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Merry Christmas! album Product Description
Merry Christmas! album by Stan Kenton was released Sep 16, 2003 on the Capitol Jazz label. When bandleader Stan Kenton was approached to record an album of holiday music in 1961 he agreed, on one condition -- no songs about singing snowmen or flying reindeer. Merry Christmas! songs The resulting album, A Merry Christmas, is a polyphonic masterpiece that is at once progressive and traditional. Merry Christmas! album Included are such well-known classics as "O Tannenbaum" and "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as well as lesser known gems like "The Holly and the Ivy" and "Once in Royal David's City." Featuring Kenton's idiosyncratic style of arranging piercing trumpets over a wooly blanket of trombones and mellophones, this is beautiful, forward-thinking and angular music that addresses both complex classical harmony and Basie-style swing. Merry Christmas! CD music Epitomizing this is the intricate and delicate harmonic dissonance on "O Come, All Ye Faithful," a must-hear for Kentonites. As a bonus, the album includes Kenton regular trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's stellar 1960 medley "Christmas for Moderns," which features the high-note master's hip takes on such other holiday nuggets as "White Christmas and "Jingle Bells." Fans should also get a kick out of Kenton's humorous 1963 spoken word piece "What Is Santa Claus?." ~ Matt Collar Recorded at Capitol Studios, Goldwyn Sound Stage, Los Angeles, Caifornia and Capitol Studios, New York, New York between October 14, 1960 & April 11, 1963. Merry Christmas! CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs. ...See Full Description
Stan Kenton - Merry Christmas! Album Track Listing
| 1 | O Tannenbaum See All 4 | 1:57 | $1.29 | |
| 2 | Holly And The Ivy See All 3 | 1:48 | $1.29 | |
| 3 | We Three Kings of Orient Are See All 4 | 2:12 | $1.29 | |
| 4 | Good King Wenceslas See All 4 | 1:44 | $1.29 | |
| 5 | Twelve Days of Christmas See All 3 | 4:03 | $1.29 | |
| 6 | Once in Royal David's City See All 3 | 2:05 | $1.29 | |
| 7 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen See All 3 | 1:43 | $1.29 | |
| 8 | O Come All Ye Faithful See All 3 | 3:11 | $1.29 | |
| 9 | Angels, We Have Heard on High See All 2 | 2:18 | $1.29 | |
| 10 | O Holy Night See All 3 | 2:06 | $1.29 | |
| 11 | Christmas Medley: Joy to the World/Away in a Manger/The First Noel: Joy To The World / Away In A Manger / The First Noel / We Wish You A Merry Christmas / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night | 8:17 | $1.29 | |
| 12 | What Is a Santa Claus? See All 4 | 2:29 | $1.29 | |
| 13 | Christmas for Moderns: The First Noel/White Christmas/O Come All ...: The First Noel / White Christmas / O Come All Ye Faithful / The Christmas Song / Silent Night / Jingle Bells with Maynard Ferguson | 7:04 | $1.29 | |
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Merry Christmas! music CDs Customer Reviews
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| True Kenton fan After having lost this as an LP years ago and its not being readily available I am extremely happy to have it in my grasp again. It is an excellent example of brass ensemble writing (along with a jazz rhythm section) By Cmrsax (Lee's Summit, Mo)  |
| Music's 5 stars but Capitol wrecked the audio... Some of my all-time favorite brass ANY time of the year! BUT why did they put this beautifully recorded music through that horrible digital process that leaves a kind of shimmering, key jingling effect? No, it's not Christmas chimes. Just listen closely to O Tannenbaum; you'll hear it during the quieter passages. It scares me to think Capitol/EMI would let that sort of mastering mediocrity hit the streets. Oh, well, you get what you pay for... but is tampered-with and ruined audio worth ANY cheap-o price? And I've heard this awful process disfiguring other great classics from the '50s-'60s Capitol catalog. That's it, no more "Capitol Punishment" for my CD buck. Hey, I'm sorry to be a Scrooge about this, but this tomfoolery has got to stop--just give us [the gift of] music, the unprocessed original audio! Like the Japanese do. And with that I bid you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS, even if that may offend some of your politically correct fannies. By mdmartin (Rochester, NY, USA) |
| This is a must have for Kenton Fans Long-time Stan Kenton fan. I wanted a CD of the Kenton Christmas and found this online. Great additional tracks including Maynard Ferguson's Christmas For Moderns. By chuckrunkle (Reading, PA)  |
| Great Value & Music for the Christmas Season! At this price you can't loose. Great Stan Kenton with the Melephoniums. These are instuments that sound a bit like french horns but louder. Christmas Carols like you've never heard before. Great Capital Records recording. The bonus track of Maynard Ferguson will knock your socks off!! By a reviewer (Edmonton, Alberta)  |
| A Seasonal Classic This album is a textbook example of how Christmas music can be arranged and performed in unique ways. The Carmichael & Kenton arrangements have maintained their reverence towards this time of year while demonstrating that Stan Kenton was very much ahead of his time. It is hard to believe that the recording of the original LP took place in the early 1960's! This album is a wonderful tribute to how well-written music will always stand up to time. A truly wonderful album. By drice8 (Round Rock, TX, USA)  |
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