It's Christmas Time

Christmas is generally a time for warm fires and steaming mugs of mulled wine... it’s also a very good time for some seriously cool music… Now CAM JAZZ offers a veritable basket of Christmas music, proving that even the coolest jazz players like to put on a red hat and a bit of tinsel once in a while. So whether you’re a traditionalist or a conservative, a Santa or a Grinch, there’s something for you here. Happy Christmas!

AS LONG AS THERE’S CHRISTMAS Fulvio Sigurtà (trumpet, flugelhorn), Federico Casagrande (acoustic guitar) Recorded in Cavalicco (UD) in July 2014 at Artesuono Recording Studio by Stefano Amerio

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Donny McCaslin (sax) Recorded in New York in May 2015 at Sear Sound Studios by James Farber

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Giovanni Mirabassi (piano), Gianluca Renzi (double bass), Lukmil Perez (drums) Recorded in Brooklyn in December 2013 at Systems Two Recording Studio by Max Ross

WHITE CHRISTMAS Mattia Cigalini (alto, soprano sax), Gianluca Di Ienno (piano), Nicola Angelucci (drums) Recorded in Cavalicco (UD) in June 2014 at Artesuono Recording Studio by Stefano Amerio

RIVER Maria Pia De Vito (vocals/live electronics), Danilo Rea (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (double bass), Aldo Romano (drums) Recorded in Ludwigsburg in March 2005 at Bauer Studios by Johannes Wohlleben

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS Enrico Zanisi (piano), Joe Rehmer (bass), Alessandro Paternesi (drums) Recorded in Cavalicco (UD) in October  2013 at Artesuono Recording Studio by Stefano Amerio

CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE (THE CHRISTMAS SONG) Rosa Brunello (double bass), Filippo Vignato (trombone) Recorded in Cavalicco (UD) in December 2015 at Artesuono Recording Studio by Stefano Amerio

ON HANGET KORKEAT, NIETOKSET Kalevi Louhivuori (trumpet), Antti Kujanpää (piano), Jori Huhtala (bass), Joonas Leppänen (drums) Recorded in Hollola in September 2015 at Studio Petrax by Abdissa Mamba Assefa

BALULALOW Andrea Lombardini (colascione lute), Michel Godard (serpent),  Emanuele Maniscalco (drums) Recorded in Ludwigsburg in January 2016 at Bauer Studios by Johannes Wohlleben

EN ETSI VALTAA LOISTOA Kalevi Louhivuori  (trumpet), Ville Vannemaa (sax), Mikael Myrskog (piano), Eero Seppä (bass), Mika Kallio (drums) Recorded in Helsinki in August 2015 at Studio Martin by Abdissa Mamba Assefa

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER John Taylor (piano), Palle Danielsson (double bass), Martin France (drums) Recorded in Ludwigsburg in October 2005 at Bauer Studios by Johannes Wohlleben

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING Claudio Filippini (piano), Luca Bulgarelli (bass), Marcello Di Leonardo (drums) Recorded in Cavalicco (UD) in October 2013 at Artesuono Recording Studio by Stefano Amerio

THE SNOW IS DANCING Michele Campanella (piano), Javier Girotto (soprano and baritone sax) Recorded in Ludwigsburg in March 2014 at Bauer Studios by Johannes Wohlleben

IT’S CHRISTMAS AGAIN Max Roach (keyboards, drums), Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet), Odean Pope (tenor sax), Tyrone Brown (upright bass) Recorded in Milan on June 1984 at Studio Barigozzi by Giancarlo Barigozzi