Concord Records is delighted to announce the release of A
Michael Feinstein Christmas, available in stores and online October 14th, 2014.
Feinstein, accompanied by venerable GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz pianist Alan Broadbent
(Charlie Haden, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole), puts his signature styling on a
selection of holiday standards. Now available digitally and in retail stores
nationwide, these sought-after recordings were previously part of a limited
release and out of print for over ten years.
No stranger to spreading holiday cheer, Feinstein’s popular annual
holiday concert in New York City is touted by the New York Times to be “as much
a Christmas season ritual as catching the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall or
visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree,” making A Michael Feinstein
Christmas a true gem for Feinstein fans as it is the only recorded collection
of yuletide songs by the singer.
Long
recognized as one of the world’s finest singers and pianists, Feinstein is also
celebrated for his tireless efforts to preserve, protect and promote the songs
and songwriters that shaped the Golden Age of American music. Feinstein founded
the Great American Songbook Foundation, which strives “to bring the music of the
Great American Songbook to young people today and to preserve it for future
generations.” The foundation is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana at The Center
for the Performing Arts, where the Midwest-born Feinstein serves as Artistic
Director.
Over the
course of his non-stop, 30-plus year career, Michael Feinstein has wowed
millions of fans with his cabaret and concert hall performances, earned five
GRAMMY® nominations, two EMMY® nods, and has released nearly an album a
year—the majority of which pay tribute to his heroes—Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Webb,
the Gershwins and most recently, André
Previn, with 2013’s Change of Heart: The Songs of André Previn on Concord
Records. The prolific performer also hosts a nationally syndicated public radio
show, Song Travels, and hosted the PBS show Michael Feinstein’s American
Songbook. Last summer, Michael was honored to be named the Principal Pops
Conductor at the Pasadena POPS in Southern California, where he will follow in
the footsteps of the great Marvin Hamlisch—certainly a position in which
Michael can continue to share his limitless passion for music with the world.
Track
Listing:
1 The Christmas Song (5:04)
2 Sleigh Ride (3:47)
3 There's No Place Like Home for
the Holidays (4:40)
4 Winter Wonderland (2:51)
5 White Christmas (5:26)
6 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
(3:21)
7 Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas (5:28)
8 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
(3:12)
9 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It
Snow (3:04)
10 A Christmas Love Song (4:55)
11 The Christmas Waltz (3:40)
12 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(2:34)
13 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like
Christmas (3:16)
14 I'll Be Home for Christmas (5:00)
15 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
(4:55)
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