Simone Kopmajer Christmas

Product Description

Get into the holiday spirit with Simone Kopmajer´s album "Christmas", a collection of 16 seasonal favorites like "Jingle Bells", "The Christmas Song" and "Baby, It´s Cold Outside" along with songs from her homeland Austria with "Stille Nacht" or "Leise rieselt der Schnee", beautifully perfomed by grammy nominee John di Martino and his band featuring Terry Myers and Aaron Heick (Paul Simon, Chaka Khan or Barbara Streisand,...) and wonderful jazz & folk musicians from Austria on 4 european traditionals. The songs have been recorded in several studios in the USA and Austria presenting Christmas classics from all over the world. For the very first time some of these have been arranged featuring both a jazz band and traditional folk music instruments. Simone Kopmajer also captures the very spirit of Christmas in duets with Allan Harris, Ina Regen, Viktor Gernot and many more. Magical Christmas songs for all to enjoy!

Review

An Austrian jazzbo vocalist hooks up with a bunch of jazzbos and folkies for an easy going traditional Christmas pulled from some international ports of call that mostly feel right at home no matter where they come from. Very much an old school feeling set, Kopmajer knows how to deliver the goods and you can be sure a good time is had by all on this feast of musical comfort food that never lapses into a jive presentation.

Chris Spector --Midwest Record review 11/06/2020