5 reviews

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 840501
UPC: 042284050128
EAN: 0042284050128

Release Date: July 26, 1989
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Tracks:

•	A Child Is Born - Jones, Thad
•	Christmas Medley: Carol of the Bells/Melodies for the Day/O ... - Traditional
•	Jingle Bells - Pierpont, J.S.
•	The Secret of Christmas - Cahn, Sammy
•	We Free Kings - Kirk, Rahsaan Rolan
•	Christmas Eve - Carpenter, Carlton
•	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Berlin, Irving
•	Ole Santa - Otis, Clyde
•	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Coots, J. Fred
•	White Christmas - Berlin, Irving
•	O Little Town of Bethlehem - Brooks, Phillip
•	The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel
•	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional
•	Silent Night - Gruber, Franz
•	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Blane, Ralph

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Jazzy Little Christmas December 1, 2008
Cambeul (California)
I recommend this to anyone that likes smooth jazz and wants mood music for Christmas gatherings. It helps make Christmas parties seem more festive.

5 out of 5 stars

Smooth, nostalgic November 7, 2006
C. Stroud
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have been listening to this cd every Christmas since my parents first got it when in 1996 I was 10 years old. I could never tire of the smooth, warm jazz. It is the perfect soundtrack for a snowy evening by the fire and lit tree, cuddled under a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa.

5 out of 5 stars

Holiday music by some of the legends of American jazz. December 5, 2004
Mary Whipple (New England)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

There's something for everyone on this wonderfully eclectic recording, which ranges from Oscar Peterson's almost lullaby-like piano on "A Child is Born" to Bill Evans's jazzy piano improvisations (overdubbed) on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," a full-out, hand-clapping, rocking and stomping Gospel song. Containing both vocals and instrumentals, with arrangements which vary from softly sweet to full-out wailing, this CD is full of delightful surprises to keep the Christmas repertoire fresh.

Three of the songs here feature Ella Fitzgerald. "The Secret of Christmas" and "White Christmas," both of which she sings "pure," are soft, slow ballads filled with sweetness, while "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," with its quick beat, provides a jazzy close-out for the album. Dinah Washington's "Ole Santa" and "Silent Night" take the opposite tack from Ella, as she sings with strength and verve--and absolutely no sweetness! Billie Holiday's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," not exactly a Christmas song, features solos by the great Benny Carter on clarinet and Sweets Edison on muted trumpet.

Roland Kirk's "We Free Kings," the most highly improvised song on the album, features Kirk on flute and wailing sax, accompanied by an insistent drumbeat. And my favorite--Jimmy Smith's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is the greatest version of this song I've ever heard, opening with jazz tuba and drums (and sounding like giants walking), then introducing trumpets and a wonderful Smith organ solo, which soars into the stratosphere. A terrific album for the jazz lover at Christmas time, this CD showcases some of the pioneers of American jazz. Mary Whipple

5 out of 5 stars

Great Christmas CD December 4, 2003
Jones (Portland, OR USA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful

This is one of our favorite Christmas CDs year after year. It's a great collection of some classic performances.

4 out of 5 stars

To my knowledge, the best jazz Christmas disc around December 11, 1999
Sandy Bost (New York, New York)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful

A great eclectic mix of both vocal and instrumental jazz. Dinah Washington's voice makes for a strangely stirring "Silent Night," and Ella's "Secret of Christmas" might just be the most gorgeous Christmas recording ever.