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Tracklist (CD)
1 | | Jingle Bells | | 2:22 | 2 | | Boogie Woogie Santa Claus | | 3:02 | 3 | | Winter Wonderland | | 2:40 | 4 | | Blue Christmas | | 2:48 | 5 | | Santa Claus Is Back In Town | | 3:48 | 6 | | Baby It's Cold Outside (Duet With Ann Margret) | | 3:43 | 7 | | Nutcracker Suite | | 7:13 | See more tracks8 | | (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag | | 2:48 | 9 | | Sleigh Ride | | 2:40 | 10 | | So They Say It's Christmas | | 4:46 | 11 | | O Holy Night | | 4:49 | 12 | | The Amens | | 0:59 |
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Review The smattering of Christmas classics that open Boogie Woogie Christmas -- while buoyant and flawlessly executed by axeman Brian Setzer and his big band -- beg the question that holiday releases often engender: Does the world need yet another version of "Jingle Bells" or "Winter Wonderland"? The answer is sure, as long as they're accompanied by a few surprises, as they are here. The elegant horn arrangement of Setzer and company's version of "The Nutcracker Suite" actually swings. Ann-Margaret purrs and giggles her way through a duet with… Read More Setzer on "Baby It's Cold Outside," as light congas add a space-age bachelor pad feel. If it seems like Setzer is going through the motions at times, that's likely a byproduct of his ability to make tossing off jazzy guitar runs and crooning Christmas-style sound so damn easy. Doubters need only hear the fierce solo on "Sleigh Ride" and Setzer's deadly serious, deeply vibrato-ed vocal on "O Holy Night," backed up by a choir of angelic carolers, to comprehend his sincerity.
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