Don Lanphere- Year 'Round Christmas
Few veterans of the classic bebop era are still active, and even fewer are currently in their musical prime. Don Lanphere is a major exception. Rather than just recreating the past (which in the past includes leading a date that featured Fats Navarro), Lanphere always looks ahead. A distinctive tenor saxophonist, Lanphere also doubles on soprano and leads a top-notch sextet in the Pacific Northwest. - LA Jazz Scene. Living legend of the saxophone, Don Lanphere, delivers a set of Christmas classics in only the way he can. A consistent seller since released in 1998. Originally released in 1999.
Tracklist:
- Overture -- Christmas to the World
- Jingle Bells
- Cradle in Bethlehem
- Silver Bells
- Christmas Song, The
- Mary's Boy Child
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Deck the Halls
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- O Holy Night
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Few veterans of the classic bebop era are still active, and even fewer are currently in their musical prime. Don Lanphere is a major exception. Rather than just recreating the past (which in the past includes leading a date that featured Fats Navarro), Lanphere always looks ahead. A distinctive tenor saxophonist, Lanphere also doubles on soprano and leads a top-notch sextet in the Pacific Northwest. - LA Jazz Scene. Living legend of the saxophone, Don Lanphere, delivers a set of Christmas classics in only the way he can. A consistent seller since released in 1998. Originally released in 1999.
Tracklist:
- Overture -- Christmas to the World
- Jingle Bells
- Cradle in Bethlehem
- Silver Bells
- Christmas Song, The
- Mary's Boy Child
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Deck the Halls
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- O Holy Night
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!