Ted Nash - Holidays (2023) [Hi-Res]

The holiday season typically brings an expected harvest of albums. But, every once in a while, a seasonal release seeks to surprise, delight and refresh our love for the music of snow and celebration in a new way.

Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer Ted Nash and NYC singer/songwriter Kristen Lee Sergeant have brought something of this high caliber to the party in Holidays: a markedly distinctive record for the season.

Ted Nash is well known as a bandleader and as a member and arranger for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He is paired with Kristen Lee Sergeant, a vocalist and songwriter who has been singled out for her intelligent lyrics and dramatic styling of song.

Nash and Sergeant aren’t just occasional partners on the bandstand (Nash has appeared in several of Sergeant’s releases), they are partners in life with all that entails, including a collaboration in wine called Two Notes, now in its fourth vintage.

Holidays capitalizes on the best of what a coupling like this can bring. Nash’s memories of holidays spent making music with his family of legendary Hollywood studio musicians infuse many... more

Ted Nash - conductor, tenor & soprano saxophones, flute (4)
Kristen Lee Sergeant - vocals

Sherman Irby, Steve Kenyon, Ben Kono, Chris Lewis & Paul Nedzela - woodwinds
Tatum Greenblatt, Marcus Printup, Kellin Hanas, & James Zollar - trumpets
James Burton, Jennifer Krupa, Matthew McDonald - trombones
Adam Birnbaum - piano
Jay Anderson - bass
Jared Schonig - drums