Sarah Partridge - A Partridge in a Pear Tree: Jazz for The Holidays

Styles: Vocal, Holiday
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:51
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:26) 1. Sleigh Ride
(3:05) 2. Santa Tell Me
(4:06) 3. Let It Snow
(4:03) 4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
(6:08) 5. All I Want For Christmas Is You
(4:13) 6. A Child Is Born
(6:11) 7. Twelve Days Of Christmas
(5:35) 8. Auld Lang Syne

Nice to add some Jazz to the mix. Sarah Partridge is an American Jazz vocalist and songwriter of enough distinction that I'm aware of her, but apparently not enough to get a Wikipedia page. She started out as an actress (she's in Risky Business), but an evening of karaoke got her noticed by someone in the business and the next thing you know, she's a recording artist. She might be best known for "Bright Lights & Promises", an album of Jazz interpretations of the songs of Janis Ian. "A Partridge In A Pear Tree" (the title writes itself) is Sarah's first Christmas album. https://fireside.falalalala.com/sarah-partridge-a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree-jazz-fo-t5159.html

A Partridge in a Pear Tree

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Jane Monheit - The Merriest

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:19
Size: 86,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:36) 1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
(5:06) 2. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
(3:57) 3. That Holiday Feeling
(4:05) 4. (Christmas) Stay With Me
(1:57) 5. The Merriest
(5:36) 6. What Are You Doing New Years Eve?
(4:14) 7. Winter Wonderland
(4:07) 8. Christmas Time Is Here
(4:37) 9. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

For veteran jazz chanteuse Jane Monheit, Christmas is all about warm affection, both romantic and neighborly. That, at least, is the impression she gives on her second seasonal album, The Merriest. Its nine selections fit her naturally saucy delivery, and the majority of them fit her propensity to interpret the works of songwriters comprising the mid-20th century Great American Songbook. She arguably adds a page by being the first artist to record a previously unissued number by late Broadway mainstay Cy Coleman.

The Merriest’s arrangements include a gingerly applied march intro and an Afro-Latin rumble in places that fit just right, however unexpected they first may sound. A duet with John Pizzarelli may be a bit mushy for some, but good for it not being another rendering of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Depending on the band she has in tow and her set list on winter tours, Monheit could provide a less flashy, more subdued alternative to Mariah Carey'’s self-declared rule as holiday queen. By Jamie Lee Rake https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/the-merriest-by-jane-monheit/

The Merriest

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Frank Sinatra - Christmas

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 29:50

Size: 68.3 MB

Styles: Holiday, Vocal

Year: 2013

Art: Front

[3:57] 1. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

[2:16] 2. Mistletoe And Holly

[3:10] 3. The Christmas Waltz

[3:02] 4. Whatever Happened To Christmas

[1:59] 5. Jingle Bells

[2:35] 6. White Christmas

[3:26] 7. The Christmas Song

[1:39] 8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

[3:09] 9. I'll Be Home For Christmas

[2:07] 10. Christmas Memories

[2:26] 11. Silent Night

Sinatra's best holiday tunes in one package.

Christmas

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The Michaelmas Ensemble - Christmas Jazz

Size: 90,3 MB
Time: 38:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Holiday
Art: Front

01. The Christmas Song (5:41)
02. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:06)
03. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (5:31)
04. White Christmas (3:22)
05. Baby, It's Cold Outside (3:20)
06. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:10)
07. Santa Baby (3:21)
08. Winter Wonderland (2:51)
09. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (3:35)
10. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (5:55)

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Christmas Jazz

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Jeff Duffield - In The Key Of Christmas

Size: 100,8 MB
Time: 42:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Smooth Jazz, Piano Jazz, Holiday
Art: Front

01. It's Christmas In New York (3:20)
02. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:37)
03. Pretty Paper (3:26)
04. Christmas Praise (4:26)
05. Grown-Up Christmas List (3:32)
06. Mary, Did You Know (3:15)
07. Blue Christmas (3:39)
08. Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep) (3:16)
09. The Holly & The Ivy (2:38)
10. Tennessee Christmas (4:34)
11. It's A Marshmallow World (2:15)
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (4:53)

Jeff Duffield's new Christmas project, "In the Key of Christmas" is available NOW at Duffield Music Store! A blend of smooth jazz, cool country and traditional holiday favorites will be a great addition to your festive music library this year. Keyboardist and arranger, Jeff, also teams with Joel Key (guitars) and Mike McElravy (guitar and steel) for this amazing compilation of seasonal memories.

