Ivan's Jazzy Christmas 2003

"Ivan's Jazzy Christmas 2003" are my renditions of 8 more Christmas songs (also check out last year's CD). A big thanks to those who sent feedback about the 2002 CD!

You can click on each of the tracks below for the mp3. To save the mp3's to your hard drive, you may need to right click and select "Save Target As..." or something similar for your operating system and browser. The files are a bit bigger than last year - I decided that 96 Kb mp3 files chopped off too much of the high end sounds, so this year I used 128K files.

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas (4:49, 4.5 Mb): A nice piano, bass, vibes, and drumms version that swings.
Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (5:07, 4.7 Mb): Piano, guitar, and bass start this one off, and drumms come in later. This version is a bassanova with guitar and piano trading for melody and solos.
Let It Snow, Let It Snow (3:21, 3.1 Mb): A waltzy 3/3 version with piano and guitar trading the melody and solos.
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (2:35, 2.4 mb): This starts out with a simple yet nice bass solo, and then fibes, piano, and drumms come in. Short but a nice swaggering swing.
Frosty The Snowman (4:33, 4.2 Mb): Horns play a miner melody on top of piano, bass, and drumms with a unique tempo for this song. This was a fun arangement - kind of ominous.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman (2:31, 2.3 Mb): A medium swing version of this tune, with guitar and organ trading comping. This definitely has a nice kick to it.
I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:46, 3.5 Mb): Piano and Mouth harp (harmonica) play melody and solo, with bass and drumms and percussion (bomgos) laying down some nice yet busy time.
Silver Bells (4:42, 4.3 Mb): A piano solo that slowly builds, with a bluesy / gospally feel.

Like the music, have an XV-88 too, have suggestions? Send me an email at webmaster@ivanfetch.com. Thanks for stopping by and having a listen!

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Document Last Modified: Monday, December 22, 2003