23/01/2023

Paul Carrack with The SWR Big Band "Swinging Christmas - Live" (2013) -Blue-Eyed Soul / Christmas Music-



Label : Carrack-UK


Royaume-Uni Disc One

01 - Thinkin' About You (This Christmas) (Studio) (Paul Carrack & Chris Eaton)
02 - This Christmas (Studio) (Donny Hathaway & Nadine McKinnor)
03 - The Nearness Of You (Studio) (Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington)
04 - Christmas Opening (Traditional)
05 - Moondance (Van Morrison)
06 - Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)
07 - My Grown Up Christmas List (David Foster & Linda Thompson Jenner)
08 - A Child Is Born (Thad Jones)
09 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (John Frederick Coots & Haven Gillespie)
10 - Jingle Bells (Traditional)
11 - Imagine (John Lennon)
12 - The Living Years (Brian A. Robertson & Mike Rutherford)
13 - Winter Wonderland (felix Bernard & Dick Smith)
14 - I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
15 - Over My Shoulder (Paul Carrack & Mike Rutherford)

Disc Two

01 - Thinkin' About You (This Christmas) (Pop Version) (Paul Carrack & Chris Eaton)
02 - The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé & Robert Wells)
03 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin Hugh & Ralph Blane)
04 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (John David Marks)
05 - Beautiful World (Paul Carrack & T-Bone Wolk)


Disc One - Tracks 01-03
Recorded at SWR & Carrack-UK Studios
Produced by Klaus Peter Schöpfer
Mixed by Klaus Peter Schöpfer & Volker Neumann

Disc One - Tracks 04-15
Disc Two - Tracks 02-05
Recorded Live between December 2011 & 2012
Featuring The SRW Big Band
Produced by Klaus Peter Schöpfer
Mixed by Klaus Peter Schöpfer & Volker Neumann
Musical Director : Klaus Wagenleiter

Disc Two - Track 01
Produced & Performed by Paul Carrack

SWR Big Band 
Conducted by Klaus Wagenleiter

Saxophones : Klaus Graf, Matthias Erlewein, Axel Kühn, Andreas Maile, Pierre Paquette
Trumpets : Martijn de Laat, Felice Civitareale, Nemanja Jovanovic, Karl Farrent, Rudolf Reindl
Trombones : Marc Godfroid, Ernst Hutter, Jürgen Neudert, Ian Cumming, George Maus
Rhythm
Ola Polziehn : Piano
Klaus-Peter Schöpfer : Guitar, Backing vocals
Decebal Badila : Bass
Guido Jöris : Drums, Backing vocals
Frank Behle : Percussion, Mallets
Klaus Wagenleiter : Piano, Keyboards

Special Guest Appearance : Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben on 07, 12

"Fly Me To The Moon", "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Piano : Martin Schrack
Alto Sax : Steffen Weber
Trumpet : Martin Hutter
Live Recording 2009 by Bernd Nothnagel, SWR
Live Recording 2012 by Jürgen Stauber

Mixed by Klaus Peter Schöpfer & Volker Neumann
Assisted by Boris Kellenbez at SWR -U-Musikstudio
Mastered by Tom Krüger at No sé Studio, Kernen
Produced by Klaus Peter Schöpfer
Director of SWR Big Band GmbH : Rudi Reindl
Executive Producers : Hans-Peter Zachary & Michael Golla


Disc One

01 - Thinkin' About You (This Christmas)

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter

02 - This Christmas

Arranged by Guido Jöris
Solo :
Martijn de Laat : Trumpet

03 - The Nearness Of You

Arranged by Sammy Nestico

04 - Christmas Opening

Arranged by Chris Walden
Soloists :
Axel Kühn : Tenor Sax
Karl Farrent : Flugelhorn

05 - Moondance

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Solo :
Olaf Polziehn : Piano

06 - Fly Me To The Moon

Original Arrangement Transcribed by Jörg Gebhardt

07 - My Grown Up Christmas List

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter

08 - A Child Is Born

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Soloists :
Klaus-Peter Schöpfer : Guitars
Klaus Wagenleiter : Piano

09 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Solo :
Karl Farrent : Trumpet

10 - Jingle Bells

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter

11 - Imagine

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Solo :
Klaus-Peter Schöpfer : Guitar

12 - The Living Years

Piano : Paul Carrack

13 - Winter Wonderland

Arranged by Chris Walden
Solo :
Karl Farrent : Flugelhorn

14 - I've Got You Under My Skin

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Solo :
Marc Godfroid : Trombone

15 - Over My Shoulder

Arranged by Klaus Wagenleiter
Solo :
Axel Kühn : Tenor Sax


Disc Two

01 - Thinkin' About You (This Christmas) 

Pop Version

02 - The Christmas Song

Arranged by Chris Walden
Solo :
Martijn de Latt : Trumpet

03 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Arranged by Chris Walden

04 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Arranged by Steve Sidwell

05 - Beautiful World

Arranged by Steve Sidwell
Solo :
Klaus Graf : Alto Sax