A Dave Brubeck Christmas
A Dave Brubeck Christmas | |
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Studio album by Dave Brubeck | |
Released | Sep 17, 1996 |
Recorded | June 6 and 8, 1996 |
Studio | Ambient Recording Studio Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Genre | Jazz, Christmas music |
Length | 55:28 |
Label | Telarc Jazz Tone #83410[1] |
Producer | John Snyder, Russell Gloyd |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
A Dave Brubeck Christmas is an album by Dave Brubeck, released in 1996 on Telarc.
Recording
A collection of solo piano pieces, the album was recorded at Ambient Recording Studio in Stamford, Connecticut, between June 6 and 8, 1996. Brubeck also contributed the album's liner notes.[2]
In addition to several Christmas classics, Brubeck included two original compositions, "Run, Run, Run to Bethlehem" and "To Us Is Given."[2]
Reception
In his review, Ken Dryden of AllMusic called "Joy to the World" and "Winter Wonderland" "treasures" and stated that the entire CD is "worth repeated hearings."[2] The album made the top 10 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart,[5] and was listed among the best-selling jazz albums of 1997.[6]
The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | ""Homecoming" Jingle Bells" | 3:20 |
2. | "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" | 3:38 |
3. | "Joy to the World" | 2:53 |
4. | "Away in a Manger" | 5:03 |
5. | "Winter Wonderland" | 4:19 |
6. | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" | 5:34 |
7. | "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)" | 3:27 |
8. | "To Us Is Given" | 3:32 |
9. | "O Tannenbaum" | 3:35 |
10. | "Silent Night" | 4:53 |
11. | "Cantos Para Pedir las Posadas" | 3:59 |
12. | "Run, Run, Run to Bethlehem" | 3:48 |
13. | ""Farewell" Jingle Bells" | 2:59 |
14. | "The Christmas Song" | 4:28 |
Personnel
Production
- Tom Bender - technical assistance
- Anilda Carrasquillo - art direction, cover design
- Russell Gloyd, John Snyder - producer
- Kenneth Hamann - engineer
- Elaine Martone - production supervisor
- Tom McCluskey - editing
- Jack Renner - engineer
- Robert Woods - executive producer
References
- ^ Dicaire, David (2006). Jazz Musicians, 1945 to the Present. McFarland. p. 84. ISBN 9780786485574. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c d A Dave Brubeck Christmas at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Top Jazz Albums". Billboard. December 14, 1996. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Jazz - The Year To Date Chart". Billboard. June 28, 1997. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ A Dave Brubeck Christmas - Awards at AllMusic
- v
- t
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- Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956)
- Plays and Plays and... (1957)
- Just You, Just Me (1994)
- A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
- One Alone (2000)
- Dave Brubeck Octet (1950)
- Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)
- Brubeck à la mode (1960)
- Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, 1961)
- The Real Ambassadors (with Louis Armstrong, 1962)
- Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)
- Time In (1966)
- Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)
- Jackpot! (1968)
- Two Generations of Brubeck (1973)
- Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974)
- 1975: The Duets (with Paul Desmond, 1975)
- All the Things We Are (1976)
- In Their Own Sweet Way (1995)
- Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995)
- To Hope! A Celebration (1996)
- The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. (1998)
Quartet
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
- Jazz at Oberlin (1953)
- Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953)
- Jazz Goes to College (1954)
- Brubeck Time (1955)
- Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955)
- Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956)
- Dave Digs Disney (1957)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958)
- Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958)
- Newport 1958 (1958)
- Gone with the Wind (1959)
- Time Out (1959)
- Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960)
- Brubeck and Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, 1960)
- Tonight Only! (with Carmen McRae, 1960)
- Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1961)
- Time Further Out (1961)
- Brubeck in Amsterdam (1962)
- Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962)
- Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963)
- At Carnegie Hall (1963)
- Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964)
- Time Changes (1964)
- Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)
- Angel Eyes (1965)
- My Favorite Things (1965)
- Anything Goes! (1966)
- Buried Treasures (1967)
- The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967)
- 25th Anniversary Reunion (1977)
- Tritonis (1980)
- Paper Moon (1982)
- The Great Concerts (1988)
- So What's New? (1998)
- The Crossing (2000)
- Park Avenue South (2002)
- London Flat, London Sharp (2005)
Mulligan
- Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
- 5079 Brubeck