Critic Melinda Newman of Reuters reviews a number of this year's holiday albums including an updating of A Charlie Brown Christmas (blasphemy?), Brian Wilson, Michael McDonald (yuck), Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Anita Baker. She says about Diana Krall's offering of Christmas Songs:
"Diana Krall featuring the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (Verve): In the style of Rosemary Clooney or a number of other sassy jazz gals, Krall serves up a delectably stylish menu of classic holiday melodies, including an appropriately melancholic "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve." Her expressive phrasing adds new dimensions to "Let It Snow" and "Winter Wonderland." This is the perfect album to put on when it is down to just you, your sweetie, the yule log and some eggnog at the end of the party."
(note: just be careful your wife/hubby doesn't show up unexpectedly)
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