Blue Christmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evidence
• ASIN: B00005OW58
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,387 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Christmas - Michael Hill/Roy Gaines/South Side Slim/Kim Wilson

2. Winter Wonderland - Jake Andrews/Roy Rogers

3. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Jake Andrews/Denny Freeman

4. Silver Bells - Joe Louis Walker/John 'Juke' Logan

5. Sleigh Ride - Ernie Watts/Michael Hill

6. We Three Kings - Tommy Castro/Corey Harris/Tom Jr. Morgan/Johnny V/Rich Mornings

7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Paul Oscher/Guitar Shorty/Charlie Musselwhite

8. Let It Snow - Michael Burks/Corey Harris/Tom Jr. Morgan/Johnny V/Rich Morings

9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Walter Trout/Kim Wilson

10. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Becky Barksdale/Albert Carter/Barry Goldberg

11. Little Drummer Boy - Alvin Youngblood Hart/Paul Oscher

12. Deck The Halls - Son Seals/Denny Freeman/Sugar Blue

13. Blue Christmas - Rusy Zinn/Kim Wilson

14. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Kirk Fletcher/Kris Wiley/Sugar Blue

15. The Christmas Song - Denny Freeman

16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Otish Rush/Son Seals/Denny Freeman

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Choice For The Holidays!, October 26, 2001

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Christmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals (Audio CD)

Evidence Music's "Blue Xmas" is an all-instrumental recording featuring approximately 30 blues musicians, spanning several generations. The list of performers is virtually a who's who of blues musicians and is not limited to artists who have contracts with Evidence. For example, Alligator recording artists Michael Burks, Corey Harris and Rusty Zinn are all featured on the disc as are Ruf Records Walter Trout, Rykodisc's Alvin YoungBlood Hart as well as many, many others.

Putting together an all instrumental Christmas CD featuring several star performers is, of course, nothing new and such disc's appear in all genre from Rock's "Merry Axemas" to Jazz's "Smooth Jazz Christmas" to Classical's "Classical Christmas Instrumentals" to "Bluegrass Christmas" to "New Age Christmas" and every thing in-between. Blues fans are now afforded equal treatment.

The song selections for the CD are your run of the mill, household name tunes, such as "White Christmas" "Let It Snow" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and there are no new numbers on the disc. The advantage to selecting these songs is that the listener can easily identify them without listening to vocals. Also, while these are rather milk toast selections, the performances, while sticking as close to possible to the more traditional versions, allows each artist some room for artistic expression. In that regard, the performance's of all musicians on this disc are several notches above what you will find on other Christmas CD's making it a welcome addition to any holiday collection.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues Christmas: Blues Christmas Instrumentals, January 15, 2007

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Vicki L. Sims "vickick" (Russell, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Christmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for my husband for Christmas. He does not like Christmas music at all and gets tired of me playing it at home. So I thought I would take a chance and order this and he loved it. We played it over and over thoughout the holidays! Thanks so much!

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice album, November 29, 2008

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sgeise "sgeise" (South West Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Christmas: Christmas Blues Instrumentals (Audio CD)

I could not find and short "previews" of the songs on this album, so I was a little reluctant to buy it. But now that I have it, I love it. This album, (as mentioned in the description) is all instrumental. This is a collection of popular Christmas music, all of the tunes are played upbeat. Many will have you tapping your toes. The blues enthusiast will like the album, but so will most anyone else. If you're not "into" the Blues, let me tell you that the musicians play straightforward. There aren't any abstract or "out there" renditions. It makes a super change of pace album.