The Christmas Jazz Album |
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Artist:
Various Artists
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: £23.72
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Disc 1:
| 1. The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Tony Bennett | | 2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Grover Washington Jr | | 3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town/Santa Man - Manhattan Transfer | | 4. Jingle Bells - Peter White | | 5. Winter Wonderland - Marcus Roberts | | 6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Wynton Marshallis | | 7. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Tony Bennett | | 8. Christmas Time Is Here - Terence Blanchard | | 9. O Tannenbaum - Peter White | | 10. Jesu (Joy of Man's Desiring) - Grover Washington Jr | | 11. Silent Night, Holy Night - Manhattan Transfer | | 12. Auld Lang Syne - Gato Barbieri |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Compilations on non-musical themes might seem like oddities in a world full of collections by artist and idiom, but they have the advantage of throwing up some unusual juxtapositions. As well as warming the seasonal cockles, The Christmas Jazz Album is a little catalogue of jazz style, bringing together mellifluous, fireside jazz in Tony Bennett's "Chestnuts Roasting", smooth jazz in Grover Washington's "Merry Little Christmas", lush vocal harmony in the Manhattans' "Santa Claus", sprightly solo stride piano in Marcus Roberts's "Winter Wonderland" and Christmassy jazz baroque in Grover's "Jesu". Anyone with a weakness for the Christmas spirit ought to find themselves glowing with rosy benevolence after a few minutes in this company. Meanwhile, the resolutely grumpy jazzer who can't wait for it all to end should find happy refuge in the such timeless jazz making as Wynton Marsalis's big band reading of "Let It Snow!" and Terence Blanchard's cool, Milesian treatment of "Christmas Time Is Here". --Mark Gilbert
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099749657922
Label: Sony Jazz
Manufacturer: Sony Jazz
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Jazz
Release Date: 2000-11-13
Studio: Sony Jazz |
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