Rodney Whitaker - Cranbrook Christmas Jazz (2020)
Artist: Rodney Whitaker, Christ Church Cranbrook Choir, Christopher Wells
Title: Cranbrook Christmas Jazz
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Origin Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Christmas
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:11:04
Total Size: 163 / 443 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Cranbrook Christmas Jazz
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Origin Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Christmas
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:11:04
Total Size: 163 / 443 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Personent Hodie (6:02)
2. The Christmas Song (feat. Vanessa Rubin) (4:56)
3. In the Bleak Midwinter (feat. Tom Shilakes) (5:00)
4. We Three Kings (feat. Rockelle Whitaker) (4:41)
5. I Love the Winter Weather (feat. Christopher Dole) (2:55)
6. Christmas Time is Here (feat. Vanessa Rubin) (3:11)
7. Winter Wonderland (8:50)
8. O Holy Night (feat. Marc Meyers) (5:36)
9. A Child is Born (feat. Vanessa Rubin) (4:52)
10. My Favorite Things (feat. Vanessa Rubin) (4:45)
11. It's Easy to Blame the Weather (feat. Christopher Dole) (4:49)
12. Little Drummer Boy (feat. Rockelle Whitaker) (5:41)
13. Silent Night (feat. Kate Lucander) (4:31)
14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Vanessa Rubin) (5:23)
Legendary bassist Rodney Whitaker has been a celebrated force in Michigan's jazz eco-system since returning to develop the world-class program at Michigan State University. Active with numerous jazz legacy institutions, Whitaker has spent five-years as Artist in Residence with the historic Christ Church Cranbrook near Detroit, where its wide-ranging arts and community offerings has afforded Whitaker and choir director Christopher Wells to collaborate, providing rich opportunities to bring together the worlds of jazz and traditional choir music. This recording documents their long-running Sacred Jazz Concerts and features preeminent jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin, with Whitaker's sextet and the Church's choir, performing arrangements of hymns, Christmas favorites, and jazz standards of the season, including Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" and Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here."