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This Time of Year

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Released
  
1961 (1961)

Artist
  
June Christy

Label
  
TP4 Music

Producer
  
Bill Miller

Release date
  
1961

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This Time of Year (1961)
  
Big Band Specials (1962)

Genres
  
Christmas music, Vocal jazz

Similar
  
Big Band Specials, June's Got Rhythm, The Song Is June!, The Intimate Miss Chri, Gone for the Day

This Time of Year is a 1961 album by American jazz vocalist June Christy, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo.

Contents

Christy's only Christmas album, it consists entirely of original songs composed by the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Connie Pearce and Arnold Miller.

Track listing

  1. "Christmas Heart" – 2:57
  2. "Ring a Merry Bell" – 3:05
  3. "Hang Them on the Tree" – 2:21
  4. "The Little Star" – 3:08
  5. "The Merriest" – 2:09
  6. "This Time of Year" – 3:34
  7. "Seven Shades of Snow" – 3:32
  8. "Sorry to See You Go" – 2:24
  9. "The Magic Gift" – 3:26
  10. "Winter's Got Spring Up Its Sleeve" – 2:36

All compositions by Connie Pearce and Arnold Miller.

Personnel

  • June Christy – vocals
  • Frank Beach – trumpet
  • Dan Fagerquist – trumpet
  • Dick Nash – trombone
  • Ken Shroyer – bass trombone
  • Jim Decker – French horn
  • Vince De Rosa – French horn
  • Dick Perissi – French horn
  • Red Callender – tuba
  • Sam Rice – tuba
  • Bob Cooper – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, oboe
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
  • Paul Horn – flute
  • Ted Nash – flute
  • Victor Arno – violin
  • Israel Baker – violin
  • Robert Barene – violin
  • Anatol Kaminsky – violin
  • Dan Lube – violin
  • Alfred Lustgarten – violin
  • Lou Raderman – violin
  • Albert Steinberg – violin
  • Gerald Vinci – violin
  • Virginia Majewski – viola
  • Ray Mehennick – viola
  • Stanley Harris – viola
  • Edgar Lustgarten – cello
  • Eleanor Slatkin – cello
  • Catherine Gotthoffer – harp
  • Russ Freeman – piano
  • Al Viola – guitar
  • Joe Mondragon – bass
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Gene Estes – drums, vibes, celeste, bell
  • Shelly Manne – drums

    • Tracks 1, 4, 6 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 12 January 1961

    Tracks 7, 9, 10 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 19 January 1961

    Tracks 2, 3, 5, 8 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 23 January 1961

    Songs

    1Christmas Heart2:58
    2Ring a Merry Bell3:05
    3Hang Them on the Tree2:21

    References

    This Time of Year Wikipedia
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