Crafty Christmas

...playing with determination and inventiveness...Eklund hammers home his credentials as a player emphatically.
- All About Jazz

"What is Crafty Christmas?" you may ask. Inspired by his sister's tradition of gathering with friends to make hand-crafted Christmas presents, the New York trumpeter, in the same spirit, created this recording as a gift to his parents. Properly unassuming and sweetly swinging, his quartet covers the familiar hymns and songs of the season, and is joined by vocalist Kevin-Anthony for season-perfect renditions of "The Christmas Song," and "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Eklund's original, "Two as One," written for his sister's wedding, creates a very appropriate coda to a project that will hopefully inspire many others' Crafty Christmases!

Track Listing

1. Winter Wonderland (5:37)
2. The Christmas Song (5:00)
3. Christmas Time Is Here (4:14)
4. Greensleeves (4:59)
5. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (7:19)
6. Let It Snow (5:16)
7. I'll Be Home For Christmas (5:06)
8. Silent Night (6:21)
9. Two As One (6:29)

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