VA - Santa Swings The Windup (27 Christmas Stockings Full Of Shellac Dust) [2023]

The German archival label presents in its ongoing holiday music series this collection of X-mas treats from the swing era. The ros- ter is packed with all-star orchestra leaders: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie (with Helen Humes), Chick Webb (with Ella Fitzgerald), Don Redman, Glenn Miller, Charlie Barnett, Louis Prima, Teddy Wilson, others. There’s a jaunty confidence to the music even when Santa-hatted forgotten souls like Putney Dandridge, Bob Chester and Monette Moore take charge. Reefer madness: Johnny Guarnieri’s ‘Santa’s Secret.’ Excellent production, liner notes, CD and LP mastering. –DownBeat Magazine Dec. 2023

Tracklist
01. Louis Prima – What Will Santa Claus Say – 03:13
02. Bob Crosby – Blow Blow Thou Winter Winds – 02:18
03. The Ramblers – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – 02:32
04. Louis Armstrong – I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music – 03:19
05. Count Basie – And the Angels Sing – 03:04
06. Monette Moore – Peace Sister Peace – 02:40
07. Glenn Miller – Jingle Bells (Chesterfield Broadcast) – 03:40
08. Charlie Barnet – Ring Dem Bells – 02:34
09. Paul Whiteman – Christmas Night in Harlem – 03:25
10. Johnny Guarnieri – Santa’s Secret – 02:50
11. Chick Webb – There’s Frost on the Moon – 02:52
12. Louis Armstrong – Snow Ball – 03:18
13. Putney Dandridge – Santa Claus Came in the Spring – 02:51
14. Jan Savitt – And the Angels Sing – 03:13
15. Jimmy Ray – I Told Santa to Bring Me You – 02:42
16. Stew Pletcher – I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music – 03:19
17. Joe Turner – Freeze and Melt – 02:53
18. Bob Chester – Winter Weather – 02:54
19. Teddy Wilson – Sugar Plum – 03:00
20. Alvino Rey – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – 02:35
21. Ray Mckinley – Little Jack Frost Gets Lost – 02:48
22. John Kirby – Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy – 02:23
23. Vincent Lopez – (You’re Just) As Cute as Christmas – 03:09
24. Stuff Smith – Robins and Roses – 02:58
25. Ella Logan – Jingle (Bingle) Bells – 02:54
26. Don Redman – Auld Lang Syne – 02:32
27. Joel Cowan & Thornel Swartz – Bells of Auld Lang Syne – 02:05

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