''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 and their most recent album to date.

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

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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 Christmas albums because it serves up snazzy seasonal swingers, tunes that revel in their retro-kitsch."

Track listing

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 ...

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* 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 mu ...

– arranger *Mark Jones – arranger * Dave Kaplan –

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*Tim Messina –

music director A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

*Jody Nardone – vocal arrangement *Kristen Carranza – production coordination *Joey Waterman – production coordination *Tyler Sweet –

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*Derek Yaniger – cover art *Scott Anderson – layout Musicians *Brian Setzer – guitar, vocals *Roy Agee – trombone *Sean Billings – trumpet *

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 age 8 and ...

– trumpet *Mike Briones – trombone *

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– vocals (background) * Barry Green – trombone *John Hatton – bass guitar *Mike Haynes – trumpet *Robbie Hioki – trombone *Jamie Hovorka – trumpet *

Paul Leim Paul William Leim (born December 29, 1950) is an American drummer and recording session musician based in Nashville. Biography Leim was born in Port Huron, Michigan and raised in Troup, Texas. He was inspired to take up drumming as a child a ...

– drums *Sam Levine – saxophone *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. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

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

Chart performance

Release history

References

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