Evergreen (Alison Brown album)

Evergreen is a Christmas album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2008.

Evergreen
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 2008
GenreJazz
LabelCompass
ProducerGarry West
Alison Brown chronology
Vanguard Visionaries
(2005)
Evergreen
(2008)
The Company You Keep
(2009)

Arranged in a jazzy style, the album features fiddler/mandolinists Joe Craven and is often compared with similar Christmas album effort by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Jingle All the Way.[1]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Rick Anderson wrote "No one who likes Christmas music will be able to resist the charms of this album."[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Carol and the Kings: Carol of the Bells/We Three Kings" (Traditional) – 5:10
  2. "Sleigh Ride" (Anderson, Parish) – 3:43
  3. "Two Santas: Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Autry, Coots, Gillespie) – 4:32
  4. "Christmas Don't Be Late" (Bagdasarian) – 3:34
  5. "O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas: O'Carolan's Farewell/Welcome Christmas" (Geisel, Hague, O'Carolan) – 3:38
  6. "Skating/Feliz Navidad" (Guaraldi, trad.) – 4:12
  7. "Silver Bells" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:59
  8. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:20
  9. "Christmas Time is Here" (Guaraldi, Mendelson) – 4:01
  10. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis) – 4:13
  11. "Christmas Don't Be Late (reprise)" (Bagdasarian) – 1:02

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Anderson, Rick. "Evergreen > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2011.