Christmas Songs (Mel Tormé album)

Christmas Songs
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	October 28, 1992
Recorded	April 15-June 21, 1992
Genre	Vocal jazz Christmas music
Length	59:28
Label	Telarc
Producer	Carl Jefferson
Mel Tormé chronology
The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub (1992) Christmas Songs (1992) Sing Sing Sing (1992)

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Christmas Songs is a 1992 studio album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé.^[2]

Track listing

1. Christmas Medley: "Jingle Bells"/"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Felix Bernard, J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie, James Pierpont, Ted Shapiro) - 4:16
2. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson) - 2:30
3. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 3:18
4. "The Glow Worm" (Paul Lincke, Johnny Mercer, Lilla C. Robinson) - 3:24
5. "The Christmas Feeling" (Tormé) - 5:12
6. "It Happened in Sun Valley" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:58
7. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) - 3:49
8. "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale) - 4:11
9. "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix), (Traditional) - 3:39
10. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 5:21
11. "Christmas Was Made for Children" (Tormé) - 3:48
12. "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 5:03
13. Medley: "Just Look Around"/"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Tormé)/(Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:51
14. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) - 1:39
15. Medley: "Happy Holiday"/"Let's Start the New Year Right"/"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Irving Berlin)/(Frank Loesser) - 3:25
16. "White Christmas" (Berlin) - 3:58

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals, drums, arranger
• Keith Lockhart - conductor
• John Walsh - trumpet
• Ross Konikoff
• Frank London
• Bob Milikan
• Tom Artin - trombone
• Rich Willey
• Adam Brenner - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Jeff Rupert - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• David Schumacher - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Jack Stuckey - clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
• Jerry Weldon - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• John Leitham - double bass
• John Colianni - piano
• Donny Osborne - drums
• Angela Morley - arranger
• Robert Woods - Recording Producer
• Jack Renner - Recording Engineer
• Michael Bishop - Recording, Mix, and Mastering Engineer
• Erica Brenner - Associate Recording Producer, Editor

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