Christmas Album (TJB)

Infobox Album
Name = Christmas Album
Type = studio
Artist = Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass


Released = November 1968
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Label = A&M Records
Producer = Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfoxqqgldse link]
Last album = "The Beat of the Brass"
(1968)
This album = "Christmas Album"
(1968)
Next album = "Warm (Herb Alpert album)"
(1969)

"Christmas Album" is a late-1968 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. It was the group's eleventh release. Although the Brass' albums were out of print for a good many years, the "Christmas Album" was re-released by the Shout!Factory label in 2006 as were many of the other Tijuana Brass albums.

The album is a typical mixture of popular Christmas-season music, mostly American secular standards. Exceptions include the Bach piece "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and a traditional Hispanic number, "Las Mañanitas." The latter title literally means "The Little Mornings", and is sung on the morning of one's birthday celebration, or the day of a religious figure such as a saint.

The cover features the image of Alpert, who is Jewish, dressed as Santa Claus while playing his trumpet.

Collaborating with Alpert in the production was his usual cadre of musicians: Nick Ceroli, Bob Edmondson, Tonni Kalash, Lou Pagani, John Pisano and Pat Senatore. Alpert lends his voice to several of the songs, and there are also appearances by a studio choir and string instruments, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

Track listing

#Winter Wonderland (R. Smith - F. Bernard) – 3:02
#Jingle Bells (James Pierpont) – 3:08
#My Favorite Things (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – 3:01
#The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé - Robert Wells) – 3:38
#Las Mañanitas (trad. - arr. Julius Wechter) – 2:57
#Sleigh Ride (LeRoy Anderson) – 3:56
#The Bell That Couldn't Jingle (Burt Bacharach - Larry Kusik) – 2:55
#Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne) – 3:44
#Jingle Bell Rock (Joe Beale - Jim Boothe) – 1:50
#Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 3:26