More Sounds of Christmas
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More Sounds of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Argo label.[1] The album is Lewis' second Christmas album following Sound of Christmas (Argo, 1961).
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Again hampered by strings on too many cuts, on the plus side, this does contain the ultra-cool original, "Eggnog," featuring Lewis on celeste".[2]
Track listing
- "Snowbound" (Clarence Kehner, Russell Faith) - 3:37
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) - 2:43
- "Egg Nog" (Ramsey Lewis) - 3:28
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) - 2:30
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) - 2:33
- "Plum Puddin' " (Eldee Young) - 2:58
- "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) - 2:08
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) - 4:01
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:22
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati) - 2:26
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis - piano, celeste
- El Dee Young - bass, cello
- Issac "Red" Holt (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10), Steve McCall (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9) - drums
- Cleveland Eaton - bass (track 5)
- Abe Meltzer, Albert Muenzer, David Chausow, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, Harold Kupper, Harold Newton, Henry Ferber, Irving Kaplan, Mark Konrad, Sol A. Bobrov, Theodore Ratzer - string section (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- Peter Eagle - harp (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- John Avant - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- King Fleming, Will Jackson - arranger (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
References
- ^ Argo Records discography accessed October 10, 2012
- ^ a b MacDonald, D. Allmusic Review accessed October 10, 2012