Six String Santa

Joe Pass | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cobra Entertainment LLC
• ASIN: B000001VP5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,806 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #35 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening

Track Listings

1. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays

3. White Christmas

4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

5. O Christmas Tree

6. Angels We Have Heard on High/Joy to the World

7. Happy Holiday Blues

8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

11. Winter Wonderland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Confusing reissue of very good album, April 18, 2005

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randysrodeo.com (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Six String Santa (Audio CD)

Just to clarify things for fans of fondly remembered jazz guitarist Joe Pass: he recorded a Christmas album, "Six-String Santa" (1992), for - unlikely as it seems - budget label LaserLight Records, a division of Delta Entertainment. Delta reissued the CD in 2001 as "Christmas Guitar Dreams" but they didn't change the catalog number or the barcode, so Amazon shoppers will find both listed in the Marketplace. You'll have to contact your seller to figure out which is which - if you care, that is. The music is the same; I have uploaded images of both CD's.

In 2003, Delta also issued a version for the Spanish language market with a different cover and all the song titles translated into espanol. Entitled "Sueno Navideno Con Guitarra," it is listed separately on Amazon.

Overall, most listeners will enjoy this album tremendously - soothing without lapsing into smooth. Not the equal, perhaps, of similar albums by Kenny Burrell or Charlie Byrd, but just fine, nonetheless.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first Joe Pass CD, definately not my last., December 20, 2004

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C. Thomas "cam" (Oklahoma, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Six String Santa (Audio CD)

I'm not sure how I came across this CD. It might have been a recommendation from a friend, or just surfing. Regardless of how I found it, I am so glad I added this Joe Pass CD to my Christmas music collection.

I have bought discs in the past looking for Christmas music that is relaxing and non-obtrusive. This in not an easy thing to do. Christmas Guitar Dreams fits that bill like none I have bought in the past.

This Joe Pass CD is good for background music in an office environment, at Christmas parties or even to listen to while your family enjoys Christmas Dinner.

I am giving this 5 stars because it is such a wonderful Christmas CD. My only complaint is that it could not be twice as long simply to extend the simple pleasure of good music.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite Christmas albums!, July 27, 2003

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GA Russell (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Six String Santa (Audio CD)

The ambience is laid back, with an easy-going small group here.

Every December, I play this album more often than any other album except Vince Guaraldi's.

At the price, it's a steal.