Let It Swing: A Jazz Christmas With Verve

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Annotation last modified on 2013-12-26 16:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1’Zat You, Santa Claus? (single version)
recording of:
Zat You, Santa Claus? (on 1953-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Fox
publisher:
Broude Brothers Limited
Louis Armstrong & The Commanders2:39
2Baby It’s Cold Outside
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1948 song by Frank Loesser)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1949 winner)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan2:43
3The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)
Mel Tormé2:43
4Silent Night (single version)
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Dinah Washington2:22
5Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Bill Evans4:24
6Winter Wonderland
Shirley Horn4:09
7Jingle Bells
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
drums (drum set):
Bill Hart (on 1964-04-20)
guitar:
Quentin Warren (on 1964-04-20)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1964-04-20)
arranger:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
instrumental recording of:
Jingle Bells (from 1964-04-20 until 1964-04-29)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Jimmy Smith3:11
8Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Stephen Scott & Mark Whitfield5:28
9Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Joe Williams4:36
10O Little Town of Bethlehem
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:26
11The Little Drummer Boy
Kenny Burrell3:32
12Frosty the Snowman
Roy Hargrove & Christian McBride3:56
13A Child Is Born
recording of:
A Child Is Born
lyricist:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
composer:
Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter)
publisher:
D'accord Music
version of:
A Child Is Born (Original instrumental version)
Oscar Peterson2:35
14What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
cover recording of:
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Frank Music Corp. (in 1947) and MPL Music Publishing Inc. (in 1947)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Devol Orchestra3:32
15God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Jimmy Smith4:19
16A Christmas Toast
Bing Crosby, Jack Halloran Singers & Les Brown and His Orchestra2:50
17Double Decker (Deck the Halls)
Christian McBride3:23
18Carol of the Bells
instrumental recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
David Benoit3:41
19I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Stephen Scott4:54
20Christmas Cheer
Abbey Lincoln & Roy Hargrove4:52
21My Little Drum
Vince Guaraldi Trio3:11
22Christmas Eve
Billy Eckstine3:02
23Here Comes Santa Claus
Ramsey Lewis Trio2:41
24Some Children See Him
Dave Grusin5:32
25Home for the Holidays
Nicholas Payton, Ron Blake & Betty Carter4:31
26This Christmas
Christian McBride & Abbey Lincoln4:42
27Feliz Navidad
Tom Scott4:17
28Merry Christmas Baby
Kenny Burrell3:23
29It’s Christmas Time Again (single version)
recording of:
It’s Christmas Time Again
writer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader), John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott) and James K. Harwood (songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Peggy Lee2:59
30Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1960-07-15)
orchestra:
Frank De Vol Orchestra (on 1960-07-15)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1960-07-15)
arranger:
Frank De Vol
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1960-07-15)
cover recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (on 1960-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank Devol Orchestra22:52