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Hammond Express - We Wish You A Bossa Christmas (2020) [Hi-Res]

Hammond Express - We Wish You A Bossa Christmas (2020) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Hammond Express

Chestnuts ready to roast? Christmas tree decorated? Advent calendar started? Then leave behind the hardships of the past year and endulge in the festive season. Take a step back in time and celebrate with the vintage sound of a 1958 Hammond organ and a jazz/bossa trio rendering some Xmas classic tunes in a lounge-exotica and Stax soulstyle. Hammond Express is back with a Christmas album where the old classics take on a new feel. We Wish You A Merry Christmas becomes an irresistibile fast bossa reminiscent of Cal Tdjader whilst Jingle Bells increases tempo with a latin/jazz rhythm and a Jackie Davies influenced organ sound. Other Christmas hits are rearranged in a surprisingly Memphis soul style: White Christmas and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town sound both groovy and close to 1960’s soul act Booker T. & The MG’s. No swing, no party: so here are more swinging ballroom classics. Winter Wonderland and Let It Snow get the Hammond Express treatment based on lounge organ, glockenspiel and sleigh bells, while Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer is another 1960’s bossanova standard. The other tracks in the album – although not strictly Christmas tunes – are arranged with a classic Xmas Hammond style: Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade sounds like a funky brasilian partido alto’s party tune, Henry Mancini’s Moon River (Breakfast At Tiffany’s) is a 1960’s jazz waltz for organ trio and vibraphone, Duke Ellington’s Satin Doll swings along with a cool tribute to the great jazz organists of all time – Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Johnny “Hammond” Smith – featuring a flute solo by guest musician Dario Cecchini (Funk Off, Italian Secret Service). Following Vertigo Bossa (2018), Another Stepping Soul (2011) and Rendez-Vous (2003), We Wish You A Bossa Christmas (IRMA Records) is the fourth album by Hammond Express, aka keyboard player Francesco Gazzara plus fellow musicians Sir Blofeld (bass) and Mirtao (drums, percussion).

Tracklist:
01. Hammond Express - White Christmas (3:43)
02. Hammond Express - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:22)
03. Hammond Express - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (3:13)
04. Hammond Express - Winter Wonderland (3:02)
05. Hammond Express - Let It Snow (2:57)
06. Hammond Express - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (2:29)
07. Hammond Express - Moonlight Serenade (6:03)
08. Hammond Express - Moon River (2:47)
09. Hammond Express - Satin Doll (3:34)
10. Hammond Express - Jingle Bells (2:19)

Jazz | XMAS & Holiday | Lounge | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl

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  • mufty77
  •  wrote in 18:12
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Many thanks for HD tracks.
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  • didich
  •  wrote in 17:23
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Thanks a lot for HiRes
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