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Track Listing
1. Carol of the Bells, The
2. Silent Night - (featuring Kathleen Battle)
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
4. Little Drummer Boy, The
5. We Three Kings
6. Oh Tannenbaum
7. Sleigh Ride - (featuring Jon Hendricks)
8. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10. Winter Wonderland
11. Jingle Bells
12. O Come All Ye Faithful
13. Twas the Night Before Christmas
Album Notes
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Jon Hendricks, Kathleen Battle (vocals); Todd Williams (soprano & tenor saxophones, clarinet); Wessell Anderson (alto saxophone); Joe Temperley (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Alvin Batiste (clarinet); Wycliffe Gordon (trombone); Marcus Roberts (piano); Reginald Veal (bass); Ben Riley, Herlin Riley (drums).
Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York, New York on January 24 & 25 and April 3 & 4, 1989. Includes liner notes by Stanley Crouch.
At last, an album for the Grinches! Wynton Marsalis takes almost every standard Christmas holiday tune and re-invents each one into a joy-filled vehicle for improvisation, rich with the influences of New Orleans jazz (especially Jelly Roll Morton) and the orchestral palate of Duke Ellington. Marsalis and his various ensembles treat the tunes with warmth and reverence--one never gets the sense that they're "parodying" the material. Yet they perform these Christmas classics like they were written just for them, playing with easygoing conviction and passionate yet restrained soloing. A fine album for the yuletide season! (All this, and Katherine Battle and Jon Hendricks, too!).
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