Christmas + Santa Fe / Ottmar Liebert
Label: EPIC Catalog: EK062161 Format: CD 1. Santa Dancing/Deck The Halls 2. Celebration/God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen - 4 Gary 3. Holiday Buleria/Greensleeves 4. Dig The Wonderland/Winter Wonderland 5. Snow White/Silent Night 6. Canyon Road On Christmas Eve/Hark The Herald Angels Sing 7. Farolitos On Garcia/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 8. Michelle's Song/The Holly And The Ivy 9. Winter Solstice 10. O Sanctissima/Oh Du Frohliche - 4 Ottokar 11. The 3rd Man/O Christmas Tree - 4 Barthelomaus, My Grandfather 12. Peace/I Saw Three Ships 13. Snow Angel/We Wish You A Merry Christmas - 4 Kelly The innovative virtuoso acoustic guitarist delivers a baker's dozen of Christmas standards that are often amended, appended, and otherwise embellished with memorable second themes. Set against a lively percussion section that gives many songs a distinctively Latin flavor, Liebert's playing here is crisp and light and always imaginative. His version of "Silent Night" is touched deftly by a quieting theme called "Snow White," while "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" emerges out of a lovely fragment called "Canyon Road on Christmas Eve." "Dig the Wonderland/Winter Wonderland" combines the right amount of wintry playfulness and seasonal humor to warm even the stodgiest heart. With real gusto and a sublime amount of imagination, Liebert has made the kind of cool Christmas record you can play all year. --Martin Keller Price: $11.98 |