Rodney Whitaker -Cranbrook Christmas Jazz -Origin CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Personent Hodie

1.2 The Christmas Song

1.3 In the Bleak Midwinter

1.4 We Three Kings

1.5 I Love the Winter Weather

1.6 Christmas Time Is Here

1.7 Winter Wonderland

1.8 O Holy Night

1.9 A Child Is Born

1.10 My Favorite Things

1.11 It's Easy to Blame the Weather

1.12 Little Drummer Boy

1.13 Silent Night

1.14 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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Der legendÃ¤re Bassist Rodney Whitaker ist eine gefeierte PersÃ¶nlichkeit im Jazz-Ã?kosystem von Michigan, seit er zurÃ¼ckgekehrt ist, um das Weltklasse-Programm an der Michigan State University aufzubauen. Er ist in zahlreichen Jazz-Institutionen aktiv und war fÃ¼nf Jahre lang Artist in Residence in der historischen Christ Church Cranbrook in der NÃ¤he von Detroit, die mit ihrem breit gefÃ¤cherten Kunst- und Gemeindeangebot Whitaker und dem Chorleiter Christopher Wells die MÃ¶glichkeit bot, die Welten des Jazz und der traditionellen Chormusik zusammenzubringen. Diese Aufnahme dokumentiert ihre langjÃ¤hrigen Sacred Jazz Concerts und zeigt die herausragende JazzsÃ¤ngerin Vanessa Rubin, die mit Whitakers Sextett und dem Chor der Kirche Arrangements von Hymnen, Weihnachtsliedern und Jazzstandards der Saison auffÃ¼hrt, darunter Mel Tormes "The Christmas Song" und Vince Guaraldis "Christmas Time Is Here". -

Legendary bassist Rodney Whitaker has been a celebrated force in Michigan's jazz eco-system since returning to develop the world-class program at Michigan State University. Active with numerous jazz legacy institutions, Whitaker has spent five-years as Artist in Residence with the historic Christ Church Cranbrook near Detroit, where it's wide-ranging arts and community offerings has afforded Whitaker and choir director Christopher Wells to collaborate, providing rich opportunities to bring together the worlds of jazz and traditional choir music. This recording documents their long-running Sacred Jazz Concerts and features preeminent jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin, with Whitaker's sextet and the Church's choir, performing arrangements of hymns, Christmas favorites, and jazz standards of the season, including Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song" and Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here."

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ORIGIN82814

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