Album Review: Night Is Alive's First Christmas from Night Is Alive All-Stars
Album: Night Is Alive's First Christmas Artist: Night Is Alive All-Stars Label: Night Is Alive Website: https://nightisalive.com/albums/first-christmas/ From quick scatting yodels to smooth glissandos, vocalist Christie Dashiell leads the Night Is Alive All-Stars comprised of saxophonist Keith Loftis, pianist Rick Germanson, bassist Lonnie Plaxico, and drummer Willie Jones III on Night Is Alive's First Christmas CD. The All-Stars are exceptional in their delivery of an assortment of favorite Christmas tunes. Beautifully tailored to Dashiell's warm register measurements, her instincts to know where to place the lyrics and how to carry the verses give the recording a perennial quality. Loftis etches sensual curves with his saxophone across "Merry Christmas Baby," as Dashiell's vocals blanket the breadth of Germanson's bluesy arpeggios on the piano. Loftis plays the main motif on his sax along "God Rest Ye Merry Gentl...