VA - Yule Struttin': A Blue Note Christmas (1990)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 309 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 MB
1:02:16 | Jazz, Bop, Post Bop, Big Band, Swing, Vocal, Cool Jazz, Holiday | Label: Blue Note
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 309 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 MB
1:02:16 | Jazz, Bop, Post Bop, Big Band, Swing, Vocal, Cool Jazz, Holiday | Label: Blue Note
This CD has ten performances of Christmas songs from 1990 plus a few earlier recordings (Chet Baker's "Winter Wonderland," Count Basie's "Jingle Bells," Dexter Gordon's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and Stanley Jordan's 1986 version of "Silent Night." With such top stars as Bobby Watson, Lou Rawls, Eliane Elias, Benny Green (who has two piano solos), Dianne Reeves, John Hart, John Scofield, Joey Calderazzo and Rick Margitza playing music not available elsewhere, this melodic CD is worth picking up. A particular highlight are two versions of "A Merrier Christmas," a previously unknown Thelonious Monk composition here performed separately by Benny Green and Dianne Reeves.