Snowbound (Fourplay album)

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Snowbound
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999 (1999-10-19)
Genre Jazz, Christmas
Length55:03
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Fourplay
Fourplay chronology
4
(1998)
Snowbound
(1999)
Yes, Please!
(2000)

Snowbound is the fifth studio album by Fourplay, released in 1999. It is a recording of Christmas songs. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Angels We Have Heard on High"Traditional4:51
2."Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley 4:48
3."Snowbound" Walter Becker, Donald Fagen 5:02
4."The Christmas Song" Mel Tormé, Robert Wells 5:57
5."The Ivy Variations"James3:36
6."River" Joni Mitchell 5:48
7."Amazing Grace" John Newton 4:44
8."Christmas Time Is Here"Guaraldi, Mendelson4:12
9."Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie 3:44
10."Away in a Manger"Traditional3:30
11."Merry Little Stroll" Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin 4:06
12."Auld Lang Syne"Traditional4:45
Total length:55:03

Personnel

Fourplay

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References

  1. Ratiner, Tracie (2009). Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music. Gale. ISBN   978-0-7876-9616-0.
  2. Phares, Heather. Snowbound at AllMusic