This is Jeff's third holiday album in over 30 years of music-making. The radio single, "Christmas Praise" written and sung by Sue, is a featured tune on the project.

Jeff is a keyboardist with over forty five years experience in studio and stage performance. As a trained classical pianist, Jeff is known for his unique jazz, country and gospel orchestrations. He studied arranging and production at Berklee School of Music and has performed with artists such as Jimmy Fortune, The Dukes of Hazzard Band, Beatlemania, A Chorus Line, and Gospel artists such as John Starnes, Ann Downing, Gary S. Paxton, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Doug Oldham, Three Bridges, Dave Boyer, and John Hagee Ministries. Jeff resides in Nashville, TN.

In The Key Of Christmas

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Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse - A New Orleans Creole Christmas

Size: 100,5 MB
Time: 42:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz, Holiday
Art: Front

01. O Tannenbaum - O Christmas Tree (4:46)
02. Silent Night (5:19)
03. Winter Wonderland (5:00)
04. The Christmas Song (7:12)
05. Christmas Time Is Here (Feat. Michael Watson) (4:15)
06. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (8:24)
07. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (3:27)
08. Christmas Time Is Here (Trio) (4:09)

Grammy award-winning trumpeter and bandleader, Irvin Mayfield, debuts his first album of holiday music with A New Orleans Creole Christmas, a collection of timeless classics reinterpreted by the widely renowned cultural ambassador of New Orleans. With his 12th release for Basin Street Records, Mayfield demonstrates his maturity as a player and arranger alongside The Jazz Playhouse Revue.
The album blends traditional-style playing on the upbeat rendition of 'O Tannenbaum O Christmas Tree' with soulful, gospel-inspired versions of 'Silent Night' and 'Winter Wonderland', and melodic, modern jazz renditions of favorites such as 'The Christmas Song' and 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. Michael Watson graces the listener with his velvet singing voice on the Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson classic, 'Christmas Time is Here'.
Highlighting the acumen of these fine musicians, A New Orleans Creole Christmas was recorded in true jazz fashion, as a 'live' session at Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
A New Orleans Creole Christmas is sure to delight the serious jazz listener as well as families looking to enjoy a fresh take on their favorite Christmas melodies.

Personnel:
Irvin Mayfield - Trumpet
Derek Douget - Soprano and
Tenor Saxophones
Jason Marshall - Baritone Saxophone
Vincent Gardner - Trombone
Jon Chin - Piano
Peter Harris - Bass
Adonis Rose - Drums
Michael Watson - Vocals
Ronald Markham - Piano

A New Orleans Creole Christmas

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DR Big Band (Feat. Sinne Eeg & Bobo Moreno) - Merry Christmas Baby

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 54:29
Size: 124.7 MB
Styles: Holiday
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Merry Christmas, Baby
[5:01] 2. Sleigh Ride
[3:45] 3. White Christmas
[4:15] 4. Let It Snow
[3:02] 5. Winter Wonderland
[4:03] 6. Baby It's Cold Outside
[4:12] 7. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
[4:20] 8. Last Christmas
[6:09] 9. The Christmas Song
[4:01] 10. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
[2:58] 11. Jingle Bell Rock
[6:00] 12. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
[3:12] 13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

What a better way to have the sound of Christmas, than to listen to the great American Christmas song book? On 'Merry Christmas, Baby', the famous DR Big Band with jazz stars Sinne Eeg and Bobo Moreno swings through big band renditions of songs such as Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer, White Christmas, Let it Snow and many more. An album that you will love to listen to every Christmas for many years to come.

