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Sound of Christmas

1961 studio album by Ramsey Lewis Trio

This article is about the album by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. For the album by Johnny Mathis, see Sounds of Christmas.

Sound of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by the Ramsey Lewis Trio, recorded in 1961 and released on the Argo label.[1] The album rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Christmas LPs chart.[2] Lewis recorded a second seasonal album, More Sounds of Christmas, in 1964.

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Reception

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AllMusic stated: "This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular... fun and melodic, if not all that unique".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) - 4:04
  2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:11
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:25
  4. "Christmas Blues" (Skitch Henderson, Ramsey Lewis) - 2:50
  5. "Here Comes Santa Claus" (Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman) - 2:41
  6. "The Sound of Christmas" (Riley Hampton, Lewis) - 2:22
  7. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:18
  8. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 3:19
  9. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) - 2:58
  10. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) - 3:27

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Argo Records discography accessed October 8, 2012
  2. [2]
    Billboard Christmas LPs. Vol. 79. Billboard Magazine. December 9, 1967. p. 92.
  3. [3]
    Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed October 8, 2012
  4. [4]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 887. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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