Diana Krall - Christmas Songs (2005) {Verve/HDTracks} 24-bit / 96 kHz Digital Download 
Posted By : Dr. Robert | Date : 04 Dec 2010 12:37:32 |


Diana Krall - Christmas Songs
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967 MB (HR) | RS + HF | Holiday - Jazz | 2005
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Christmas Songs is a 2005 album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs (not counting 1998's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas EP), and her first studio album with a big band. It is her ninth album overall. Billboard ranked album at number 14 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

On 2005's Christmas Songs, Diana Krall applies her sultry vocals and nuanced piano lines to a strong set of holiday classics. In addition to turning in a stirring performance of "The Christmas Song" that would make Nat "King" Cole proud, Krall eases into a swaying version of "Winter Wonderland" and a lush rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." With its dynamic arrangements and pitch-perfect mix of pop and jazz, this album stands alongside other timeless Yuletide outings.



Review by Jim Harrington:
Diana Krall swings like nobody's business on what will likely be the best holiday jazz record of the season. What makes this album truly special is the fact that it holds up as both a Christmas album and as a jazz record. It's perfect for chestnut-roasting weather, but I could also see spinning it in mid-July just for kicks. It's not mere hyperbole to say that this record sounds like an instant classic.

Backed by the sensational Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra for most of the album, the Canadian-born vocalist scats like Satchmo on a ringing version of "Jingle Bells" and then channels Ella with "Let It Snow." It's hard to remember a cooler version of "Winter Wonderland" or a jazzier rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."

When the singer isn't filling up-tempo songs with holiday cheer, she's absolutely melting her way through snowy-weather classics like "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "White Christmas." Her version of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is achingly beautiful. The album's finest moment, however, is the bluesy take on "The Christmas Song," which sounds so intimate that you might swear the sexy singer is crooning exclusively for you at of midnight on Christmas Eve.




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Track Listing

1. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) 3:26
2. "Let It Snow" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) 4:02
3. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) 4:24
4. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) 3:15
5. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Cannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) 3:08
6. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) 3:35
7. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) 2:54
8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) 4:19
9. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) 4:32
10. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) 4:10
11. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) 3:26
12. "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" (Irving Berlin) 3:41

Personnel and Production Credits

Personnel

* Diana Krall - piano, vocals, arranger

The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra:

* Jeff Hamilton - drums
* Robert Hurst - bass guitar
* Anthony Wilson - guitar
* Gerald Clayton - piano on Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
* Tamir Hendelman - piano on Sleigh Ride, fender rhodes on What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
* Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone, flute
* Keith Fiddmont - alto saxophone, clarinet
* Rickey Woodard - tenor saxophone solos, clarinet
* Charles Owens - tenor saxophone, clarinet
* Adam Schroeder - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
* Rick Baptist - trumpet
* Sal Cracchiolo
* Clay Jenkins
* Gilberto Castellanos
* William Barnhart - trombone
* Ira Nepus
* George Bohanon
* Ryan Porter
* Tommy Johnson - tuba
* Rick Todd - french horn
* David Duke
* Joe Meyer
* Brad Warnaar
* Joe Porcaro - percussion
* John Clayton - arranger
* Johnny Mandel - arranger

Production

* Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall
* Recorded and mixed by Al Schmitt


Released November 1, 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Jazz
Length 35:10
Label Verve Records
Producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 4/5 stars link





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