This is a pleasing, if rather brief (29 minutes) Christmas jazz album that was originally quite popular. Reissued on a 1982 LP, the set features
the Ramsey Lewis Trio (consisting of the leader/pianist, bassist
Eldee Young, and drummer
Red Holt) on ten Christmas songs, five of which add a string section arranged by
Riley Hampton. The renditions of such tunes as "Winter Wonderland," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Sleigh Ride," and
Lewis' "Christmas Blues" are fun and melodic, if not all that unique. ~ Scott Yanow