Holiday Jazz - CD Reviews (45)
A Cellar Live Christmas, recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, offers the irresistible groove of classic B-3 organ groups and the indefinable, everlasting appeal …
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What has Joe Gransden done this time? Well, like always, he as given us another great recording of great music. So what’s new this time around? Take what Mr. Gran…
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Plenty of music exists to excite families about the Christmas holidays, particularly when they step into a retail store anytime between Halloween and Christmas day itself. …
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Telarc International has combined its resources, orchestral and jazz, to offers holiday listeners a treat that features once again the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Under the …
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A Charlie Brown Christmas is so well known that there is no need to describe the songs or the performances on the album. Indeed, the music of this annual Chri…
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Jazz Yule Love II is a jazz album first and a Christmas album second. And that’s a rarity. The reverse is usually true. Normally, singers and musicians decide to rec…
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Can a Hoosier make your Christmas special? Apparently so as the CD Christmastime Is Here clearly demonstrates. The Indiana University Singing Hoosiers under the d…
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If you enjoy relaxing jazz music that sets the mood for seasonal reflection and perhaps stirs up happy memories, then Christmas Break relaxing jazz for the holidays
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Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada is not exactly a name synonymous with jazz music but this year you will do well to add Sandy Foster’s Spruce It Up to your list of…
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Cellar Live Records, which has been quietly building a very strong catalogue of Canadian jazz artists, give us another quality recording with the Cellar Live Christma…
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Over the years, there have been a lot of jazz Christmas albums recorded, but this is one of the best. The session was recorded live in December, 2005 at The Cellar in Vanco…
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Gemini Soul consists of two members, Jon O’ Bergh and Andre Marcel Ajamu Akinyele. They have been compared to such amazing artists as Sade, MeShell Ndegeocello, Prince, and…
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Okay, by now most all of us have seen or heard this disc, and it's become one of the best sellers of the holiday season. So the question remains: should Diana Krall's ne…
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Celebrated and ultra-talented jazz singer Jane Monheit presents her first holiday-themed collection with The Season. Her sultry voice has been compared to the l…
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Anita Baker, who vanished from the commercial music scene for a decade to tend to family matters and attain some peace of mind, is making up for lost time, that’s for sure.…
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2005 seems to be a banner year for fine Christmas recordings. Here's another to add to your Christmas stocking. Pennsylvania songstress, Barbara Montgomery, offers h…
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We all know about Martha Stewart, and we all have varied opinions about her and everything associated with her. So, when you see a Holiday Jazz compilation with her on t…
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Christmas albums can be like that fruitcake that your in-laws bring over every year, sugary sweet and impossible to digest and worst of all the taste stays in your mouth fo…
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It's always a special occasion when Odetta releases a new album. Gonna Let It Shine is Odetta's third CD for M.C. Records and it's a most welcome Christmas flavored …
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Pennsylvania pianist, David Leonhardt, offers jazz fans a traditional Christmas album with a personal twist. Leonhardt is a highly polished musician with fresh ideas. It's …
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