The Christmas Album in Bloomington, MN

For their set of
Christmas
related material,
the Manhattan Transfer
welcome such guests as trumpeter
Jack Sheldon
(on
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
),
Tony Bennett
(
"The Christmas Song"
), trumpeter
Harry "Sweets" Edison
and tenor saxophonist
Pete Christlieb
. With arrangements provided for the backing orchestra by
Johnny Mandel
on a few numbers, highlights of this disc include
"Snowfall,"
a Santa medley and
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
A pleasing set of
jazz
-influenced
music. ~ Scott Yanow