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Ellis Marsalis
May Your Christmas Be Bright

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Seasons Greetings from ELM Records. This is our first Christmas release and on behalf of Jason, my wife Dolores and myself we want to express our appreciation to you for including our music in your seasonal celebration. We hope both the sacred and secular selections help bring a measure of joy and peace to you and your loved ones.
This CD is dedicated to the memory of Leona Learson Ferdinand who departed this earth on September 26, 2002.

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Personnel

Ellis Marsalis piano, Bill Huntington bass violin, Jason Marsalis drum set + percussion + vibraphone (on tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13), Cynthia Liggins Thomas vocal (on tracks 3, 7, 11).

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Selections

• 1 The Little Drummer Boy
  • Davis + Onorati + Simeone
• 2 We Three Kings
  • Traditional
• 3 A Child Is Born
  • Thad Jones
• 4 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  • E.H. Sears + R.S. Willis
• 5 O Holy Night
  • Adolphe Adam
• 6 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Traditional
• 7 Rise Up Shepherd and Follow
  • Negro spiritual, arr: Ellis Marsalis
• 8 O Little Town of Bethlehem
  • P. Brooks + L.H. Redner
• 9 Silent Night
  • J. Mohr + F. Gruber
• 10 Winter Wonderland
  • Bernard + Smith
• 11 What You Gonna Name That Pretty Little Baby
  • Negro spiritual, arr: Ellis Marsalis
• 12 Christmas Time is Here
  • Guaraldi + Mendelson
• 13 What Child Is This
  • Traditional
• 14 The Christmas Song
  • Mel Torme