Jingle All the Way [Red Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Bela Fleck, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Overview

Grammy-winning banjo "fusionist" Bela Fleck and his Flecktones may be the most qualified collective to inject some life into the notoriously monotonous "holiday music" scene, and Jingle All the Way (one would think that an innovator like Fleck could come up with a more creative "Christmas" album title, or at least one that doesn't directly reference a 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy), doesn't disappoint. All of the standards are here ("Sleigh Ride," "Silent Night," "Twelve Days of Christmas"), but they're filtered through the skewed prism of an outfit capable of just about anything from klezmer, to classical to Tuvan throat singing -- the latter is provided by the internationally acclaimed Alash Ensemble. It's not all wacky though, as Fleck, Victor Wooten, Jeff Coffin, and Future Man prove reverent when needed, especially on a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and the Vince Guaraldi classics "Linus and Lucy" and "Christmas Time Is Here." Jingle All the Way, despite its groaner of a title and questionable "frontman in Santa hat with eggnog" photo, is anything but predictable. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/06/2018
Label:	Bmg Special Products
UPC:	0888072074835
Rank:	8080

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones   Primary Artist
Bela Fleck   Primary Artist,Banjo,Piano,Electric Banjo
Victor Wooten   Guitar (Bass),Bass (Electric)
Andy Statman   Clarinet,Mandolin,Guest Artist
Edgar Meyer   Double Bass,Guest Artist
Future Man   Synthaxe,Percussion,Synthesizer
Sean Quirk   Guest Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
Jeff Coffin   Flute,Saxophone,Clarinet (Bass)
Alash   Vocals,Guest Artist,Throat Singing
Mai Ool Sedip   Byzaanchi,Guest Artist
Bady Dorzhu Ondar   Igil,Guest Artist
Ayan Shirizhik   Guest Artist
Ayan Ool Sam   Vocals,Doshpulur,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Bela Fleck   Audio Production,Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Victor Wooten   Arranger,Composer
Lee Mendelson   Composer
Vince Guaraldi   Composer
Joni Mitchell   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Mel Torme   Composer
Richard Dodd   Mastering
Roy Wooten   Arranger,Composer
Robert Battaglia   Mixing,Engineer
Henry Onorati   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Meredith Willson   Composer
Andy Statman   Arranger,Composer
Leroy Anderson   Composer
Edgar Meyer   Arranger,Composer
Katherine Davis   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Jeff Coffin   Arranger,Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Richard Battaglia   Mixing,Engineer
Ralph Blane   Composer
Alash   Arranger,Composer
Patrick Grenado   Audio Engineer
Robert Wells   Composer
Senor McGuire   Photography
Henry Simeone   Composer
Patrick Granado   Overdub Engineer
Ayan Ool Sam   Arranger,Composer
Sarah Lainie Radawich   Design