Track Listings (14) - Disc #1| All Artists: Lou Rawls Title: Lou Rawls Christmas Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Time Life Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 9/12/2006 Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, R&B Styles: Smooth Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Soul Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 610583190120 |
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Delivered in his suave style, these treasured holiday songs make for a unique album--it's swinging and bluesy, festive and warm. His producer Tor Hyams said, "If Santa had sould he'd be Lou Rawls, and that's the feel I wan... more » |
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Album Description Delivered in his suave style, these treasured holiday songs make for a unique album--it's swinging and bluesy, festive and warm. His producer Tor Hyams said, "If Santa had sould he'd be Lou Rawls, and that's the feel I wanted for this album." Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsHoliday Lou Jim Newsom | Norfolk, VA | 12/15/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) " The best of this year's Christmas releases is Lou Rawls Christmas. The last thing the barrel-chested soulman recorded before his death on the feast of the Epiphany this year (January 6), it's the swingiest seasonal album since Ella wished us a Swinging Christmas back in 1960. And the band is even hotter, an eleven piece, four-horn freight train of soul, jazz and brassy power that delivers a bagful of familiar classics in colorfully vibrant wrappings. You'd never know that Rawls was dying from cancer when he recorded these tracks; in fact, he hadn't told anyone of his diagnosis. He sounds as potent as ever, stamping "The Christmas Song" with his own distinctive vocal mark, driving "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" with that carefree nonchalance so familiar from the Garfield specials. The arrangements are well conceived--"Deck the Halls" decked out as a samba, "Winter Wonderland" cool and clean, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" announced with a trumpet fanfare before settling into a gently swingin' groove. Rawls' touching take on "Silent Night" is even more poignant when you realize that it was the last song he ever recorded. originally published in Port Folio Weekly, 12/12/06 copyright © 2006 Port Folio Weekly. Used by Permission. " The late, great...greatest! groove daddy | 05/30/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "Either you're bron with genius talent or you're not. It's really that simple. Mr. Rawls was bron with IT and a lot more. Though he is well known for his classic R&B songs, you'd think Christmas was his greatest love from hearing this album. It's no coincidence that this was his last album ever. It's real;y terrific, both from a vocal point of view and from a production standpoint. The arrangements swing and the production sounds amazing. Though he sings the classics, the sound of this album is very much of today, well, timeless...."
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