''A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas!'' is a 2015 Christmas album by the Count Basie Orchestra, directed by Scotty Barnhart, and released by Concord Records. The album was recorded between August 2014 and July 2015.

Track listing

# " Jingle Bells" (Pierpont) :37# " Let It Snow" – with Ellis Marsalis (Styne/Cahn) :56# "It's the Holiday Season" – with

Johnny Mathis John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer. Starting his 69-year career with singles of standard (music), standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century and became highly popular as ...

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Silent Night "Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO The United Nations Educati ...

" (Gruber/Mohr/traditional) :25# " Good "Swing" Wenceslas" (Helmore/Neale/traditional) :35# "

The Christmas Song "The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells (songwriter), Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat K ...

" – with Ledisi (Torme/Wells) :42# " Little Drummer Boy" (Davis/Onorati/Simeone) :51# " Sleigh Ride" (Anderson/Parish) :50# "

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical '' Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. ...

" – with Carmen Bradford (Blane/Martin) :04# "

Winter Wonderland "Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himb ...

" (Bernard/Smith) :10# " I'll Be Home for Christmas" – with Ellis Marsalis & Plas Johnson (Gannon/Kent/Ram) :31

References

2015 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Concord Records albums Count Basie Orchestra albums Swing Christmas albums {{2010s-album-stub