Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas [Verve]

1. Child Is Born, A - Oscar Peterson
2. Christmas Medley / Carol Of The Bells / Melodies For The Day / O Sanctissimo - The Swingle Singers
3. Jingle Bells - Jimmy Smith
4. Secret of Christmas, The - Ella Fitzgerald
5. We Free Kings - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
6. Christmas Eve - Billy Eckstine
7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday
8. Ole Santa - Dinah Washington
9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Bill Evans
10. White Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
11. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
12. Christmas Song, The - Mel Torm
13. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Jimmy Smith
14. Silent Night - Dinah Washington
15. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 840 501
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This 15-track CD has something for everyone: the smooth vocal styling of Billy Eckstine on "Christmas Eve," and the purring Dinah Washington on the seductive "Ole Santa," and Ella Fitzgerald showing her soft and sentimental side on the single, "The Secret of Christmas." Billie Holiday, with help from Benny Carter and Sweets Edison, warms up the punch bowl with "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," while Sister Rosetta Tharpe raises the rafters on her powerful rendition of "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Jimmy Smith and his funky Hammond B3 invigorate "Jingle Bells," adding tympani and horns, he totally reinvents "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." ~ Dennis MacDonald