A Merry Christmas - Stan Kenton

 

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

A Merry Christmas!

From The Creative World Of Stan Kenton

Arrangements by Ralph Carmichael & Stan Kenton

Produced by Lee Gillette

Capitol Records ST 1621

1962

Personnel:

Piano - Stan Kenton

Percussion - Art Anton & Larry Bunker

Drums - Jerry McKenzie

Bass - Pete Chivily

Trumpets - Bob Fitzpatrick, Paul Heydorff, Robert Knight & Tom Shepard

Bass Trombones - Jim Amlotte & Dave Wheeler

Tuba - Clive Acker / Albert Pollan

Mellophoniums - Joe Burnett / Dwight Carver, Gordon Davison, Keith LaMotte & Gene Roland

From Billboard - October 23, 1961: This is one of the most rewarding albums of the Christmas season. It features the Kenton crew in a program of familiar Christmas carols, played in  modern, fresh arrangements that keep the reverent quality of the tunes and yet add a delightful brass and concert band touch. And the arrangements are striking in stereo. Tunes include all the familiars, from "Silent Night" to "The Holly And The Ivy." Fine holiday wax.

O Tannenbaum

The Holly And The Ivy

We Three Kings Of Orient Are

Good King Wenceslas 

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

Once In Royal David's City

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

Angels We Have Heard On High

O Holy Night

Christmas Medley - Joy To The World, Away In A Manger - The First Noel, We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Silent Night