Merry Christmas Baby (2005) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Uni/fuel 2000 UPC: 00030206106824 Release Date: 10/3/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60440034 Item#: MDCJQV Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Please Come Home For Christmas - (with Charles Brown) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 2. Merry Christmas Baby - (with Charles Brown) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 3. Christmas In Heaven - (with Charles Brown) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 4. Just A Blessing - (with Charles Brown) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 5. Lonesome Christmas Pt. 1 - (with Lowell Fulson) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 6. Lonesome Christmas Pt. 2 - (with Lowell Fulson) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 7. Bells, The - (with Bobby Powell) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 8. Santa Claus, Santa Claus - (with Louis Jordan) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 9. Christmas Present Blues - (with Jimmy Reed) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 10. White Christmas - (with The Violinares) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 11. Little Jesus Boy - (with The Violinares) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 12. Christmas Blues - (with Big Joe Williams) ~ Charles Brown & Friends 13. Silent Night, Holy Night - (with Ronnie Kole Trio) ~ Charles Brown & Friends   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info A bluesy visit from Saint Nick via some of his more upbeat elves, Merry Christmas Baby boogies its way into the holiday season. Several tracks were previously released on the 1996 album of the same name by Charles Brown, but the additions from such blues luminaries as Jimmy Reed and Louis Jordan make this the hottest spin at the office Christmas party. ~ Zac Johnson A collection of blues and jazz-inflected Christmas tunes highlighted by four songs from Charles Brown, the man who essentially brought R&B and the holidays together when he released the enduring "Merry Christmas Baby" in 1947. Greatest Christmas Hits is a delightful set that certainly rocks things up around the Christmas tree. "Merry Christmas Baby" is here in a re-recorded version, along with Brown's other big holiday hit, the equally as enduring "Please Come Home for Christmas," and two of his other yuletide attempts, "Christmas in Heaven" and "Just a Blessing." Jimmy Reed is on hand for a relatively polished (polished for Reed, that is) "Christmas Present Blues," while Big Joe Williams' "Christmas Blues" is a wonderfully ragged gem. Christmas and the blues go together better than you might think, thanks to the social and economic pressures the holiday season can bring, and the proof of that is here, amped up and rocked out like Santa blowing blues harp on a whiskey jag. ~ Steve Leggett The late pianist and vocalist Charles Brown lends his signature cool, laid-back jazz style to a variety of Christmas favorites, accompanied here by a slew of jazz and blues greats, including blues guitarist Lowell Fulson and blues singers Jimmy Reed and the legendary Big Joe Williams. Brown was a contemporary of Nat "King" Cole, with many stylistic similarities to his more commercially successful counterpart, as well as a strong influence on the young Ray Charles. His intimate delivery, coupled with the empathic interplay between the musicians in these mainly quartet recordings from throughout his long career, conjures the warmth and conviviality of the season.   Compilation Appearances Vol. 2-Very Special Christmas Wolf Records 20th Anniversary Devil In A Blue Dress Songs Of Route 66 Best Christmas Ever Vol. 1-Christmas 1950 The R&b Hits Vol. 1-Taste Of Swing Time Stardust Collection (Limited Edition) Box Of The Blues 20th Century Masters Best Of Too Late To Be Good: Vocal Harmony Vanguard / Best Of Blues:50 Hits Christmas Remixed, Vol. 2 27 R&b Classics That Rocked Jukebox Classic Soul Ballads Christmas Soul Of Gospel Christmas Number 1's This Christmas-Songs from the Motion Picture   Technical Info Release Date : 10/03/2000 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 1068 Label : Fuel 2000 Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206106824    Product Image