A Swingin' Christmas

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A Swingin' Christmas
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Studio album by
Tony Bennett featuring the Count Basie Big Band
ReleasedOctober 14, 2008 (2008-10-14)
RecordedJune 2008
Genre traditional pop, jazz Christmas
Length37:01
Label Columbia
Producer Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
Duets: An American Classic
(2006)		A Swingin' Christmas
(2008)		 Duets II
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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A Swingin' Christmas is a Christmas album by Tony Bennett, released in 2008, that features the Count Basie Big Band. Bennett's daughter Antonia duets with him on one track. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards. The album cover parodies Norman Rockwell's 1942 painting, Freedom from Want .

Contents

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. [2]

Marketing campaign

To promote the release of the album Bennett granted numerous interviews, and made a number of television show performances, from the time of its release through the holiday season. This included a special free street performance outside of Bloomingdale's department store at 4:30 p.m. on November 20 in New York City in which he performed three songs – "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "Jingle Bells" – before the unveiling of the store's window displays. He performed a concert at New York City's Apollo Theater on December 16 that was billed as his only show in support of the album with the Count Basie Big Band.

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Gannon, Kent, Ram) [2:12]
  2. "Silver Bells" (Evans, Livingston) [3:17]
  3. "All I Want for Christmas Is You (A Christmas Love Song)" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) [4:18]
  4. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) [2:55]
  5. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Guaraldi, Mendelson) [3:59]
  6. "Winter Wonderland" (Bernard, Smith) [2:31]
  7. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Blane, Martin) [4:36]
  8. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Coots, Gillespie) [2:53]
  9. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – with Antonia Bennett (Berlin) [3:31]
  10. "The Christmas Waltz" (Cahn, Styne) [3:22]
  11. "O Christmas Tree" (Traditional) [3:27]

Versions

Many retailers featured different variations:

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

Production

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "A Swingin' Christmas Review". AllMusic . Archived from the original on November 30, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tony Bennett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tony Bennett Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jazz Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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