More Sounds of Christmas
1964 studio album by Ramsey Lewis Trio
More Sounds of Christmas | ||||
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Studio album by Ramsey Lewis Trio | ||||
Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | October 14 & 15, 1964 | |||
Studio | Universal Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
Label | Argo LP 745 | |||
Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
Ramsey Lewis chronology | ||||
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More Sounds of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Argo label.[1] The album is Lewis' second Christmas album following Sound of Christmas (Argo, 1961).
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Again hampered by strings on too many cuts, on the plus side, this does contain the ultra-cool original, 'Eggnog,' featuring Lewis on celeste".[2]
Track listing
- "Snowbound" (Clarence Kehner, Russell Faith) – 3:37
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) – 2:43
- "Egg Nog" (Ramsey Lewis) – 3:28
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:30
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:33
- "Plum Puddin'" (Eldee Young) – 2:58
- "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) – 2:08
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) – 4:01
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:22
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati) – 2:26
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis – piano, celeste
- El Dee Young – bass, cello
- Isaac "Red" Holt (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10), Steve McCall (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9) – drums
- Cleveland Eaton – bass (track 5)
- Abe Meltzer, Albert Muenzer, David Chausow, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, Harold Kupper, Harold Newton, Henry Ferber, Irving Kaplan, Mark Konrad, Sol A. Bobrov, Theodore Ratzer – string section (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- Peter Eagle – harp (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- John Avant – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- King Fleming, Will Jackson – arranger (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
References
- ^ Argo Records discography accessed October 10, 2012
- ^ a b MacDonald, D. Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2012
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