So solid, so sweet!
This new collection of exciting, fresh arrangements on 16 holiday classics includes lush versions of The Christmas Song, and Snowfall featuring Bonnie Eisele plus a hot, wailing clarinet and drum duet on Sleigh Ride featuring Ken Peplowski and Les DeMerle. Among the many colors of this CD are the beautiful and warm Brazilian feels of I'll Be Home For Christmas and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, cookin' bluesy renditions of Winter Wonderland and Merry Christmas Baby, and a down and dirty New Orleans-style Santa Is Near.
Track Listing
1. Winter Wonderland (4:15)2. Let It Snow (3:42)
3. The Christmas Song (6:10)
4. I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:47)
5. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:15)
6. The Christmas Waltz (4:29)
7. Santa Baby (5:53)
8. Sleigh Ride (3:01)
9. Baby, It's Cold Outside (4:39)
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (4:26)
11. Santa Claus Is Near (3:04)
12. White Christmas (4:53)
13. Snowfall (5:33)
14. Little Bebop Drummer Boy (3:57)
15. Merry Christmas, Baby (3:11)
16. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (5:52)
Performers:
The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band
Les DeMerle - drums, vocals
Bonnie Eisele - vocals, percussion
Ken Peplowski - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Thomas Snow - piano
Bill McCrossen - bass
Production Info:
Produced by LES DeMERLE and BONNIE EISELE
Co-produced by THOMAS SNOW
Recorded and mixed by STEVE DROWN at The Studio, Portland, ME
Mastered by TOBY MOUNTAIN at Northeastern Digital, Southboro, MA
Album Notes: LES DeMERLE
Editor: BONNIE EISELE
Photo of Les: DAVE BURGHARDT, Island Photo; Photos of Bonnie: JONATHAN BAILEY;
Photo of Les at three: ESTELLE "MICKEY" DeMERLE; Cover photo: BRENDAN BYRNE
Layout & Design: JOHN BISHOP
RADIO DATE: JANUARY 01, 1997
