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Artist:
Vince Guaraldi
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Artist:
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin,
Sammy Davis Jr
Just as irony is being pronounced dead, along comes the boozy holiday compilation Christmas with the Rat Pack, suggesting that rumours of its demise may be premature. Given the culture's simmering lounge mania, this collection (with its cheesy homage/rip-off Oceans 11 art direction) may be belated--but hey, punctuality was never these swingin' cats' bag, Jack. The novelty of having three of the 20th century's most notorious sinners belt, whoop and sing the praises of sleigh bells, roasting chestnuts and the virgin birth would be enough to recommend this dizzy 21-track delight, but there's actually some rewarding pop archaeology here as well. Two of the b...
 Smooth Christmas, 2008-10-24
In a vote for the best Christmas album, it's a toss up for me between this and Phil Spector's.
The voices of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are perfect for Christmas songs. They sound all warm and homely, and you can almost imagine them standing in front of a log fire singing these.
Plus, the banter between Frank, Dean and Sammy is pretty entertaining and makes the songs stand out from the usual Christmas standards.
If you get it, you'll bring it out every year and it will put a smile on your face!
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Artist:
Various Artists
yuletide reverie, 2010-02-22
I already have an extensive collection of pop,jazz and blues music, to play at christmas when it comes around. So to find new, good stuff, is becoming more of a challange.A Jazz & Blues Christmas doesn't disappoint. It has several famililar artists, such as B.B King, and Ray Charles, but half a dozen new to me, Artists singing and playing christmas standards, either with a jazz/ blues slant, or in a New Orleans funky kind of way.A real joy to liven up any christmas, I'm still playing it !
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Ramsey Lewis Trio
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Loonis McGlohon & Friends
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Artist:
Various Artists
Breath of fresh air!, 2010-01-10
I LOVE this! It's so refreshingly different. I was wading through the Christmas CD search on Amazon, looking for something different to the usual volume of banal cliched and well-worn droning that gets reeled out every year (you know, supermarket music from September onwards).
Forget the word 'Jazz'. Because I hate jazz. I don't do jazz. What I do like is taking the old favourites and stirring them up in a kind of fat boy slim way until you get something a lot more modern, funky and stylish than the same old tat.
I took a risk with this, and it paid off.
I just wish there were enough originals in the first place for a fresh one of these CDs to be produced every year!
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Artist:
Various Artists
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Artist:
Swingle Singers
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Artist:
Scott Hamilton
Music to be taken with wine and a lover, 2000-09-15
This album is made for late night listening. Imagine, the hour is late, the fire glowing low and the wine bottle almost empty. If you are looking for that ultimate festive smooch towards the mistletoe, then it must be Hamilton's version of White Christmas, and when you return to the couch, the final track, and original title track, will be the perfect finishing touch.
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Artist:
Various Artists
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