A Merry Christmas!
1961 studio album by Stan Kenton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1961 studio album by Stan Kenton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Merry Christmas! is an album of Christmas music by the Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded in 1961 and released by Capitol Records.[1][2][3] It was reissued as Kenton's Christmas in 1970 by Kenton's own Creative World label.
A Merry Christmas! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | February 21 and March 14 & 20, 1961 Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Capitol T/ST 1621 | |||
Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
Stan Kenton chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Allmusic review by Matt Collar noted A Merry Christmas is a polyphonic masterpiece that is at once progressive and traditional. ...Featuring Kenton's idiosyncratic style of arranging piercing trumpets over a wooly blanket of trombones and mellophones, this is beautiful, forward-thinking and angular music that addresses both complex classical harmony and Basie-style swing".[4]
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