''Rockin’ Rudolph'' is the third

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album by

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, released on October 16, 2015, through

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. Produced by Peter Collins, it is the band's first Christmas album in ten years.

Promotion

In support of the album, The Brian Setzer Orchestra embarked on the 12th Annual Christmas Rocks! Tour. In the midst of the tour they performed at an invitation-only event for

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at The Hard Rock Café in

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. The concert was broadcast across SiriusXM channels in the days that followed.

Critical reception

''Rockin' Rudolph'' received mostly positive reviews from

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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of

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rated the album three out of five stars and states: "Rockin' Rudolph deserves to sit proudly alongside the Brian Setzer Orchestra's other five Christmas albums because it serves up snazzy seasonal swingers, tunes that revel in their retro-kitsch."

Track listing

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Personnel

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Brian Setzer Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with ...

- arranger * Peter Collins - producer *Steve Gibson - producer *Terry Christian -

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, mixing *Don Cobb - mastering *Eric Conn - mastering * Dave Darling - additional production *

Frank Comstock Frank G. Comstock (September 20, 1922 – May 21, 2013) was an American composer, arranger, conductor and trombonist. For television, Comstock wrote and arranged music for major situation comedies and variety shows; his theme and incidental mus ...

- arranger *Mark Jones - arranger * Dave Kaplan - executive producer *Tim Messina - music director *Jody Nardone - vocal arrangement *Kristen Carranza - production coordination *Joey Waterman - production coordination *Tyler Sweet -

guitar technician A guitar technician (or 'guitar tech') is a member of a music ensemble's road crew who maintains and sets up the musical equipment for one or more guitarists. Depending on the type and size of band, the guitar tech may be responsible for stringin ...

*Derek Yaniger - cover art *Scott Anderson - layout ;Musicians *Brian Setzer -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, vocals *Roy Agee -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

*Sean Billings -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Ron Blake Ron Blake (born September 7, 1965) is an American saxophonist, band leader, composer, and music educator. Born in the Virgin Islands, he attended Northwestern University, and now lives in New York City. Blake began studying guitar at 8 and tur ...

- trumpet *Mike Briones - trombone *

Shannon Brown Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State ...

- vocals (background) *

Barry Green Barry Green is an American orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A contemporary of people such as Gary Karr, he has developed and publicized his own method for doubl ...

- trombone *John Hatton - bass *Mike Haynes - trumpet *Robbie Hioki - trombone *Jamie Hovorka - trumpet *

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- drums *Sam Levine -

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

*Jeremy Levy - trombone *Kerry Loeschen - trombone *Tim Messina - saxophone *Eric Morones - saxophone *Jody Nardone - vocals (background) *Steve Patrick - trumpet *Charlie Peterson - saxophone *Tony Pia - drums *Steve Reid - trumpet *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voc ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*Julie Setzer - vocals (background) *Leslie Spencer - vocals (background) *David Spicher - bass *Jim Youngstrom - saxophone *Matt Zebly - saxophone

Chart performance

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rockin' Rudolph The Brian Setzer Orchestra albums 2015 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Surfdog Records albums Swing Christmas albums Albums produced by Peter Collins (record producer)