Merry Christmas Baby

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Jakki Ford - A Jakki Ford Christmas: Her Favorite Things

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 114.6 MB
Styles: Holiday
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. My Favorite Things
[3:04] 2. Christmas Blues
[3:46] 3. The Christmas Song
[4:26] 4. Grown Up Christmas List
[3:04] 5. Santa Baby
[5:36] 6. Little Drummer Boy / Do You Hear (Medley)
[3:53] 7. What Child Is This
[5:40] 8. We Three Kings / God Rest Ye (Medley)
[6:38] 9. Breath Of Heaven
[6:01] 10. White Christmas Medley
[3:40] 11. My Favorite Things (Instrumental)

Jakki Ford is an accomplished and versatile performing artist. She enjoys a growing reputation, nationally and internationally, as an outstanding vocalist with a 4-octave vocal range. As a professional actress and talented dancer, she is widely recognized for her artistic sensitivity, gracefulness and extraordinary magnetism on stage, television and film.

Jakki holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, majoring in Speech and Theater, and has completed many post-graduate courses in Vocal, Music and Drama at the University of Nevada, Reno, learning from acclaimed Master Artists. She has sung with the University Choral and Symphonic Choirs, toured the United States singing back-up for a major recording artist and joined the Nevada Opera Company as First Soprano in Verdi's Italian opera, Macbeth. Jakki will perform in the season's upcoming French production, Samson and Delilah.

Jakki commands a dynamic versatility of vocal styles that inspire, dazzle and delight audiences. She offers an exciting freshness to her interpretations of the many musical styles she presents, including popular music, Bosa Nova, Jazz, Motown, Gospel, Rock & Roll and Broadway, among others. Audiences become entranced with her exquisitely unique and totally delightful renditions of these often sung lyrics, which she seems to weave into her own personal tapestry of sound that reaches into the soul of each listener. And then, when the audience catches its breath, the applause begins and the encores are given. Then as she leaves, she turns and smiles her lovely smile, and the audience roars again.

Her favorites - the audiences, too - include compositions by Cole Porter, Gershwin, Loesser and Mercer, which she sings in coffee shops and cabarets. She has been the back-up singer for Rosemary Clooney at Carnegie Hall in New York, and has been featured in multi-million dollar spectaculars at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas, in addition to singing Rock & Roll with Chubby Checker at the Nugget.

A Jakki Ford Christmas: Her Favorite Things

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Michael Bubble - Christmas, Just The Two Of Us (Special Deluxe Edition)

Size: 103,7 MB
Time: 38:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Baby It's Cold Outside (With Amy Taylor) (2:25)
02. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (1:34)
03. Blue Christmas (2:13)
04. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:29)
05. I'll Be Home For Christmas (With Claire Taylor) (2:22)
06. The Little Drummer Boy (With Matt Alexander) (3:26)
07. Santa Baby (With Claire Taylor) (3:27)
08. Merry Christmas Everyone (3:16)
09. Rockin Around The Christmas Tree (2:04)
10. Somethin' Stupid (With Claire Taylor) (2:46)
11. Silent Night (3:06)
12. All I Want For Christmas (3:56)
13. Let It Snow (With A.L. Martinez) (1:53)
14. White Christmas (2:16)

Michael Bubble is THE swing music performer from the UK. NOT to be confused with the young pretender Mr Bublé, Michael Bubble has been in the business of swing music since the mid 1980's and has toured extensively around Europe. Michael had previously released all his music on formats such as CD, Vinyl, and even Cassette (Remember them?), before making his debut on Itunes and other digital sites in July 2011 with the hugely successful album 'Forever, For Now'. He is currently in the process of releasing his follow-up album, and playing dates around the UK.

Christmas, Just The Two Of Us

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Jeff Wyatt - My Christmas Guitar

Size: 86,0 MB
Time: 36:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Vocals, Holiday
Label: Cardboard Alley Music
Art: Front

01. Go Tell It On The Mountain (Instrumental) (4:04)
02. What Child Is This (3:34)
03. The First Noel (4:42)
04. Christmas Guitar Medley: Good King Wenceslas/Joy To The World/Jingle Bells/Silent Night (4:57)
05. Oh Holy Night (5:55)
06. Oh Christmas Tree (3:13)
07. Silent Night (4:18)
08. Auld Lang Syne (1:50)
09. Go Tell It On The Mountain (4:04)

My Christmas Guitar, Jeff’s November 2014 release, is a contemporary approach to traditional Christmas favorites, with an obvious emphasis on guitar as the featured instrument. Electric and acoustic, finger-style and slide; the guitar playing styles vary, but the BLUES influence is evident?

