Christmas Songs (Mel Tormé album)
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| Released | October 28, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | April 15-June 21, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz Christmas music | |||
| Length | 59:28 | |||
| Label | Telarc | |||
| Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
Christmas Songs is a 1992 studio album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé.[3]
Track listing[edit]
- Christmas Medley: "Jingle Bells"/"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"/"Winter Weather"/"Winter Wonderland" (James Lord Pierpont)/(John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie)/(Ted Shapiro)/(Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 4:16
- "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson) - 2:30
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 3:18
- "The Glow Worm" (Paul Lincke, Johnny Mercer, Lilla C. Robinson) - 3:24
- "The Christmas Feeling" (Tormé) - 5:12
- "It Happened in Sun Valley" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:58
- "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) - 3:49
- "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale) - 4:11
- "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix), (Traditional) - 3:39
- "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 5:21
- "Christmas Was Made for Children" (Tormé) - 3:48
- "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 5:03
- Medley: "Just Look Around"/"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Tormé)/(Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:51
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 1:39
- Medley: "Happy Holiday"/"Let's Start the New Year Right"/"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Irving Berlin)/(Frank Loesser) - 3:25
- "White Christmas" (Berlin) - 3:58
Personnel[edit]
- Mel Tormé - vocals, drums, arranger
- Keith Lockhart - conductor
- John Walsh - trumpet
- Ross Konikoff
- Frank London
- Bob Milikan
- Tom Artin - trombone
- Rich Willey
- Adam Brenner - clarinet, alto saxophone
- Jeff Rupert - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Larry Dickson - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Jack Stuckey - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
- Jerry Weldon - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- John Leitham - double bass
- John Colianni - piano
- Donny Osborne - drums
- Angela Morley - arranger
- Robert Woods - Recording Producer
- Jack Renner - Recording Engineer
- Michael Bishop - Recording, Mix, and Mastering Engineer
- Erica Brenner - Associate Recording Producer, Editor
References[edit]
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1409. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Christmas Songs - Mel Tormé". AllMusic. RhythmOne, LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2018.