Track Listing

1. Winter Wonderland
2. Holly and the Ivy
3. What Child Is This?
4. Joy to the World
5. Christmas Song
6. Christmas Song [Instrumental]
7. Silent Night/It Came upon a Midnight Clear
8. My Favorite Things/We Three Kings of Orient Are
9. White Christmas
10. Ringing the Bells of Christmas
11. Little Drummer Boy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #162652 in Music
• Released on: 1995-06-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A beautiful mix of guitar and vocals, with a few surprises
You probably think, "Aargh, another Christmas album!" Surprisingly, this is a great one. LC is at his best on "Little Drummer Boy" and "The Christmas Song". Every time I play this at Christmas, everyone wants to know "who is that, anyway?" There are 2 nice surprises on the album - a great pop tune called "Ringing the Bells of Christmas" sung by Michele Pillar and "The Christmas Song (vocal) also by Pillar. Her voice is gorgeous - rich, deep, clear highs. Reminiscent of Karen Carpenter, but much more sultry and mature. Carlton has all the usual suspects on the album as well, including Kirk Whalum, Terry Trotter, Abe Laboriel. A real family album. A real nice one, too! Merry Christmas!

Something Different.
Tired of the same Christmas music ??? Try this on for a very good jazz Christmas album. All the favourite songs are here but done as only a great guitar player can do. This is one my all time favourite Christmas CD's.

LC extends his touch from guitar to his arrangements
What more can I say? Hmmmmmm... This same musician whom Joni Mitchell delayed the making of her albums for and who has played on sessions from Steeley Dan to the Righteous Brothers, has produced a CD that is impeccable and rich. Start with the some best musicians in the industry, add in some individual song contributions from Jeff Pocaro, Christopher Cross, and Kirk Whalum and you will be moved from an easy listening (and anything but easy playing!) version of "The Christmas Song" to the surprisingly quick and upbeat rendition of "White Christmas" to soft and reverent versions of "The Holly and The Ivy" and "Joy to the World". You will probably end up doing what I did - carrying around the CD to play everywhere you go and getting the tape for driving. You will be tempted to listen to it after the season is passed.