Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics

Hipsters' Holiday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032QP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,413 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #39 in Music > Jazz > Vocal Jazz > Vocalese
  • #65 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > East Coast Blues

Track Listings

1. Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong And The Commanders

2. Santa Done Got Hip - The Marquees

3. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

4. Jingle Bells - Leo Watson

5. Deck Us All With Boston Charlie - Lambert, Hendricks, And Ross

6. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Oscar McLollie And His Honey Jumpers

7. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott

8. Blue Christmas - Miles Davis

9. Silent Night - The Tim Fuller Experience

10. 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong And The Commanders

11. Merry Christmas, Baby - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

12. (We Wanna See) Santa Do the Mambo - Big John Greer

13. Five Pound Box of Money - Pearl Bailey

14. Be-Bop Santa Claus - Be-Bop Santa Claus

15. Jingle All the Way [#] - Jingle All The Way

16. Christmas Spirit [#] - Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends

17. Christmas Night in Harlem [#] - Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

18. Hello Mr. New Year [#] - The Coolbreezers

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Listen to Hipster's Holiday and you'll feel like you just spent Christmas in the coolest nightclub on Earth. "Silent Night" swings in Tim Fuller's Vegas-lounge setting while Lambert, Hendricks & Ross lay on the playful jazz vocals in "Deck Us All with Boston Charlie" and John Greer dictates that "We Wanna See Santa Claus Do the Mambo." And so it goes, 18 totally hip tracks with lots of dancing opportunities--and some comic relief from Pearl Bailey with "Five Pound Box of Money" and Eartha Kitt from 1953, making history with her now classic "Santa Baby." The showstopper, however, in a lineup that exudes cool, from Miles Davis and Lionel Hampton to the Marquees, Lena Horne, and Mabel Scott, comes from Louis Armstrong and his Commanders. Their romping versions of "Cool Yule" and "'Zat You, Santa Claus" are must-hears for any kid. Armstrong again conquers with his All Stars in a lively panoramic view of "Christmas Night in Harlem." If this dynamo set can't jump-start your holiday season, your battery might be dead for good. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something for everybody in this collection of rarities, September 25, 2000

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Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics (Audio CD)

Rhino deserves a hand for reviving these rare sides. "Hipsters' Holiday" is an eclectic Christmas package; so individual selections will be a matter of taste. The slower, melancholy cuts will appeal to blues addicts, while other listeners will probably use the "skip" button and go right to the upbeat stuff. This writer's top three are Oscar McLollie's "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus" (an early doo-wop masterpiece that really jumps); Leo Watson's manic, fascinating scat singing on "Jingle Bells," and Louis Armstrong's bravura vocal on the spooky "Zat You, Santy Claus?" Sure to generate some holiday cheer. Sound quality is excellent.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Have a crazy cool Christmas, but don't get knocked out., December 8, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics (Audio CD)

This is a collection of jazzy Christmas songs. But don't be scared, it's vocal jazz, which is more accessible than instrumental jazz (some of the tracks actually lean more towards R&B than jazz). There are a lot of cool songs here. But I have to question why Tim Fuller's "Silent Night" from 1989 is here, when the rest of the songs are from the 40s, 50s and 60s. It seems a bit out of place here (it's good, though). I also should mention that the sound quality is not that great on a few tracks, which sound like they were recorded from scratchy old 78s. Despite that, this is a fun collection which should inspire you to have a "cool" Christmas.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Damn fine, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hipster's Holiday: Vocal Jazz and R&B Classics (Audio CD)

Great, fun stuff. Play it at a party -- the Satchmo tracks will please everybody, Pearl Bailey's track is a stone classic, "Blue Xmas" will please your misanthrope friends and the mistreatment the Tim Fuller Experience gives to "Silent Night" will empty *any* room. One of my favorite holiday records.