Aux États-Unis, durant le mois de décembre, les radios classiques et jazz diffusent en permanence des chants de Noël. Ce coffret en est le fidèle reflet, avec les voix de Sinatra, Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Peggy Lee, The Andrew Sisters, Dean Martin, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Mathis, et tant d'autres. Une explosion de gaieté, de rythme et d'émotion. Ce coffret est réparti en 4 CD pour 4 thématiques fortes : Un Joyeux Noël Américain, Rock & Roll Christmas, Ladies Sing Christmas, et enfin en totale exclusivité pour ce coffret, le tout nouveau Swinging Christmas !
CD 1 -UNJOYEUXNOËLAMÉRICAIN
WhiteChristmas-BingCrosbywithJohnScottTrotter
OrchestraandtheKenDarbySingers
SantaClausisComingtoTown-FrankSinatra
OTannenbaum-NatKingCole
Swingin'ThemJingleBells-FatsWaller&HisRhythm
ChristmasNightinHarlem-LouisArmstrong&TheAll
Stars
ShakeHandswithSantaClaus-LouisPrima
SantaClausGotStuckinmyChimney-EllaFitzgeraldwith
RayBrown&hisOrchestra
BoogieWoogiewithSantaClaus-LionelHampton&His
Orchestra
BluesduPapaNoël-SidneyBechet
FrostytheSnowman-NatKingCole
'ZatYou,SantaClaus?-LouisArmstrong&The
Commanders
WinterWeather-FatsWaller&HisRhythm
GodBlessTheChild-BillieHoliday
BlueXmas-MilesDavis&GilEvans
AllIWantforChristmas(IsMyTwoFrontTeeth)-NatKing
Cole
LetitSnow!LetitSnow!LetitSnow!-FrankSinatrawith
OrchestraconductedbyAlexStordhal
WhiteChristmas-LouisArmstrongwithGordonJenkins
Orchestra
SilentNightHolyNight-MahaliaJackson
AdesteFideles-BingCrosbywithOrchestra&Chorus
conductedbyJohnScottTrotter
CD2-ROCK&ROLLCHRISTMAS
BrendaLee-Rockin'AroundTheChristmasTree
ElvisPresley-SantaBringMyBabyBack(ToMe)
ChuckBerry-MerryChristmasBaby
BillyFury-MyChristmasPrayer
TheMoods-Rockin'SantaClaus
MargueriteTrina-TheRockingTree
MabelScott&MaxwellDavies-BoogieWoogieSanta
Claus
LittleBobbyRey&HisBand-Rockin'"J"Bells
MarlenePaul-IWannaSpendChristmasWithElvis
ElvisPresley-SantaClausisBackinTown
TheCadillacs-RudolphtheRed-NosedReindeer
ChuckBerry-RunRudolphRun
ChuckBevin-SleighBellRock
JimmyCharles-ISawMommyKissingSantaClaus
TheMoonglows-Hey!SantaClaus
JohnnyPreston-NewBabyforChristmas
Jan&Dean-FrostytheSnowman
ElvisPresley-BlueChristmas
JoAnnCampbell-HappyNewYear
CD3-LADIESSINGCHRISTMAS
ELLAFITZGERALD-JINGLEBELLS
BRENDALEE-ROCKIN'AROUNDTHECHRISTMASTREE
BILLIEHOLIDAY-GODBLESSTHECHILD
MAHALIAJACKSON-INTHEUPPERROOM
PEGGYLEE-THECHRISTMASSONG
THEANDREWSISTERS-WINTERWONDERLAND
ELLAFITZGERALD-LETITSNOW!LETITSNOW!LETIT
SNOW!
SISTERROSETTATHARPE-WHITECHRISTMAS
PATTIPAGE-SANTACLAUSISCOMINGTOTOWN
PEGGYLEE-THETREE
BILLIEHOLIDAY-I'VEGOTMYLOVETOKEEPMEWARM
MAHALIAJACKSON-AMAZINGGRACE
JUDYGARLAND-HAVEYOURSELFAMERRYLITTLE
CHRISTMAS
BRENDALEE-I'MGONNALASSOSANTAKLAUS
ELLAFITZGERALD-FROSTYTHESNOWMAN
THEANDREWSISTERS-SLEIGHRIDE
PEGGYLEE-LITTLEDRUMMERBOY
MAHALIAJACKSON-SILENTNIGHTHOLYNIGHT
CD4-SWINGINGCHRISTMAS(INEDIT)
EllaFitzgerald-SleighRide
DeanMartin-Letitsnow
CharlesBrown-ChristmasComesButOneYear
LouisArmstrong-ChristmasinNewOrleans
PeggyLee-ChristmasCarousel
RamseyLewisTrio-TheSoundofChristmas
HarryBelafonte-Medley
DeanMartin-RudolphThered-NosedReindeer
CharlesBrown-BringinginaBrandNewYear
KlausWeiss&NDRBigBand-I'llBeHomeforChristmas
LouisArmstrong-I'veGotMyLovetoKeepMeWarm
HarryBelafonte-SilentNight
PeggyLee-WinterWonderland
RamseyLewisTrio-HereComesSantaClaus
DukesofDixieland-FrostyTheSnowman
JohnnyMathis-OHolynight
KlausWeiss&NDRBigBand-MerryChristmasPolka
Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells