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| 1. | Christmas Waltz
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| 2. | A Song for Christmas
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| 3. | Let It Snow
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| 4. | Winter Warm
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| 5. | Winter Wonderland
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| 6. | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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| 7. | Sleigh Ride
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| 8. | Christmas Dreaming
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| 9. | Snowbound
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| 10. | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
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| 11. | Christmas Time Is Here
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| 12. | I'll Be Home for Christmas
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| 13. | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
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| 14. | The Christmas Song
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Jazz
Rebecca Kilgore - Vocals
Dave Captein - Bass
* Douglas Durbrow - Mastering, Mixing
* Owen Carey - Photography
This is a most unusual entry in the discographies of both Tom Grant and Rebecca Kilgore. Grant is best known as a cheerful crossover keyboardist usually heard in pleasant commercial settings. Kilgore is one of the best swing singers of the past 20 years, usually performing with her BED group and invigorating songs of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s with her charm, perfect note placement, and natural swing. Winter Warm is something very different for both of the co-leaders. This is a set of Christmas songs that they perform as duets and (for eight of the 14 numbers) trios with bassist Dave Captein. Familiar Yuletide favorites alternate with such lesser-known pieces as Dave Frishberg's "Snowbound," "Christmas Dreaming," and Burt Bacharach's "Winter Warm." Kilgore sings the material very simply, sticking close to the melodies and giving the themes a great deal of warmth and happiness without improvising much. Grant serves as the perfect accompanist, is tasteful in his short solos, and takes a few effective vocals, harmonizing with Kilgore on "Christmas Dreaming." The unlikely combination works quite well with the music sounding as if two (and sometimes three) old friends simply got together to perform some of their favorite Christmas songs.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Tom Grant
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Feb 22, 1946 in Portland, OR
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz
Tom Grant, who has impressive technique and a likable style, has spent most of his recording career making music that purposely appeal to a wide crossover audience, combining together jazz with pop and R&B. His father was a tap dancer who owned a record store and his older brother Mike played piano. When he was four, Tom Grant began playing piano and drums. He graduated from the University of Oregon and then went to New York with Jim Pepper's Pow Wow band. He earned a masters degree in education and was teaching high school social studies in Portland when Woody Shaw heard him playing at a weekend after-hours gig. Shaw offered Grant a job with his group and the experience soon led to more extensive work with Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Charles Lloyd and Tony Williams (1979-81). Grant cut his first solo record in 1976 for Timeless and in 1979 he formed his own band which was open to the pop music that the keyboardist loves. In 1983 Tom Grant started recording a lengthy series of poppish jazz-influenced dates (for Chase, Pausa, Gaia, Verve Forecast and Shanachie) that have variously been called "New Adult Contemporary," "Quiet Storm," "Contemporary Jazz" and "Smooth Jazz"; each have been best-sellers in the "lite jazz" market. In addition, Tom Grant has composed music for TV and radio.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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