Winter Romance [Cream LP]

by Beegie Adair

Overview

For her Christmas album, pianist Beegie Adair engages an orchestra to back her usual trio. That action pushes the genre designation for her music from "jazz" to "easy listening." Although generally defined as a jazz artist, Adair is on the more conservative side, usually playing the melodies of the standards she likes to fill her albums with, while adding only brief improvisational sections and embellishments. Here, the string arrangements don't leave much room even for that, making this instrumental pop with a holiday bent and almost no jazz content. Of course, it's a pleasant recording of some very familiar material, festive and occasionally playful ("Santa Baby") as well as sentimental. Most artists use their Christmas albums simply to present seasonal music in their established styles; Adair goes beyond that somewhat by adding the orchestra, but this album still sounds like what her followers would expect. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2024
Label:	Green Hill
UPC:	0792755655665
Rank:	155496

Tracks

1. I'll Be Home For Christmas
2. Winter Wonderland
3. Merry Christmas Darling
4. Sleigh Ride
5. Santa Baby
6. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
7. A Winter Romance
8. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
9. A Child Is Born
10. Auld Lang Syne

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Beegie Adair   Primary Artist,Piano
Jaimee Paul   Primary Artist
David Davidson   Violin
Jim Grosjean   Viola
John Catchings   Cello
Karen Winkelmann   Violin
David Angell   Violin
Lee Levine   Clarinet
Jennifer Kummer   French Horn
Monisa Angell   Viola
Jack Jezzro   Guitar
Eric Darken   Percussion
Denis Solee   Sax (Tenor)
Kristin Wilkinson   Viola
Connie Ellisor   Violin
Mary Alice Hoepfinger   Harp
Roger Spencer   Bass
Sari Reist   Cello
Beth Beeson   French Horn
Erik Gratton   Flute
Pamela Sixfin   Violin

Technical Credits

Kim Gannon   Composer
Tony Springer   Composer
Edward Pola   Composer
Richard Carpenter   Composer
Thaddeus J. Jones   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Brendan Harkin   Mixing,Engineer
George Wyle   Composer
Meredith Willson   Composer
Philip Springer   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Leroy Anderson   Composer
Jack Jezzro   Producer
Frank Sinatra   Composer
Felix Bernard   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Ken Lane   Composer
Thad Jones   Composer
Claude Thornhill   Composer
Jeff Steinberg   Arranger
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Joan Javits   Composer
Frank Pooler   Composer
Ruth Thornhill   Composer
Dok Stanford   Composer
Richard B. Smith   Composer
Henry Sanicola   Composer
Leroy Anderson & His Orchestra   Composer