Crescent City Christmas Card | ||||
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Released | October 3, 1989 | |||
Recorded | January 24–25 and April 3–4, 1989 | |||
Studio | RCA Recording Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Christmas, jazz | |||
Length | 55:33 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Steven Epstein, George Butler | |||
Wynton Marsalis chronology | ||||
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [1] |
Crescent City Christmas Card is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1989. The album reached a peak position of number fourteen on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart. [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Carol of the Bells" | Mykola Leontovych/Traditional | 4:56 |
2. | "Silent Night" | Franz Grüber, Joseph Mohr | 4:47 |
3. | "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" | Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley | 3:09 |
4. | "The Little Drummer Boy" | Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone | 5:29 |
5. | "We Three Kings" | John Henry Hopkins Jr. | 5:22 |
6. | "O Tannenbaum" | Traditional | 1:39 |
7. | "Sleigh Ride" | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish | 4:29 |
8. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 4:20 |
9. | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Traditional | 5:43 |
10. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith | 2:55 |
11. | "Jingle Bells" | James Lord Pierpont | 3:23 |
12. | "O Come All Ye Faithful" | Frederick Oakeley, John Reading, John Francis Wade | 1:37 |
13. | "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" | Clement Clarke Moore/Traditional | 8:07 |
Herlin Riley is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
Black Codes (From the Underground) is a 1985 album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Blood on the Fields is a two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio by Wynton Marsalis. It was commissioned by Lincoln Center and treats the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States of America. The oratorio tells the story of two slaves, Jesse and Leona, as they traverse the difficult journey to freedom. The narrative suggests that the individual freedom and agency of its protagonists is necessarily and inextricably intertwined with the empowerment of the community and nation as a whole. The work received the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music, being the first time the prize was ever given for a jazz music composition, an honor that had previously been reserved for classical composers.
Citi Movement (Griot New York) is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, released in 1992.
Blue Interlude is an album by the Wynton Marsalis Septet, released in 1992 by Columbia Records.
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 2007. It reached No. 2 on Billboard's Top Jazz chart.
The Majesty of the Blues is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1989.
Think of One is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, released in 1983. It won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.
In This House, On This Morning is an album by the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, released in 1994 by Columbia Records. The album peaked at number seven on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.
Christmas Jazz Jam is a Christmas album by Wynton Marsalis that was released in 2009 by Compass Productions. Musicians on the album include Wessell Anderson on alto saxophone, Vincent Gardner and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone, Victor Goines on tenor & soprano saxophone and clarinet, and Herlin Riley on drums.
Joe Cool's Blues is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis that was released in 1995. The album reached a peak position of No. 3 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.
Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance is an album by Wynton Marsalis, released in 1990. The album reached peak positions of number 101 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 is an album by Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1991. Part one of the blues cycle was recorded by Marsalis and his quintet with guest appearances by Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones.
Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2 is an album by Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1991. It is part two of the three-part blues cycle recorded by Marsalis and his quintet.
Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 is an album by Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1991. The album reached a peak position of number 8 on Top Jazz Albums chart of Billboard magazine.
Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1990. The album reached peak positions of number 112 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1999. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk is an album by the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, released in 1999.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is an American big band and jazz orchestra led by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The orchestra is part of Jazz at Lincoln Center, a performing arts organization in New York City.
I Heard You Twice the First Time is a jazz album by Branford Marsalis that explores different aspects of the blues, featuring guest appearances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Russell Malone, Wynton Marsalis and Linda Hopkins. It peaked at number 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group.