Christmas (Remastered) The Singers Unlimited

• 1Deck the Halls02:48
• 2Ah Bleak & Chill the Wintry Wind02:14
• 3Bright, Bright the Holly Berries01:20
• 4Jesu Parvule01:13
• 5Caroling, Caroling01:14
• 6What Are the Signs01:33
• 7Night Bethlehem01:46
• 8While by My Sheep01:31
• 9It Came Upon a Midnight Clear02:31
• 10Silent Night03:31
• 11Joy to the World01:21
• 12Wassail Song01:14
• 13Carol of the Russian Children01:24
• 14Good King Wenceslas01:58
• 15Coventry Carol03:02
• 16Oh Come All Ye Faithful02:14
• 17Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas02:19
• Total Runtime33:13

Info for Christmas (Remastered)

Tired of the same old Christmas carols sung the same old way? Then the Singers Unlimited’s 1971 MPS album Christmas is the perfect stocking stuffer!

Leader Gene Puerling’s advanced harmonic concepts influenced Take Six, Manhattan Transfer, and Brian Wilson. Legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks compared Puerling to pioneering saxophonist Charlie Parker, exclaiming "Gene broadened the harmonies, like Bird did with bebop.” Arguably the best-known of the 15 albums SU recorded for MPS, Christmas contains such classics as Deck the Halls, Silent Night, and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, arranged in Puerling’s signature style.

The a capella quartet modulates between the traditional and the jazz-inflected modern, at times exuberant, at times reflective. Seven originals were penned by jazz trumpeter Alfred Burt. First intended as Christmas cards for friends and family with lyrics by Burt’s Episcopalian pastor-father, the compositions have since become distinctive season standards.

Sounding as clean and pure as a child’s breath on a cold winter morning, Christmas is a holiday gift that is a joy to listen to at any time of the year.

„This jazz-vocal group presents a decent yet mostly uninspiring collection of holiday classics, including "Joy to the World," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Silent Night," "Deck the Halls," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." (Gina Boldman, AMG)

Bonnie Herman, vocals
Don Shelton, vocals
Len Dresslar, vocals
Gene Puerling, vocals

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