Sound of Christmas

This article is about the album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. For the album by Johnny Mathis, see Sounds of Christmas.

Sound of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.^[1] The album peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Christmas LPs chart.^[2] Lewis recorded a second seasonal album, More Sounds of Christmas, in 1964.

Sound of Christmas
Studio album by Ramsey Lewis Trio
Released	1961
Recorded	October 1961
Studio	Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz, Christmas
Length	29:05
Label	Argo LP 687
Producer	Ralph Bass
Ramsey Lewis chronology
Never on Sunday (1961) Sound of Christmas (1961) The Sound of Spring (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular... fun and melodic, if not all that unique".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 4:04
2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:11
3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:25
4. "Christmas Blues" (Skitch Henderson, Ramsey Lewis) - 2:50
5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) - 2:41
6. "The Sound of Christmas" (Riley Hampton, Lewis) - 2:22
7. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:18
8. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 3:19
9. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 2:58
10. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) - 3:27

Personnel

• Ramsey Lewis - piano
• El Dee Young - bass
• Issac "Red" Holt - drums
• String section arranged and conducted by Riley Hampton (tracks 6–10)