| Product Summary | | Label: Sony Music Entertainment | | UPC: 00074644680522 | | Release Date: 10/23/1990 | | Buy.com Sku: 201991003 | | Item#: M3QJJ9 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. This Christmas - Harry Connick Jr./Branford Marsalis ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Joey DeFrancesco/Dwight Sills ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Silent Night - Nancy Wilson/Kimiko Itoh ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Blue Christmas - Grover Washington Jr. ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Little Drummer Boy, The - Karl Lundeberg/Full Circle ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Some Children See Him - Branford Marsalis/Harry Connick Jr. ~ Various Artists | | | 7. White Christmas - Tony Bennett/Dexter Gordon ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Winter Wonderland - Wynton Marsalis ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Kirk Whalum ~ Various Artists | | | 10. This Is Christmas - Ellis Marsalis ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Jingle Bells - Richard Tee ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Fred Simon/Traut/Rodby ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Little Drummer Boy, The - Marlon Jordan/Delfeayo Marsalis ~ Various Artists | | | 14. O Come All Ye Faithful - Monte Croft/Terence Blanchard ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: Grover Washington Jr., Monte Croft, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, Kirk Whalum, Richard Tee. | | Personnel: Harry Connick, Jr. (vocals, piano); Richard Tee (vocals, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Monte Croft (vocals, vibraphone); Philip Hamilton (vocals, percussion); Kimiko Itoh, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett (vocals); Julia Waters, Monalisa Young (soprano); Dorian Holley, Oren Waters, Carmen Twillie (tenor); Dwight Sills, Eric Gale, Richard Lee Steacker, Ross Traut (guitar); Anders Bostrom (flute); Branford Marsalis (saxophone, soprano saxophone); Dexter Gordon, Glenn Guidone (saxophone); Alex Foster (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Kirk Whalum (tenor saxophone, programming); Grover Washington, Jr., Tim Warfield (tenor saxophone); Joey DeFrancesco (trumpet, organ, keyboards); Jon Faddis, Marlon Jordan, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Delfeayo Marsalis (trombone); Bill Jolly (piano, grand piano); Llew Matthews, Fred Simon (piano, synthesizer); Ellis Marsalis, Peter Martin , Marcus Roberts, Ralph Sharon, Bruce Barth (piano); Dennis Montgomery III (keyboards, background vocals); Karl Lundeberg, King Oliver (keyboards); Robert Hurst , Steve Rodby (acoustic bass); Tyrone Brown (upright bass); Dan Rieser (drums, percussion); Daryl Burgee, Gene Jackson, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Joe La Barbera, Roy McCurdy, Troy Davis, Ben Riley, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Buddy Williams , Byron Landham (drums); Nishikant Sonwalkar (tabla); Eric Persing, Jerry Peters, Sam Ward (programming); Kevin Macklin, Lalah Hathaway (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Dean Burt; Patrick Smith . | | Audio Remixers: Monte Croft; Terence Blanchard; Tim Geelan. | | Liner Note Author: Khephra Burns. | | Recording information: BMG Recording Studio C, New York, NY (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); CA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Electric Lady Studios (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Hillside Studio, England (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Mission Control, Boston, MA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Newbury Sound, Boston, MA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Pacifique Recording Studios, LA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Peace In The Valley, Arletas, CA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); RCA Studios, New York, NY (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Sigma Alpha Recording, Philadelphia, PA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Sigma Sound Studio, Philadelphia, PA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Studio Ultimo & Pacifique Recording Studios, Los Angele (??/??/1987-07/02/1990); Studio Ultimo, LA, CA (??/??/1987-07/02/1990). | | Illustrator: John Clementson. | | Arrangers: Llew Matthews; Jelfy; Fred Simon ; Jerry Peters; Ross Traut; Steve Rodby; Terence Blanchard; Tony Bennett; Wynton Marsalis. | | This Christmas jazz CD contains 14 performances, a dozen of them not available on other sets. The two exceptions are Tony Bennett's 1987 "White Christmas" (which contains one of tenor-saxophonist Dexter Gordon's last recordings, a brief and weak statement) and Wynton Marsalis's "Winter Wonderland." Other musicians who are featured include Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Joey DeFrancesco, Nancy Wilson, Grover Washington, Jr., Kirk Whalum, Ellis Marsalis, Richard Tee, Marlon Jordan and Terence Blanchard. Nothing that unusual occurs but this CD serves as good background music for the holiday season. ~ Scott Yanow |
Producer: Danny Bennett; Delfeayo Marsalis; Fred Simon; Grover Washington, Jr.; Karl Lundeberg; Jerry Peters; Joey DeFrancesco; Kirk Whalum; Kiyoshi Itoh; Monte Croft; Richard Tee; Ross Traut; Steve Rodby; Steven Epstein; Terence Blanchard |
Engineer: Dae Bennett; Dean Burt; Hal Sacks; Kendall Brown; Patrick Smith; Paul Mufson; Peter Humphreys; Rich Breen; Tim Geelan |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/01/2001 | | Original Release Date : 1990 | | Catalog ID : CK-46805 | | Label : Columbia (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 61m : 21s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00074644680522 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (1/91)
- 3 Stars - Good - "..another once-a-year "family" gathering"Time Magazine (12/24/90)
- "..And just when you thought you couldn't bear another Christmas song, here comes 14 of them by a gaggle of top jazz artists." |
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