“My work has been described to me as an interesting mix of styles resembling that of artists like Ry Cooder, David Wilcox, Mark Knopfler, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash, Gordon Lightfoot, Jeff Beck and others. Well,...I'm truly humbled at the mere thought of any such remote comparisons to these musical giants. Personally I just think I sound like me,... whatever that is,... however, all those personalities have certainly influenced my playing and writing.”

Jeff, originally from the Saskatchewan prairies (where he performed with the popular 70's prairie band EDEN), has been involved with the Canadian west coast music scene (writing, recording and performing live) since 1991, prior to his 24 year involvement with the Canadian prairie music scene.

My Christmas Guitar

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New York Voices - Let It Snow

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:26
Size: 115.5 MB
Styles: Holiday
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. Let It Snow
[4:58] 2. Christmas Time
[4:43] 3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
[1:35] 4. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
[3:21] 5. We Three Kings
[2:29] 6. Holiday For Strings
[2:34] 7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
[2:59] 8. Sleepers, Wake!
[5:21] 9. O Come, All Ye Faithful
[5:45] 10. The Merry Medley (Man With The Bag, I'd Like You For Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)
[6:38] 11. I Wonder As I Wander
[4:26] 12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
[2:01] 13. Silent Night

New York Voices has fashioned a Christmas album that honors beloved traditional and sacred classics as well as secular favorites, while incorporating sophisticated jazz and swing elements. This highly anticipated recording features the highly acclaimed vocal quartet in a cappella, swinging big band, and lush studio orchestra settings, making this a must have for the holidays!

Peter Eldridge – Vocals; Lauren Kinhan – Vocals; Darmon Meader – Vocals, Soprano Sax; Kim Nazarian – Vocals.

Let It Snow

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Shakatak - Snowflakes & Jazzamatazz

Size: 103,6+102,2 MB
Time: 43:47+43:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Smooth Jazz, Holiday, Easy Listening
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Happy Christmas From Shakatak (0:05)
02. Happy Christmas To Ya! (3:29)
03. Jingle Bells (3:44)
04. Silent Night (4:14)
05. Sing (Little One) (3:39)
06. The Christmas Song (3:34)
07. When You Wish Upon A Star (3:16)
08. Winter Wonderland (3:04)
09. A Christmas Dream (3:32)
10. Auld Lang Syne (4:34)
11. Away In A Manger (3:06)
12. Blue Christmas (3:56)
13. Christmas Eve (3:28)

CD 2:
01. White Christmas (3:09)
02. Christmas Time Again (4:34)
03. Christmas With You (3:54)
04. Christmas In Rio (4:27)
05. Merry Christmas In Summer (4:47)
06. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (4:06)
07. Good King Wenceslas (3:53)
08. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (3:10)
09. Lonely On Christmas Day (3:02)
10. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:36)
11. Silent Eve (4:17)
12. Happy Christmas From Shakatak (Jill's Christmas Message) (0:14)

Shakatak have enjoyed a level of success and career longevity rarely paralleled in contemporary music – but then Shakatak is a particularly unusual group.

Because of the nature of their music, their fan base is one that is far reaching while always retaining an ‘underground element’. This paradox sees the band, who are known primarily as serious jazz/funk musicians, enjoying both high ‘cult’ status and instant recognition as a household name.

After a number of successful top-twenty singles in the UK, the band went on to score unprecedented international success with the release of the classic ‘Nightbirds” recording and the title track has now become a standard in the popular music repertoire. This success was repeated with the top-ten hit “Down on the Street and the award-winning video established the band’s personnel of Jill Saward(lead vocs), Bill Sharpe(keys),Keith Winter(gtr), George Anderson(bass) and Roger Odell(drums). With the magic Al Jarreau/Shakatak combination,the group went on to record the track ‘Day by Day’ to further international acclaim.

Along with this successful recording career, Shakatak had firmly established themselves as a vibrant live act, combining astute musicianship with a sense of fun that communicated strongly with world-wide audiences. Their performance in Japan’s Budoken Hall won them a Silver Award at the Tokyo International Song Festival-other awards include the “Best Instrumental Album’ for 6 consecutive years-and other live concerts of note have been the East meets the West Border Concert at the time of German re-unificationin 1989 and the open air concert in Cape Town for the Millennium Celebrations 2000 where they played in front of 250,000 people.

