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| Swingin' holiday classics | |
|  | Like Colin James, I'm a musician living in Vancouver, and his sometime bassist Doug Elliott also plays with my band, but that's not why I recommend this album. "Christmas" is the latest in a long series of Little Big Band projects stretching back to 1992, and Colin has a deft way with the jump-blues guitar-horns-organ format, which he revived long before Brian Setzer.
What that means is this album, though it contains both traditional chestnuts ("I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Let It Snow," "Baybe It's Cold Outside") and some swingin' alternatives ("Cool Yule," "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus," the gospel-style "Go Where I Send Thee"), is remarkably refreshing in the sea of sappy-sweet versions you hear this time of year. Colin swings and shimmies and leaves a smile on your face. If that sounds up your alley, pick it up.
| | | For those who are sick of the same old same old, you need to have this one in your Christmas collection.
| | colin lights up the yule season | |
| | You may be thinking,'another Christmas album. C'mon'?! However, when CJ assembles the LBB they rock and swing so well that any work is just too good to not enjoy. This is the perfect Chrstmas platter to get the Christmams get-together jumping. Play this back to back with Roomful of Blues' , "Roomful of Christmas", and you're good to go for the holiday season!! Looking forward to LBB 4!!
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