Susie Arioli - Christmas Dreaming

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 39:51

Size: 91.2 MB

Styles: Holiday

Year: 2010

Art: Front

[4:09] 1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

[2:52] 2. Winter Wonderland

[3:14] 3. Blue Christmas

[3:36] 4. Call Collect On Christmas

[3:33] 5. I'll Be Home For Christmas

[3:31] 6. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

[4:54] 7. When You Wish Upon A Star

[3:06] 8. La Peregrinacíon

[2:15] 9. Old Toy Trains

[2:57] 10. What Are You Doing On New Year's Eve

[3:25] 11. Christmas Dreaming

[2:15] 12. Ave Maria

Here it is the Jazzmas season and Susie Arioli's smoky message comes through with some classy Christmas tunes. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" features a lovely guitar solo by Jordan Officer that complements this touching chestnut to the max. Arioli treats this song like an old friend and that makes the listening even more enjoyable.

"I'll Be Home For Christmas" evokes memories galore and only emphasizes the idea that Susie Arioli is a true jazz vocalist and should stick to that genre. She lays it on the line with this song and had this writer mentally playing brushes in accompaniment and that doesn't happen often. Michael Jerome Browne personifies "hip" in his solo and backing and that lends itself superbly to the overall effect.

Susie Arioli is a jazz vocalist in the true sense of the word and should remain in that idiom. Her voice is naturally suited to that mode. I was impressed with the "sound" of Arioli and her treatment of these holiday songs. The tunes were well chosen and the rhythm section was magnificent. This album will transport you back to the time when Christmas was a time of spiritual awakening and emotional uplifting, (not to mention the dusky, sensual vocalizing of this fine artist). Listening to this recording makes Christmas be what it should be, a time of joy and reflection. ~John Gilbert

Christmas Dreaming  

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