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A Night Before Christmas is a super holiday release, providing soul-satisfying jazz instrumentals and three well-placed vocals. The album opens brightly with O Tannenbaum; the sax/piano dialogue is cheery and compelling. Christine Ebersole's turn on It Won't Feel Like Christmas is sweet melancholy, and Bonny B's closing The Christmas Song utilizes super-cool vocal gymnastics reminiscent of Bobby McFerrin. My favorite track is probably the classic treatment of Christmas Time Is Here; Tom Schuman's keyboard magic provides the perfect introduction. 

Jazz afficionados will undoubtedly love Spyro Gyra's A Night Before Christmas, a wonderfully well-crafted holiday release. --
Review: Carol Swanson 
Poster: 6

Track List

O Tannenbaum 
It Won't Feel Like Christmas 
Winter Wonderland 
Christmas Time Is Here 
Baby It's Cold Outside 
Carol of the Bells 
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 
The First Noel 
Silent Night 
This Christmas 
The Christmas Song 


Line up/Musicians:
Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones 
Tom Schuman: Piano 
Julio Fernandez: Guitar 
Scott Ambush: Bass 
Bonny B: Drums 

Christine Ebersole: Vocal on It Won't Feel Like Christmas 
Janis Siegel: Vocal on Baby It's Cold Outside 
Bonny B: Vocals on Baby It's Cold Outside and The Christmas Song 
Dave Samuels: Vibraphone on Carol of the Bells and Winter Wonderland