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Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas [Remastered] | ![Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas [Remastered]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31NFJB-dXaL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 241
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 065086
UPC: 044006508627
EAN: 0044006508627
ASIN: B00006WL1Q
Release Date: October 29, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Jingle Bells | | • | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | | • | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | | • | What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? | | • | Sleigh Ride | | • | The Christmas Song | | • | Good Morning Blues | | • | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | | • | Winter Wonderland | | • | Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer | | • | Frosty The Snowman | | • | White Christmas | | • | The Secret Of Christmas | | • | Medley: We Three Kings Of Orient Are/O Little Town Of Bethlehem | | • | Christmas Island | | • | The Christmas Song | | • | White Christmas (Alternative Take) | | • | Frosty The Snowman (Alternative Take) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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It'd be hard to imagine a happier wish than the one this jazz vocal legend offers her listeners on this urbane-yet-homey collection of holiday favorites. The First Lady of Song recorded these tunes in 1960, at the peak of her interpretive powers. As such, she puts her singular stamp on everything from a sultry vamp like "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" to the sweet and cozy "The Christmas Song." Even potentially shopworn standards like "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" sound fresher when they're coming from Ella Fitzgerald. --David Sprague
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Ella for the family November 11, 2008
My son at 5 declared that nobody sings Jingle Bells like Ella Fitzgerald. This cd was a must for us. Bing certainly popularized Christmas music and the crooners backed it up, but Ella gives Christmas style.
Adorable! November 4, 2008
I'm crazy about Ella Fitzgerald and Christmas is a very special time of the year for me, so this is perfect! I didn't know it existed. I've found it here at Amazon and I went crazy when I saw it. It's adorable to hear Ella singing Chrstimas songs!
Great for Ella Fans March 23, 2008
I got this CD just before Christmas 2007 and it is so good I am still playing it in the car on Easter!!! My favorite song on this CD is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, "Hang down your nose Rudy, hang down your nose and cry." I can't resist singing along.
Spirited, jazzy updates on Christmas classics in Ella's inimitable style March 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have nearly twenty Ella Fitzgerald recordings, and she is without a doubt my favorite jazz interpreter of all time. I also have a large collection of Christmas CDs, including Celtic, Polish, and standards, so when I finally got my hands on a copy of Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, I was thrilled.
Containing eighteen tracks (including several alternate takes), you'll find swinging covers of Jingle Bells, Sleigh Ride, Frosty, and Let It Snow!, along with some surprising choices such as Good Morning Blues and an upbeat Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Ella's tight phrasing and genius timing make these old standards swing, but she also shows a sultrier side on What Are You Doing New Year's Eve. Christmas Island is a fun Andrew Sisters / Der Bingle jingle that hearkens back to WWII.
Ella uses her indomitable sense of playfulness to rejuvenate some potentially tired Christmas classics; nowhere is this more evident than on an alternate take of Frosty, where she adopts a little-girl pout complete with lisp. It was cute for one listen, but I found myself skipping over it on subsequent plays. Another fact that was a bit jarring was that the alternate tracks were not from the same sessions as the album tracks; they were recorded with a different orchestra as well. But the remastered sound quality is impeccable, and Ella's never sounded better. An extensive liner note essay by Will Friedwald only sweetens the deal.
Ella rocks! February 8, 2008
This is a fabulous CD -- Ella's voice is a Christmas present in and of itself.
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