Christmas with Etta Jones

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Christmas with Etta Jones
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Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedJune 14-15, 1990
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length47:55
Label Muse
MR 5411
Producer Houston Person
Etta Jones chronology
Sugar
(1990)
Christmas with Etta Jones
(1990)
Reverse the Charges
(1993)

Christmas with Etta Jones is a Christmas album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The fine vocalist Etta Jones sings nine mostly-familiar Christmas-related songs on this 1990 CD. Nothing all that memorable occurs ... but the overall results are pleasing". [4]

Track listing

  1. "It's Christmas Time" (Gloria Coleman) – 4:27
  2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 5:06
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 8:41
  4. "The Christmas Song" (Bob Wells, Mel Tormé) – 5:15
  5. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 5:29
  6. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 7:53
  7. "Ring the Bells" (Coleman) – 3:54
  8. "(I'm Dreaming of a) White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:37
  9. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Buck Ram, Kim Gannon) – 3:10 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449 accessed October 9, 2017
  2. Muse Records listing, accessed October 9, 2017
  3. Johnny Coles discography, accessed October 9, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Etta Jones: Christmas with Etta Jones – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 9, 2017.