Big Band Holidays

Put some swing in your holiday season with BIG BAND HOLIDAYS from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The first holiday album ever released by DownBeat Readers Poll’s Best Big Band of 2013 & 2014, BIG BAND HOLIDAYS is sure to become a classic. Featuring original big band arrangements of timeless favorites including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “We Three Kings” and “White Christmas.” Culled from three years of live concerts, the album also boasts a number of special guest vocalists. This beautiful album is sure to be the most talked-about gift under everyone’s tree. 

Nine-time GRAMMY Award winner and Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO are joined by special guest vocalists Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, and René Marie on what's sure to become a holiday classic. This holiday season, there's no better gift than this beautiful deluxe package featuring jazzy renditions of family holiday favorites.

Track listing:
1. Jingle Bells
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant
3. White Christmas
4. ’Zat You, Santa Claus? feat. René Marie
5. A Cradle in Bethlehem feat. Gregory Porter
6.  We Three Kings
7. What Child Is This? feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant
8. Merry Christmas Baby feat. Gregory Porter
9. It’s Easy to Blame the Weather feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant
10. I’ll Be Home for Christmas feat. René Marie
11. Good Morning Blues feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant
12. Band Introductions

Personnel:
REEDS 
Sherman Irby - alto & soprano saxophones, flute, piccolo, clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Walter Blanding - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet, oboe
Joe Temperley - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Paul Nedzela - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet

TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor 
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis

TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner 
Chris Crenshaw 
Elliot Mason

RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums

SPECIAL GUESTS
James Chirillo - guitar
René Marie - vocals
Cécile McLorin Salvant - vocals
Gregory Porter - vocals

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