Customer Review: The holiday season was made better for me because I was able to listen to Ella swingin' her way through all of the traditional Christmas tunes.
Customer Review: As with the first Christmas CD that I reviewed, which technically goes hand in hand with this particular Christmas CD (originally they were sold as a set), I must say that this one is just as amazing as the other one. As I said, these are the original songs by the original artists and the sounds are... more info
Customer Review: This is a recording of Ella singing Christmas standards and singing 'em straight. It is NOT jazz. And it most definitely is not Ella at her best. Ella enhances the Christmas standards with her clear beautiful voice, and some of the tunes here are done beautifully - "The First Noel," for... more info
Customer Review: This has been my #1 favorite jazz/blues Christmas CD for many years (and I've collected quite a few). Sorry to disagree with the last person but it is definitely not "smooth jazz". Roland Kirk never played a note of "smooth jazz" in his life. His "We Free Kings" is about the wildest rendition of a... more info
Customer Review: Very polished performances, arrangements and recordings, make for two hours of listening pleasure, with these 35 songs from 1956. It's nice to have these mellow classics playing in the background.
Customer Review: As my fourteen-year-old and I were listening to the line "... the way you sing off-key..." my daughter laughed that neither were singing off-key. Of course not- in their own way, each defines musical perfection. Can't We Be Friends?, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Tenderly and Cheek to... more info
Customer Review: I believe that this is Ella's finest recording session. I know that that is saying a lot---especially when you consider how great she was on the "Duke Ellington Songbook." The songs, Ella's voice, the arrangements---this CD has it all and it is at its very best! If I could, I would give this CD six... more info