Jim and Jay's Christmas

by Jim Galloway

Overview

Jim Galloway (on soprano, tenor and baritone), veteran pianist Jay McShann (who takes the vocal on "Hootie's Christmas Baby"), bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Archie Alleyne team up to play some spirited Christmas jazz on this CD. Some of the treatments are a bit surprising, including a very somber opening "Silent Night"; a few of the tunes are obscure, particularly "Christmas Night In Harlem" and "Christmas In New Orleans," and the band easily swings through such tunes as "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Silver Bells." A fine, swing-oriented mainstream set. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	10/10/2000
Label:	Sackville
UPC:	0038153305420
Rank:	137229

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jim Galloway   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Jay McShann   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Neil Swainson   Bass
Archie Alleyne   Drums

Technical Credits

Bill Smith   Design,Type Setting
Irving Berlin   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Edmund Sears   Composer
Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Charles Wesley   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
Jay McShann   Composer
John Norris   Producer,Liner Notes
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Ray Evans   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Tommie Connor   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Robert Burns   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Raymond Scott   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer
Dick Sherman   Composer
Richard Storrs Willis   Composer
Joseph VanWinkle   Composer
Don Vickery   Photography
Don Thompson   Mixing,Engineer
Jeff Zabutsky   Digital Assembly
Traditional   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer