Christmas in New Orleans

Louis Armstrong | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B00001QEIT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Christmas in New Orleans

2. 'Zat You, Santa Claus?

3. Hello, Dolly!

4. Blue Moon

5. Baby, It's Cold Outside

6. Gone Fishin'

7. Santa Claus Blues

8. A Kiss to Build a Dream On

9. The Night Before Christmas

10. What a Wonderful World

Disc: 2

1. Christmas in New Orleans

2. Blue Blood Blues

3. The Christmas Song

4. Christmas Morning Blues

5. The Santa Claus Blues

6. Santa Claus, Santa Claus

7. What Will Santa Claus Say? (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')

8. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

9. Jingle Bells

10. Merry Christmas, Baby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A blast from the past., July 1, 2000

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Ward Cates (Pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas in New Orleans (Audio CD)

This is a classic. Armstrong's voice is its own blend of sandpaper and silk and it is satisfying to listen to him.

There are tunes in here like "Zat you Santa Claus" that are a hoot: "What's that I spy there, is that an eye there? Zat you Santa Claus?" Now, once you hear it, you'll have a hard time getting it out of your head.

The playing is solid and the tunes are all well executed. This is jazz played the way "it used to be," and it is a throroughly satisfying experience. I bought this on vinyl originally and am glad it has made the trip to CD.

So few people today have heard Satchmo (Armstrong) that when you put this one on and people start to hum along and pick up the words, they get quiet and listen. It's a blast from the past!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good collection that could have been a little better, December 29, 2003

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John Sloan "sloanjohn" (right there) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas in New Orleans (Audio CD)

These are just some of the reasons to get this disc:
* Duke Ellington & His Orchestra doing "Jingle Bells is just about the best of the hundreds of versions of that song.
* Louis Prima's "What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin'?)" is sone vintage Christmas swing.
* Big Tiny Little's (I just love that name) ragtime piano intrumental "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" will make you want to sing along.
* Charles Brown does the original "Merry Christmas, Baby". If you don't already own it on another compilation, you can get it here.

Most of the songs here are good representations of Christmas in New Orleans. Still, I have to wonder why the producers of this disc chose to include Fats Domino's "When The Saints Go Marching In", since he has recorded some great Christmas songs. And how did the Boston Pops end up on a New Orleans compilation? Also, Victoria Spivey's "Christmas Morning Blues" has kind of grating 1920's blues sound that would appeal mostly to music historians.
This is probably about a 3 1/2 star set, but the generous Christmas spirit bumps it up to 4.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrif!, April 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Christmas in New Orleans (Audio CD)

I usually hate xmas compilations, but this one has a coupla gems. Louis Prima's "What Will Santa Claus Say (when he finds everybody swingin')" is so jivin'. AND he wrote it! Also, Duke Ellington's take on that hardened chestnust, "Jingle Bells" is impressive. And the jovial call-and-response vocals of "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" is worth the price of admission alone.