The long run of continuous success was brought to a halt when guitarist Keith Winter became seriously ill and was forced to stop playing. It took Keith a long while to redirect his energies but he is now a very successful website designer and remains very much a part of the Shakatak team by designing and maintaining the website. Eventually the band re-organised and the remaining four members now augment their live shows with Jacqui Hicks (b.vocs,sax&flute) or Debby Bracknell (b.vocs&flute) and Alan Wormald (gtr&b.vocs).

Shakatak - Snowflakes & Jazzamatazz CD 1, CD 2

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Brook Benton - A Jammin' Christmas Time

Size: 74,7 MB
Time: 31:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues Soul, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Beautiful Memories (3:01)
02. Christmas Makes The Town (2:37)
03. Child (3:17)
04. I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas (2:53)
05. Merry Christmas All (2:36)
06. Blue Decorations (3:32)
07. I've Got The Christmas Spirit (3:56)
08. Decorate The Night (3:26)
09. This Time Of The Year (2:36)
10. When A Child Is Born (3:45)

Silky smooth: that was Brook Benton's byword from his first record to his very last, as the singer parlayed his rich baritone pipes into seven number one R&B hits and eight Top Ten items. Stints on the gospel circuit preceded Benton's first secular session for Okeh in 1953, but his career didn't begin to take off until he teamed with writer/producer Clyde Otis. Benton co-wrote and sang hundreds of demos for other artists before frequent collaborator Otis signed his friend to Mercury; together they pioneered a lush, violin-studded variation on the standard R&B sound, which beautifully showcased Benton's intimate vocals.

Benton crashed the top spot on the R&B charts in early 1959 with his moving "It's Just a Matter of Time," then rapidly encored with three more R&B chart-toppers: "Thank You Pretty Baby," "So Many Ways," and "Kiddio." Pairing with Mercury labelmate Dinah Washington, their delightful repartee on "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way" paced the R&B lists in 1960.

The early '60s were a prolific period for Benton, but he left Mercury a few years later and bounced between labels before reemerging with the atmospheric Tony Joe White ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia" on Cotillion in 1970. Benton later made a halfhearted attempt to cash in on the disco craze, but his hitmaking reign was at an end long before his death in 1988.

A Jammin' Christmas Time

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Larry Carlton - Four Hands & A Heart Christmas

Size: 86,3 MB
Time: 36:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz: Smooth Jazz, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:51)
02. Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel (4:14)
03. The Christmas Song (6:05)
04. Angels We Have Heard On High (4:47)
05. Silent Night (4:09)
06. Away In A Manger (4:04)
07. The First Noel (3:53)
08. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:09)
09. We Three Kings (3:34)

Using the same technique and style from the Grammy nominated “Four Hands & A Heart Volume One” Larry Carlton creates a unique composition of classic Holiday songs that will put you in the Christmas spirit.

Larry Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, blues, pop, and rock guitarist. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands. Over his career, Carlton has won four Grammy Awards for his performances and compositions, including performing on the theme song for the television series Hill Street Blues (1981)

Four Hands & A Heart Christmas

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Rae Ann Perez - Christmas Right Here

Size: 104,0 MB
Time: 44:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Winter Wonderland (2:47)
02. Christmas Right Here (3:40)
03. Christmas In The Sun (4:16)
04. The Christmas Waltz (2:49)
05. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:48)
06. I Like The Elves (3:09)
07. Road Trip To The North Pole (4:07)
08. The Christmas Song (5:19)
09. Twelve Days (4:11)
10. Christmas Time Is Here (3:12)
11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:03)
12. Child Of God (3:57)

Since her last well received album, Midnight In Paris, Rae Ann Perez has been forging ahead with new and powerful music in a style all her own. Midnight In Paris gained international acclaim creating a worldwide, Rae Ann Perez following.
This latest release, Christmas Right Here, shows her adept style taking Christmas Music and making it an expression of love for her natural style of music. The album features catchy new arrangements of Christmas classics and new original tunes in a jazzy, latin, pop feel. Modern and fresh with rhythmic changes that will keep you interested in whats next.
Christmas Right Here will be your new go to favorite at the Holidays.

