Connie Evingson - The Secret Of Christmas

Styles: Vocal, Holiday, Christmas
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:48
Size: 114,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:25)  1. Snowfall/ I Love The Winter Weather
(5:19)  2. Carol Of The Bells
(5:34)  3. Simple Gifts
(5:50)  4. The Christmas Song
(6:41)  5. The Nutcracker Petit Suite
(6:05)  6. Some Children See Him
(4:22)  7. Gesu Bambino
(5:56)  8. The Secret Of Christmas
(5:14)  9. A Cradle In Bethlehem
(1:17) 10. Silent Night

Connie Evingson's set of Christmas jazz has plenty of variety and mood changes. The warm singer performs a medley of "Snowfall" and "I Love the Winter Weather," interacts with guest trumpeter Doc Severinsen on the Latin jazz number "Gesu Bambino," takes a brief "Silent Night" a cappella, and duets with guitarist/vocalist Robert Everest on "A Cradle in Bethehem." Most impressive is "The Nutcracker Petite Suite," which has the singer's lyrics to six parts of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite in a very coherent six-and-a-half-minute story. Mixing together the celebratory with the reverent, The Secret of Christmas is both entertaining and respectful. Recommended for one's Christmas jazz collection. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-secret-of-christmas-mw0000784579

Personnel: Connie Evingson (vocals); Robert Everest (vocals, guitar); Dave Karr (flute, clarinet, saxophone); Doc Severinsen (trumpet); Mary Louise Knutson, Sanford Moore (piano); Ricky Peterson (organ); Terry Burns (bass guitar); Steve Jennings, Jay Epstein (drums); Shai Hayo (percussion).

Thank You my Friend!

The Secret Of Christmas

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