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: Artist......: Raphael Wressnig & Alex Schultz
: Album.......: Soulful Christmas (With a Funky Twist) :
: Label.......: Zyx Music .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Jazz+Funk :
Catnr.......: PEC 2143-2 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2024-12-20
Str.date....: 2023-10-13
Quality.....: 249kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://www.raphaelwressnig.com '
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1. O Tannenbaum 3:18
2. Leise rieselt der Schnee 3:41
3. Winter Wonderland 3:30
4. This Christmas 3:31
5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 3:51
6. The Little Drummer Boy 3:35
7. Merry Christmas Baby 4:25
8. Jingle Bells 4:56
9. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) 4:39
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,: Raphael Wressnig is a self-described organ-heavy soul & funk :,
: musician. His B-3 and other organ work. His catalog of about 20 :
:' albums of New Orleans-style funk, soul and R&B feature his nig ':
,: organ sound. He was hanging out in New Orleans for a Crawfish :,
: Fiesta away from his native Germany and teamed up with New York :
:' City born and L.A. based guitarist Alex Schultz to deliver a ':
,: super instrumental holiday album to welcome in the Christmas :,
: season for 2023. :
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,: Wressnig and Schultz have teamed up before, on album like Soul :,
: Gumbo and Chicken Burrito. Wressnig plays Hammond B-3 organ :
:' along with Wurlitzer piano, and Hohner D-6 clavinet. Schultz is ':
,: on the guitars. Hans-J rgen Bart is on drums except for the :,
: final track where Eric Cisbani is featured. Gisele Jackson is a :
:' special guest on vocals for the lone non-instrumental cut. ':
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: They open with the traditional O Tannenbaum with some nice, :
:' heavy organ and solid guitar work. The second track is an old ':
,: German children s carol Leise rieselt der Schnee which the :,
: pair duly and suitably funk up. :
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,: Winter Wonderland is the next traditional carol that they give :,
: their soulful and funky makeover to and follow that with Jackson :
:' giving a powerful performance on the modern Christmas favorite ':
,: This Christmas. Baltimore-born and now residing in Brooklyn :,
: Giselle is a spectacular singer. :
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,: Up next is Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and then it s The :,
: Little Drummer Boy that Wressnig and Schultz funkify and make :
:' cool. They do a great job with both secular and sacred carols. ':
,: :,
: Merry Christmas Baby may lack the typical crooning or sexy :
:' vocals but make up for that with some really slick work by ':
,: Wressnig and Schultz. Following that is Jingle Bells for a :,
: very funky sleigh ride, and then they conclude with Stille :
:' Nacht (Silent Night), a delightful finale for a fine album! ':
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: There is no schmaltz here. All the songs are done with funky and :
:' swampy soul, blues and grease. They give the listener a new ':
,: and cool and powerful perspective on Christmas classics that :,
: will delight those who pick up this album. I enjoyed the set of :
:' tunes and if you are looking for a heavy set of Xmas music with ':
,: lots of cool organ and guitar then look no further! :,
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