Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    DOL – DOS760H
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:    Europe
Released:    2017
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Holiday

A1        Jingle Bells
A2        Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
A3        Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
A4        What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
A5        Sleigh Ride
A6        The Christmas Song
B1        Good Morning Blues
B2        Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
B3        Winter Wonderland
B4        Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
B5        Frosty The Snow Man
B6        White Christmas
B7        We three Kings Of Orient Are*
B8        O Little Town Of Bethlehem*

Black Vinyl
Barcode: 889397670252

Personnel: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Frank DeVol And His Orchestra. Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York on July 15 & 16, 1960 and Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on August 5, 1960. Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a charming, warmly humorous -- and yes, swinging -- set of classic Christmas tunes. The program is familiar, from bouncy singalongs like "Jingle Bells" to slinky ballads like a downright sexy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," but Fitzgerald treats each song with exactly as much respect as it deserves. And so Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" is wistfully romantic and Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Let It Snow" is kittenishly enticing. As always, Norman Granz's production avoids the schlock that drowns some holiday sets. This is as good as jazz Christmas albums get.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: HOLIDAY
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 11/24/2017