It's Christmas, Man!

by Brave Combo

Overview

Never failing to be quirky and eccentric, Brave Combo has a very unorthodox Christmas album in It's Christmas, Man! Many of the songs are familiar, but what the foursome does with them definitely isn't. When was the last time you heard a ska version of Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song," an Afro-Cuban take on "The Little Drummer Boy" or a samba version of "O, Christmas Tree?" And the impressive thing is that Brave Combo's off-center ideas (whether applied to original or familiar material) usually work. Very global in its outlook, the Combo combines American rock and R&B with everything from German polka to Mexican ranchero and Colombian cumbia, and, most of the time, manages to pull it off. If you want to hear a Christmas album that takes more than its share of chances, this CD would be a fine choice. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/1992
Label:	Rounder
UPC:	0011661903326

Tracks

1. Must Be Santa
2. O Christmas Tree
3. It's Christmas
4. Corrido Navideno
5. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)
6. Christmas in July
7. Please Come Home for Christmas
8. Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
9. Frosty the Snowman
10. The Little Drummer Boy
11. Santa's Polka
12. Feliz Navidad
13. Ave Maria
14. Buon Natale
15. Jingle Bells

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brave Combo   Primary Artist
Bubba Hernandez   Bass,Vocals
Jeffrey Barnes   Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Clarinet,Saxophone
Mitch Marine   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Carl Finch   Guitar,Vocals,Accordion,Keyboards

Technical Credits

Gene Redd   Composer
James Pierpont   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
Jose Feliciano   Composer
Jeffrey Barnes   Composer
Jen Leigh   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Henry Onorati   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Carl Finch   Composer
Charles Brown   Composer
Katherine K. Davis   Composer
Harry Simeone   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer
Stanley Rowin   Photography
Nancy Given   Design
Terry Slemmons   Engineer
Traditional   Composer
Bruce Davis   Photography
Bill Fredericks   Composer