Crescent City Christmas Card (original) (raw)
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1989 studio album by Wynton Marsalis
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| Studio album by Wynton Marsalis | |
| Released | October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03) |
| Recorded | January 24–25 and April 3–4, 1989 |
| Studio | RCA Recording Studios, New York City |
| Genre | Christmas, jazz |
| Length | 55:33 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Steven Epstein, George Butler |
| Wynton Marsalis chronology | |
| The Majesty of the Blues(1989) Crescent City Christmas Card(1989) Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance(1990) |
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |   [1] |
Crescent City Christmas Card is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1989. The album reached a peak position of number fourteen on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.[2]
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, narrator, arranger
- Kathleen Battle – vocals
- Jon Hendricks – vocals
- Wessell Anderson – alto saxophone
- Todd Williams – clarinet, soprano, saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Alvin Batiste – clarinet
- Joe Temperley – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
- Marcus Roberts – piano
- Reginald Veal – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Herlin Riley – drums
Technical
- Steven Epstein – producer
- George Butler – executive producer, producer
- Dennis Ferrante – engineer
- Tim Geelan – engineer
- Stanley Crouch – liner notes
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 953. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Crescent City Christmas Card". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2018.