RAY BROWN TRIO & GUESTS: Christmas Songs

RAY BROWN TRIO & Guests: Christmas Songs
O grande Ray Brown, referência absoluta e definitiva do contrabaixo no jazz, reúne um "timaço" de músicos, cantores e cantoras, para registrar clássicos da música natalina.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Ray Brown's got the right idea about making Christmas music: swing it, shout it, blues it up and down, riff with it, and, above all, never let it become boring. With a handful of top-line jazz vocalists on board, and a sax and guitar sitting in with the trio, he and his cool company can't miss the mirth of improvising or the mistletoe magic of rejuvenating a baker's dozen seasonal standards. Dee Dee Bridgewater demonstrates her versatility on "Away in a Manager" while the sublime Diana Krall scats with the creeping bass line on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." With Nancy King, Etta Jones, Marlena Shaw, Vanessa Rubin, and Kevin Mahogany singing, Brown delivers the goods musically (just check out his lyrical work on "Rudolph.").
~Martin Keller (amazon.com)
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MINHA OPINIÃO: com esse "dream team", só pode ser OURO EM PÓ!
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PERSONNEL:
Ray Brown - bass
Geoff Keezer -- piano
Gregory Hutchinson -- drums
Russell Malone -- guitar
Ralph Moore -- tenor saxophone
Dee Dee Bridgewater -- vocal
Diana Krall -- vocal
Nancy King -- vocal
Etta Jones -- vocal
Kevin Mahogany -- vocal
Marlena Shaw -- vocal

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
01 - Away in a Manger
02 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
03 - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
04 - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
05 - Little Drummer Boy
06 - The Christmas Song
07 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
08 - Winter Wonderland
09 - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
10 - O Tannenbaum
11 - Jingle Bells
12 - White Christmas
13 - The Christmas Rap