Evergreen (Alison Brown album)

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Released August 12, 2008 Release date 12 August 2008 Genre Jazz		Producer Gary West Label Compass Records

Evergreen(2008) The Company You Keep(2009) Artists Alison Brown, Alison Brown Quartet Similar Replay, Out of the Blue, Look Left, Twilight Motel, The Company You Keep

Evergreen is a Christmas album by American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 2008.

Arranged in a jazzy style, the album features fiddler/mandolinists Joe Craven and is often compared with similar Christmas album effort by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Jingle All the Way.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Rick Anderson wrote "No one who likes Christmas music will be able to resist the charms of this album."

"Carol and the Kings: Carol of the Bells/We Three Kings" (Traditional) – 5:10
"Sleigh Ride" (Anderson, Parish) – 3:43
"Two Santas: Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Autry, Coots, Gillespie) – 4:32
"Christmas Don't Be Late" (Bagdasarian) – 3:34
"O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas: O'Carolan's Farewell/Welcome Christmas" (Geisel, Hague, O'Carolan) – 3:38
"Skating/Feliz Navidad" (Guaraldi, trad.) – 4:12
"Silver Bells" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:59
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:20
"Christmas Time is Here" (Guaraldi, Mendelson) – 4:01
"The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis) – 4:13
"Christmas Don't Be Late (reprise)" (Bagdasarian) – 1:02

Alison Brown – banjo, guitar

Larry Atamanuik – drums

John Burr – piano

Joe Craven – fiddle, mandolin, percussion

Gary West – bass

1Carol and the KingsJoe Craven5:10
2Sleigh RideJoe Craven3:43
3Two SantasJoe Craven4:32

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