Anita Baker Fulfils "Fantasy" With Jazz Vets
Anita Baker will have her new holiday album in stores on Oct. 4.
Produced and arranged by Baker and Barry Eastmond, 'Christmas
Fantasy,' from Blue Note, features a mix of traditional Christmas
carols ("God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"), standards ("I'll Be Home For
Christmas"), re-imagined classics ("Frosty's Rag"), Broadway show
tunes ("My Favorite Things"), and three new songs by Baker and
Eastmond ("Moonlight Sleighride," "Family of Man," and "Christmas
Fantasy").
The disc features Joe Sample on piano, Larry Carlton on guitar,
Nathan East on bass, Ricky Lawson on drums and jazz quartet The
Yellowjackets.
The holiday set comes on the heels of 2004's gold-certified 'My
Everything,' her first album of new material in 10 years.
Here is the 'Christmas Fantasy' track list:
1. "CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE" (Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson)
2. "FROSTY'S RAG (FROSTY THE SNOWMAN)" (Steve Nelson and Jack
Rollins)
3. "I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" (W. Kent, K. Gannon, B. Ram)
4. "MY FAVORITE THINGS" (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
5. "MOONLIGHT SLEIGHRIDE" (A. Baker/B. Eastmond)
6. "FAMILY OF MAN" (A.Baker/B.Eastmond/C. Ricketts/T.Palmer)
7. "GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN" (Traditional)
8. "CHRISTMAS FANTASY" (A. Baker/B. Eastmond)
9. "O, COME ALL YE FAITHFUL" (featuring The Yellow Jackets) (John
Francis Wade, John Reading)
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