Ultimate Jazz Christmas (2006)

Product Summary Label: Emi Classics UPC: 00094636352725 Release Date: 10/31/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203167262 Item#: M374W2 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Sleigh Ride - Duke Pearson ~ Various Artists 2. Christmas Song, The - Nat "King" Cole ~ Various Artists 3. Basie's Jingle Bells - Count Basie ~ Various Artists 4. That's What I Want For Christmas - Nancy Wilson ~ Various Artists 5. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Eliane Elias ~ Various Artists 6. Jingle Bells - Dianne Reeves ~ Various Artists 7. Merry Christmas Baby - Charles Brown ~ Various Artists 8. White Christmas - Booker Ervin ~ Various Artists 9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Lou Rawls ~ Various Artists 10. Little Drummer Boy - Duke Pearson ~ Various Artists 11. Christo Redentor - Donald Byrd ~ Various Artists 12. Peace - Norah Jones ~ Various Artists 13. Child Is Born, A - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Nat "King" Cole (vocals, piano); Oscar Moore (guitar); Duke Pearson (piano, celesta); Johnny Miller, Bob Cranshaw (bass instrument); Mickey Roker (drums); Airto Moreira (percussion). Like Christmas songs but seriously tired of predictability and schmaltz? ULTIMATE JAZZ CHRISTMAS is the answer--it's an inspired mixture of icons and contenders, the classics delivered with creativity and soulfulness. This set has amazing scope too--a ballad by one of the greatest crooners (and pianists) ever, Nat King Cole; great mellow jazz singers Nancy Wilson and Dianne Reeves; Norah Jones, a category-defying vocalist; Count Basie, a king of big band swing, and the lesser-known but hearty, blues-drenched hard bop Texas tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin. This earnestly assembled baker's dozen of Holiday melodies should please both hipster and traditionalist alike.   Technical Info Release Date : 10/31/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 636527 Label : Blue Note Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00094636352725   Related Videos Manheim - EPK Bette Midler Cool Yule