Christmas Songs (Diana Krall album)

Christmas Songs
Compilation album by Diana Krall
Released	November 1, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:10
Label	Verve Records
Producer	Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall
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Diana Krall chronology
The Girl in the Other Room (2004) Christmas Songs (2005) From This Moment On (2006)

Christmas Songs is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs (not counting 1998's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas EP), and her first studio album with a big band. It is her ninth album overall. Billboard ranked album at number 14 on the magazine's Top Jazz Albums of the Decade.

Track listing

1. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 3:26
2. "Let It Snow" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 4:02
3. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:24
4. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:15
5. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Cannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:08
6. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 3:35
7. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:54
8. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 4:19
9. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:32
10. "What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 4:10
11. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:26
12. "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" (Irving Berlin) – 3:41

Personnel

• Diana Krall - piano, vocals, arranger

The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra:

• Jeff Hamilton - drums
• Robert Hurst - bass guitar
• Anthony Wilson - guitar
• Gerald Clayton - piano on Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
• Tamir Hendelman - piano on Sleigh Ride, fender rhodes on What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
• Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone, flute
• Keith Fiddmont - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Rickey Woodard - tenor saxophone solos, clarinet
• Charles Owens - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Adam Schroeder - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Rick Baptist - trumpet
• Sal Cracchiolo
• Clay Jenkins
• Gilberto Castellanos
• William Barnhart - trombone
• Ira Nepus
• George Bohanon
• Ryan Porter
• Tommy Johnson - tuba
• Rick Todd - french horn
• David Duke
• Joe Meyer
• Brad Warnaar
• Joe Porcaro - percussion
• John Clayton - arranger
• Johnny Mandel - arranger

Production

• Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall
• Recorded and mixed by Al Schmitt

Charts and certifications

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Canadian Albums Chart	2
2005	Top Jazz Albums	1

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States	Gold	500,000

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by To Love Again: The Duets by Chris Botti

U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums number-one album November 19, 2005 – January 07, 2006

Succeeded by It's Time by Michael Bublé