Artist: Various
Label: Universal Music Group
Category: Music

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 194

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

MPN: 549067
UPC: 731454906722
EAN: 0731454906722
ASIN: B000050J48

Release Date: August 18, 2008
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Tracks:

•	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Frank DeVol, Ella Fitzgerald
•	Merry Christmas, Baby - Kenny Burrell, Richard Evans
•	Christmas Eve - Billy Eckstine, Lionel Newman
•	Here Comes Santa Claus - Ramsey Lewis
•	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Joe Williams
•	Greensleeves - John Coltrane
•	Christmas Song - Wally Stott & His Orchestra, Mel Torme
•	'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong, Commanders
•	Winter Wonderland - Shirley Horn
•	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Bill Evans, Bill Evans
•	Good Morning Blues - Count Basie Orchestra
•	Jingle Bells - Jimmy Smith
•	Silent Night - Dinah Washington
•	Child Is Born - Oscar Peterson

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

I'm The First?? December 19, 2002
James Fenos (Columbus, OH United States)
62 out of 62 found this review helpful

I bought this cd last year and I love it!! This cd is a collection of classic performances by Verve's elite. The opening track is not Frank DeVol, who did indeed produce the track, it's Ella Fitzgerald. Another error found on this site is the artist listing for "The Christmas Song". It's Mel Torme's performance here. A couple of tracks reappear here, they were featured on Verve's release of "Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas" probably repeated here because of artist merit and performance. One such noteable track is Oscar Peterson's moving rendition of "A Child Is Born."
Verve released a contemporary jazz Christmas album a few years ago and it featured such artists as Betty Carter and Shirley Horn. Shirley's performance of "Winter Wonderland" was lifted from that project and is here. The song is treated like any other Shirley would do, and the result is, well, seductive in an innocent way, the Shirley way. "'Zat You, Santa Claus" by Louis Armstrong has been featured on many budget Christmas releases, but the version here is so well restored it sounds like it was just recorded; the mastering of this disc as a whole is breathtaking. Jimmy Smith's "Jingle Bells" is pure camp, the song arranged as a Hammond b3 piece, "Silent Night" is made even more sacred by Dinah Washington's searing vocal.
This album is an excellent highlight of holiday performances by the living legends and those who have passed, of jazz and should not be overlooked by fans of the jazz genre and Christmas music.