Very nicely arranged by Marcus Printup there's superlative big band here on a selection of Christmas classics recorded live in Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
But in some ways the singers steal the show, particularly Alita Moses on 'I'm Still Here This Christmas' and Catherine Russell on the gospellized 'No Room at the Inn.'
Not corny at all, it makes for one of the best of the Christmas albums this year - and there have been quite a few - there's a lot of swinging vitality and spirit here captured in very fine audio that makes you feel you are sat there in the front row.
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