The budget-priced Christmas Favorites is an adequate collection of seasonal favorites from pop's golden era -- there's nothing here that isn't already on dozens of [more]
When it comes to Christmas tunes, many songs are identified with specific performers. "White Christmas" was a huge hit for Bing Crosby and Mel Tormé [more]
Most collections of Christmas music emphasize the secular over the sacred, the celebratory holiday over the religious elements. Jingle [more]
Chances are that when Andy Williams released his first holiday album in 1963, he had no idea that his name would soon become synonymous with Christmas. The success of the album [more]
Herb Alpert turned to jazz's Shorty Rogers -- then toiling in the L.A. film and TV studios -- for voice and string arrangements on his Christmas album, and Rogers in [more]
A Christmas Celebration, A Collection of Classical Brass, String and Choral Favorites is a joyful listening experience. [more]
A Christmas Celebration, A Collection of Classical Brass, String and Choral Favorites is a joyful listening experience. [more]
"Christmas albums by jazz artists are no longer a novelty, but one as imaginative in choice of repertoire and as well realized musically as this one is a rarity ... It can be listened to any time of the year." —Down Beat 1967 ****
After its original release on Cadet Records in 1966, Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas was out of print for years until a 1992 reissue. With [more]