Christmas Right Here

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Ana Velinova - December Wishing EP

Size: 50,4 MB
Time: 21:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (4:12)
02. December Wishing (3:31)
03. Snowfall (4:56)
04. Find Someone To Love (3:58)
05. Peace (5:00)

A Different Kind of Holiday Jazz Album: In times of great global turmoil, Ana Velinova offers a different kind of holiday album with a selection of songs on universal themes of Peace, Unity and Love. Backed up by the extraordinary talents of Marc Seales on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass, and Byron Vannoy on drums, Velinova pays tribute to Horace Silver with 'Peace' and also features her original compositions 'December Wishing' and 'Find Someone To Love.' With this special holiday production Velinova aims to inspire people from all social and spiritual backgrounds.

December Wishing

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Blue Rodeo - A Merrie Christmas To You

Size: 84,1 MB
Time: 35:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Country Rock, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Jesus Christ (2:39)
02. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:54)
03. If We Make It Through December (2:35)
04. River (4:43)
05. O Come All Ye Faithful (3:40)
06. Getting Ready For Christmas Day (4:20)
07. Glad To Be Alive (3:55)
08. Home To You This Christmas (3:20)
09. Song For A Winter's Night (3:04)
10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3:29)

While we may all have ghouls and ghosts on our minds right now thanks to the rapidly approaching Halloween, Blue Rodeo are looking further ahead with their newly announced holiday album A Merrie Christmas to You. The upcoming festival offering will arrive both physically and digitally on Tuesday (November 4) through Warner.

Although the album includes a couple of well-known Christmas tunes — "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" — the rest are a slightly more modern. There are covers of Joni Mitchell, Big Star, Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, the Band and more. There are also two Blue Rodeo originals: Jim Cuddy's brand-new "Home to You This Christmas" and a re-recording of Greg Keelor's "Glad to Be Alive."

The album was recorded in a week at their very own Woodshed Studio in Toronto. Each song was captured live.

"The songs are as much about the season as they are about the actual day," Cuddy said in a statement about the selection of material. "The criteria for choosing material were to find songs that we could actually sing and make our own." ~By Alex Hudson

A Merrie Christmas To You

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Joey DeFrancesco - Home For The Holidays

Size: 138,4+100,6 MB
Time: 59:08+40:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz, Holiday
Art: Front

CD 1: The Party
01. Mistletoe And Holly (3:01)
02. Home For The Holidays (4:36)
03. Baby It's Cold Outside (4:03)
04. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (4:23)
05. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (6:42)
06. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve Backup (4:16)
07. Christmas At 3 A.M (4:45)
08. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (4:48)
09. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:36)
10. The Christmas Song (5:15)
11. Merry Christmas Baby (4:21)
12. I'll Be Home For Christmas (4:50)
13. Blue Christmas (4:26)

CD 2: The Tradition
01. Joy To The World (2:21)
02. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (4:09)
03. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (4:01)
04. We Three Kings (4:46)
05. O Come All Ye Faithful (2:45)
06. Silent Night (5:12)
07. What Child Is This (5:24)
08. Away In A Manger (3:15)
09. The First Noel (3:58)
10. O Holy Night (4:05)

Keyboardist Joey DeFrancesco will release his first Christmas album, Home for the Holidays, Oct. 28 on JD Music on October 28. The recording, jointly produced by Joey and his wife Gloria DeFrancesco, is a double album featuring traditional Christmas songs such as “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer,” “Merry Christmas Baby,” “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” and “Blue Christmas” plus new, original DeFrancesco compositions: the title track, “Home for the Holidays,” and “Christmas at 3 a.m.”

On various tracks DeFrancesco performs solo, with his trio, quartet and quintet. The core Trio comprises guitarist Jeff Parker, drummer George Fludas and DeFrancesco on Hammond organ, with guest musicians in other configurations including John Webber on bass, Jerry Weldon and George Coleman Sr. on tenor saxophones, and George Coleman Jr. on drums. Two songs recorded in California, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” feature Roman Banda (drums), Jose ‘Papo’ Rodriguez (percussion), Steve Wilkerson (flute) and Tony Banda (bass). DeFrancesco also plays piano and trumpet, and sings on “Blue Christmas” and “Merry Christmas Baby.”

Home For The Holidays CD 1
Home For The Holidays CD 2

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