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A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her "I'd Like You for Christmas" will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin and the immortal Nat "King" Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very chi-chi set is none other than Billy May's lovably kitschy workout called "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo"--it's a scream. The package comes complete with its own cocktail minimanual and the recipes for Hot Toddys and Hot Tom and Jerrys. Garishly retro and naughtily nostalgic, this kind of slinky Christmas gift should probably be illegal in many prudish countries. --Martin Keller
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Generally very COOL mix of funky, jazzy, bossa-nova-ish, X-mas songs. Makes for a great excuse to jump around and shake your stuff - go on burn those mince pies!!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm not a huge jazz fan and wasn't sure if I could listen to a whole album but this just the best Christmas CD. There aren't any 'slow' tracks, they are all upbeat, so perfect for the background music to a cool Christmas party, or easy listening. It's the right side of cheesy with big band club tracks like 'Cha Cha all the way' as well as funky tracks from Peggy Lee, Billy May and Ray Anthony among others, and a great band version of 'The Nutcracker Suite'. Every song classy, Christmassy and cool with a few you know and a lot you may not have heard of but will love. Am now looking to download a few more Ultra Lounge albums as this is a great mix - sit back with a cranberry & brandy cocktail, put another log on the fire and enjoy...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Liked the songs, liked very much the music..
Something different and to be honest, always cheers me up..
It was very hard to find a song I did not like.
And since I like that kind of music, believe me, I often find myself listening to that collection, days and day and days.....
Something different and to be honest, always cheers me up..
It was very hard to find a song I did not like.
And since I like that kind of music, believe me, I often find myself listening to that collection, days and day and days.....
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Shake things up this Christmas
Christmas is not Christmas in my house until Billy May yells 'MUSH!!' over the wailing horns of his mambo version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. R. J. MacRae
Ultra Lounge Christmas Cocktails
Looked like this would be a cool jazzy christmas album, it was however a mixture of 1 or 2 reasonable tracks and the rest was rubbish . Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Dr. K. Mcconkey
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