Album
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
1960Holiday · Music
If yuletide swing is your thing, it doesn't get better than this.
Tracks
- 12:24
- 22:19
- 32:58
- 43:31
- 52:55
- 63:03
- 73:16
- 82:44
- 92:17
- 102:54
- 112:11
- 123:01
- 132:47
- 143:35
- 152:17
- 163:40
- 173:44
- 182:11
- 193:12
- 202:41
- 213:09
- 224:11
- 233:12
- 243:18
About this album
The first lady of jazz can make anything swing, and Christmas tunes are no exception. On this 1960 album, Ella's endlessly agile voice wraps itself around a batch of holiday standards, with a Frank De Vol-led big band providing brassy punctuation. When tackling chestnuts like "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," she doesn't try to reinvent the melody, as some less-experienced jazz singer might; instead, she stamps her personality on every tune with subtle turns of phrasing and a masterful knack for toying with the time.