Christmas Songs II

~ Release by Eddie Higgins Trio (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Joy to the World
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
4:11
2The First Noel
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
5:34
3It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
4:03
4O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (hymn) (on 2006-05-24)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore
translator:
Thomas Alexander Lacey
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 11)
arrangement of:
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (unknown version)
4:01
5Good King Wenceslas
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Good King Wenceslas (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum
3:23
6We Three Kings of Orient Are
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
recording of:
We Three Kings of Orient Are (arr. Scott Kritzer) (on 2006-05-24)
instruments arranger:
Scott Kritzer
arrangement of:
We Three Kings
4:30
7We Wish You a Merry Christmas
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
3:28
8Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (on 2006-05-24)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
3:45
9Winter Dreams
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
4:58
10The Little Drummer Boy
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
2:55
11Silent Night
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
5:39
12Jingle Bells
producer:
Todd Barkan (producer) and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
mixer:
Shuji Kitamura and Tetsuo Hara (jazz producer / Venus Records founder)
double bass [bass]:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 2006-05-24)
drums (drum set):
Ben Riley (American jazz drummer) (on 2006-05-24)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 2006-05-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Venus Records, Inc.
recorded at:
The Studio (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 2006-05-24)
instrumental recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 2006-05-24)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
6:29