Putumayo Presents - New Orleans Christmas
Title Of Album: Putumayo Presents - New Orleans Christmas
Year Of Release: 2006
Type: CD
Label: Putumayo World Music
Genre: Jazz
Quality: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 00: 41:31
Total Size: 92 MB
Tracklist:
01. Big Al Carson with Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (3:32)
02. James Andrews - Christmas In New Orleans (4:08)
03. Ingrid Lucia - Zat You, Santa Claus (3:54)
04. Heritage Hall Jazz Band with Gregg Stafford - Silver Bells (4:03)
05. Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz - I'll Be Home For Christmas (2:42)
06. Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band - Please Come Home For Christmas (3:51)
07. Ellis Marsalis - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (3:07)
08. John Boutté - White Christmas (3:09)
09. Topsy Chapman with Lars Edegran & His Santa Claus Revelers - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (4:50)
10. New Birth Brass Band - Santa's Second Line (4:14)
11. Dukes Of Dixieland - Holiday Time In New Orleans (4:01)
This bright little compilation of Christmas tunes done New Orleans style takes on a little extra poignancy given the city's continued efforts to rebuild and rebound from the tremendous destruction that came with the landfall of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. But hurricane or not, Christmas is a time of celebration, and the musicians of New Orleans have never had any kind of problem with celebrating, so a kind of reaffirmation is at work here that is cool to hear. Among the highlights are Big Al Carson and Lars Edegran's jazzed-up version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," singer James Andrews' hybrid jazz and R&B approach (which owes more than a little to Louis Armstrong) on "Christmas in New Orleans," and the delightfully ragged, loose and joyous "Santa's Second Line" by the New Birth Brass Band, which also features some improvised singing from Andrews in the outro. This isn't the end-all and be-all of Christmas collections, but it has a refreshing feel of normalcy, and that, given all that New Orleans has been through, is a comfort. ~ Steve Leggett
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