Michael Buble Let It Snow CD

Personnel: Michael Buble; John Chiodini (guitar); Randy Waldman, David Foster (keyboards); Brian Bromberg (bass); Dave Tull (drums).
Personnel: Michael Bublé (vocals); Randy Napoleon, John Chidini (guitar); Mark Small, Robert Wilkerson (alto saxophone); Frank Basile (baritone saxophone); Bryan Lipps, Justin Ray (trumpet); Joshua Brown, Nick Vagenas (trombone); Alan Chang (piano); Randy Weldman, David Foster (keyboards); Brian Bromberg, Craig Polasko (bass guitar); David Tull, Robert Perkins (drums); Jumaane Smith (guiro).
Following the release of his self-titled debut disc, Michael Bublé capped off 2003 by issuing an EP of snow-covered songs that acted as a holiday postscript to his previous recordings. Although Let It Snow doesn't shed any new light on these five Christmas chestnuts, the combination of Bublé's Sinatra-lite croon and pretty arrangements creates a lovely holiday ambience that will be a cozy addition to any winter evening. The most successful song in the set is producer David Foster's own "Grown-Up Christmas List," which is slowly becoming a holiday favorite thanks to its classic standard sound and hopeful message. Bublé's subtle version, with its delicate orchestral accompaniment, allows the song's pretty melody to shine through like a beloved ornament on the tree. The remaining tracks offer up basic ballads like "White Christmas," with only the opening title track providing a mildly upbeat flavor. Until Michael Bublé can swing his way through a full meal of holiday songs, Let It Snow offers a few tasty appetizers for the yuletide days. ~ Aaron Latham
After establishing himself as the 21st century Harry Connick, Jr., young vocalist Michael Buble made his recording-debut year a prolific one, by capping it off with this five-song Christmas EP, in addition to his pair of full-length releases from earlier in 2003. Like Mr. Connick (who hadn't exactly thrown in the towel himself at that point, releasing his own Christmas album a month-and-a-half earlier) Buble aims to extend the classic Frank Sinatra-style approach to pop music well beyond the life-spans of its first-generation exponents. Accordingly, he lends his smooth-as-silk voice and tasteful phrasing to evergreens (no pun intended) such as "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" and Mel Torme's immortal "Christmas Song," atop a mixture of string orchestrations and lightly jazzy backing. To prove that the clock hasn't stopped on this sort of thing, there's an original holiday tune here as well ("Grown-Up Christmas List"), pointing the way forward for Buble's brand of Yuletide crooning.