Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

Miss Ella's classic holiday offering; 
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

Originally released by Verve in 1960. Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a charming, warmly humorous — and yes, swinging — set of classic Christmas tunes, writes AllMusic. The program is familiar, from bouncy singalongs like "Jingle Bells" to slinky ballads like a downright sexy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," but Fitzgerald treats each song with exactly as much respect as it deserves.

And so Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" is wistfully romantic and Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne's "Let It Snow" is kittenishly enticing. As always, Norman Granz's production avoids the schlock that drowns some holiday sets. Orchestra is conducted by Frank DeVol.  This is as good as jazz Christmas albums get.

     Contains: 
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 

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