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█ ARTiST : Dianne Reeves █
█ ALBUM : Christmas Time Is Here █
█ LABEL : Blue Note Records █
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▄ ENCODER : Lame 3.90.3 / APS ▄
█ STREET : Sep-28-2004 █
█ RELEASE : Oct-28-2004 █
█ GENRE : Jazz █
█ QUALiTY : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo █
█ SOURCE : CDDA █
█ TYPE : Album █
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▄ + TRACK LiSTiNG + ▄
█ [#] [Track Name] [time] █
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█ 01. Little Drummer Boy 04:58 █
█ 02. Carol of the Bells 03:57 █
█ 03. Christmas Time Is Here 03:20 █
█ 04. This Time of the Year 04:54 █
█ 05. Christmas Waltz 03:40 █
█ 06. I'll Be Home for Christmas 05:25 █
█ 07. Christ Child's Lullaby 03:38 █
█ 08. A Child Is Born 04:59 █
█ 09. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts) 05:30 █
█ 10. Let It Snow 03:23 █
█ 11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 04:18 █
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▄ + RELEASE iNFORMATiON + ▄
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█ Dianne's first holiday recording, Christmas Time Is Here █
█ will be available from Blue Note Records on September 28th. █
█ The 11-song collection features Dianne's longtime trio of █
█ pianist Peter Martin, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg █
█ Hutchinson with special guests guitarist Romero Lubambo, █
█ saxophonist Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Joe Locke and the █
█ Sirius String Quartet. The title track is the Vince Guaraldi █
█ classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas. A songbook of both █
█ familiar seasonal tunes such as "Little Drummer Boy," "Have █
█ Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Let It Snow" and Mel █
█ Torme's "The Christmas Song" and rarities like "This Time of █
█ the Year" and "A Child Is Born," Christmas Time Is Here is █
█ sure to become a holiday classic in its own right. █
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█ "I love Christmas," Dianne says, "I love being with my █
█ family during the holiday season, and yet I'm all too often █
█ performing out-of-town during that time of year. Last year █
█ Christmas was spent on a stage in Tokyo. This year, I █
█ decided I wanted to be in others hearts and homes, and at █
█ the same time-stay at home!" █
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█ A few months after winning her historic third Grammy in a █
█ row, Dianne headed into the studio with producer Arif Martin █
█ to record Christmas Time is Here. "We conjured the spirit of █
█ Christmas in the month of May," says Reeves, "And the magic █
█ in the studio resulted in this album coming together in a █
█ breeze. We did many of the arrangements right there on the █
█ spot; the search for songs took longer than the recording █
█ itself." Of course, Dianne's personal stamp is on each of █
█ the tunes. A Brazilian grooved "Christmas Waltz" was █
█ arranged by Romero Lubambo. "Romero changed it up, giving it █
█ a samba/ reggae feel," Dianne explains, who notes that for █
█ her, this song now captures the epitome of holiday joy; and █
█ not coincidentally, it was also a family effort. "When we █
█ were recording it, we decided to add a little something █
█ extra. Romero came up with a wonderful Brazilian street █
█ melody in the arrangement and we added a choir with his wife █
█ and daughter helping out." Similarly, there was a new █
█ arrangement on a song Reeves heard on a Shawn Colvin holiday █
█ album, "Christ Child's Lullaby," and with the addition of █
█ the Sirius String Quartet, the result is a lullaby for the █
█ ages. █
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█ With a new record full of Dianne's signature warmth and █
█ style, it's clear that Christmas has come early this year. █
█ █
█ www.diannereeves.com █
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+[ There's nothing more fun than ignoring the rest of the world ]+