Christmas Songs (Diana Krall album)
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Christmas Songs is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs (not counting 1998's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas EP), and her first studio album with a big band. It is her ninth album overall.
Track listing
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 3:26
- "Let It Snow" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 4:02
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:24
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:15
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Cannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:08
- "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 3:35
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:54
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 4:19
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:32
- "What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 4:10
- "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
- "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" (Irving Berlin) – 3:41
Personnel
The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra:
- Jeff Hamilton - drums
- Robert Hurst - bass guitar
- Anthony Wilson - guitar
- Gerald Clayton - piano on Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- Tamir Hendelman - piano on Sleigh Ride, fender rhodes on What Are You Doing New Years Eve
- Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone, flute
- Keith Fiddmont - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Rickey Woodard - tenor saxophone solos, clarinet
- Charles Owens - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Adam Schroeder - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Rick Baptist - trumpet
- Sal Cracchiolo
- Clay Jenkins
- Gilberto Castellanos
- William Barnhart - trombone
- Ira Nepus
- George Bohanon
- Ryan Porter
- Tommy Johnson - tuba
- Rick Todd - french horn
- David Duke
- Joe Meyer
- Brad Warnaar
- Joe Porcaro - percussion
- John Clayton - arranger
- Johnny Mandel - arranger
Production
- Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall
- Recorded and mixed by Al Schmitt