... [drumroll] ...

It's Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band!

Second?

Shoo-whoo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

Way to go, youngin'.

I wanted to win.

And first place ... [drumroll] ...

The Bee Holiday Trio!

[Ella] Miss Bee!

Yay!

All right now, Bee Holiday!

Uh-huh!

We didn't win.

[sighs] [dramatic music playing] [sighs] I guess I don't got what it takes.

Goodbye forever, Bebop Barnyard.

[gasps] Rooster's leaving!

No!

[rumbling] [sighs] [rumbling] [Lil Herdin] Just hold up now!

- [Shooby] Rooster!

- [Dooby] Please.

Mm-mm.

Mm-mm.

Where do ya think you're goin, sugar?

[blows trumpet] [laughs] Get back to the Bebop Barnyard, kid!

We got practice tomorrow now that you're in the band.

Me?

In the band?

But we didn't win the contest.

Y'all are the shining stars, not me.

Nah, we're all Shining Stars!

You too, Acoustic Rooster!

I was too quick to say no to you at first.

Really?

Mm-hmm!

That was the most fun we've ever had playing together at Birdland.

But I played that wrong note.

I made a huge mistake.

It's all good, sugar.

Mm-hmm!

That's just part of jazz.

And in jazz, when we're swingin' together, we all shine.

So...

I'm in?

[giggles] Yes, Rooster, you're in the band!

[all cheering] You got that right, kid.

Yeah!

Welcome.

[Lil Herdin] Rooster!

You're in the band!

You're in the band!

[Rooster] Yeah!

[jazz music playing] [singer] ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ Hey!

♪ ♪ I was great at jazz guitar ♪ ♪ This band has helped me to go far ♪ ♪ The band did say, you stay and play ♪ ♪ And welcomed me ♪ ♪ My strums are best ♪ ♪ I passed the test ♪ ♪ To play with all the rest ♪ ♪ So I can thrill ♪ ♪ And hearts will fill with jazz, you'll see!

♪ [all] ♪ Nawlins, Swing, and Bossa Nova ♪ ♪ This whole band is here to show ♪ ♪ Jazz is what we love and it's our time ♪ ♪ We made it to the tip top ♪ ♪ That Barnyard where we BeBop!

♪ ♪ He joined the band at our stop!

♪ ♪ And we shined!

♪ [guitar strumming] Sorry.

I'm still learning.

Well, he is Acoustic Rooster, after all.

[laughter] That's what I'm talkin' about.

Whoo!

[laughter] [laughing] Again!

Again!

[jazz music playing]