Natalie Cole - Holly & Ivy
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Artist: Natalie ColePerformer: Patrice Rushen
Performer: Cedar Walton
Performer: Katrina Perkins
Performer: Alan Broadbent
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1994-10-25
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Jingle Bells
- Caroling, Caroling
- The First Noel
- No More Blue Christmas'
- Christmas Medley: Jingle Bell Rock/Winter Wonderland/Little Drummer Boy/I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Merry Christmas Baby
- Joy To The World
- The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
- A Song For Christmas
- Silent Night
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
- The Holly & The Ivy
Music reviews of Holly & Ivy
Music Review: ESSENTIAL HOLIDAY COLLECTION FEATURING STUNNING PERFORMANCES AND ARRANGEMENTS.
Rating: 5 Stars
With so many Christmas music collections available, some on the cheap, it is still sometimes difficult to find a collection that effectively mixes both sacred and secular music, features great singing and musical accompaniment, and sounds fresh and not hackneyed. Outside of church or the symphony hall, I like my Christmas music on the jazzy side. Well, this collection, which rides on the heels of Ms. Cole's wonderful UNFORGETTABLE album, and which features the same production team, meets all of the above criteria. Ms. Cole possesses a beautiful, round, expressive voice, as well as a stimulating, jazzy feel that's a family legacy, as well as the result of rubbing elbows with some jazz greats in her youth, such as the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald. She is also quite capable of rocking out. All of those assets are put to best use here to create, by far one of the best holiday music collections of recent years, and one that should retain a timeless appeal!
MY HIGHLIGHTS:
"Caroling, Caroling"
Not an overly perfomed song; beautifully executed here, and featuring a very good youth chorus. Swinging, joyful feel.
Christmas Medley featuring "Jingle Bell Rock" (a terrific, jazzy/soulful version), "Winter Wonderland" (on which the singer really grooves!), "Little Drummer Boy" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (both lovingly and tenderly performed, with a really original, big band arrangement for "Drummer Boy"). Flows beautifully and dramatically from song to song.
"A Song for Christmas"
Really exudes the warmth and expressiveness that are an innate part of Ms. Cole's singing. "No More Blue Christmases" is in the same vein, and appears to be an original co-written for this set by the contemporary ballad writer, Michael Masser, who's written other tunes recorded by Ms. Cole.
NONE OF MY HOLIDAY SEASONS GO WITHOUT SEVERAL SPINS OF THIS GREAT COLLECTION. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Holly & Ivy by Natalie ColeBroadway & Vocalists CDs
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