Danny Janklow
Alto Sax Solo on
When You Wish Upon a Star

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Danny Janklow's alto saxophone solo on Leigh Harline's "When You Wish Upon a Star" is the only solo on this 2021 LA Jazz Connection performance. He takes half a chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 119 BPM in A-flat. Originally written for Disney's 1940 film Pinocchio, the tune receives a jazz treatment that highlights the song's inherent melodic beauty. Janklow's concise half-chorus statement treats the familiar melody with harmonic sensitivity, his alto tone carrying a warmth appropriate to the song's dreamlike character.

Danny Janklow was 31 to 32 years old at the time.