Various Artists - Christmas in the Spirit of Jazz

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ACT9941-2 
Barcode: 0614427994127
Release Date: 03 Dec 2021
Genre: Christmas

 Just as there are a multitude of different ways to celebrate Christmas, there is also a vast and appetising array of Christmas music. And whereas Nils Landgren’s ‘Christmas With My Friends’ series has been an integral part of the run-up to the holiday season for the past 15 years, it is far from being all that ACT has to offer.
 A host of other artists from the label have created their own distinctive Christmas sounds. These range from the quiet contemplations of pianist Bugge Wesseltoft or the hymn-inspired ‘Nordic Christmas’ from saxophonist Tore Brunborg, to
music from Canadian singer Laila Biali or “a touch of class” (The Observer) from Echoes of Swing... and even the coruscating and youthful energy of the Jazzrausch Bigband.
 All these and many more are to be found on ‘Christmas in the Spirit of Jazz’. This is the ACT Christmas soundtrack for 2021.

Tracklisting 
Comin’ Home for Christmas (Eva Kruse & Peter Liljeqvist) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends VII’)
Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard / Richard B. Smith) (Album: ‘Winter Days at Schloss Elmau’)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson / Mitchell Parish) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends V’)
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall (traditional) (Album: ‘Still! Still! Still!’)
Just Another Christmas Song (Homer Steinweiss) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends VII’)
Happy Xmas, War is Over (John Lennon & Yoko Ono) (Album: ‘Working Class Hero’)
Angel’s Carol (John Rutter) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends IV’)
Vinter (Janne Mark) (Album: ‘Pilgrim’)
A Child is Born (Thad Jones / Alexander Wilder) (Previously not released on CD)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) (Album: ‘Brothers’)
Little Drummer Boy (Katherine K. Davis, Harry Simeone & Henry Onorati) / Peace On Earth (Ian Fraser, Larry Gross-man & Alan Kohan) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends VI’)
Away in a Manger (William James Kirkpatrick) (Album: ‘Nordic Christmas’)
Jul, jul, strålande jul (Gustaf Nordqvist / Edvard Evers) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends II’)
Giv mig ej glans (Jean Sibelius / Zachris Topelius) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends III’)
In Dulce Jubilo (traditional) (Album: ‘It’s Snowing on my Piano’)
Have Yourself a Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane) (Previously unreleased)
Christmas Song (Mel Tormé / Bob Wells) (Album: ‘Christmas With My Friends’)
Der Mond ist aufgegangen (traditional) (Album: ‘Nature Boy’)