More Sounds of Christmas
{{Infobox album
| name = More Sounds of Christmas
| type = Studio
| artist = Ramsey Lewis Trio
| cover = More Sounds of Christmas.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = October 14 & 15, 1964
| venue =
| studio = Universal Recording Studios, Chicago
| length =
| label = Argo
LP 745
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Ramsey Lewis
| prev_title = The Ramsey Lewis Trio at the Bohemian Caverns
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = You Better Believe Me
| next_year = 1964
}}
More Sounds of Christmas is an album of Christmas music by Ramsey Lewis' Trio featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and released on the Argo label.{{cite work|title=Ramsey Lewis: More Sounds of Christmas|date=1964|publisher=Cadet Records}} This album peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard 200.{{cite work|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103012013/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ramsey-lewis-mn0000334770/awards|title=Ramsey Lewis: Billboard Charts (Archived)|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 3, 2025}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/more-sounds-of-christmas-mw0000320116|title=Ramsey Lewis: More Sounds of Christmas|author=Mac Donald, Dennis|publisher=AllMusic|website=allmusic.com}}
}}
Dennis Mac Donald of AllMusic gave More Sounds of Christmas a 4 out of 5 stars rating. He proclaimed "Again hampered by strings on too many cuts, on the plus side, this does contain the ultra-cool original, 'Eggnog,' featuring Lewis on celeste".
Track listing
- "Snowbound" (Clarence Kehner, Russell Faith) – 3:37
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) – 2:43
- "Egg Nog" (Ramsey Lewis) – 3:28
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:30
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:33
- "Plum Puddin{{'"}} (Eldee Young) – 2:58
- "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) – 2:08
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) – 4:01
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:22
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati) – 2:26
Personnel
- Ramsey Lewis – piano, celeste
- El Dee Young – bass, cello
- Isaac "Red" Holt (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10), Steve McCall (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9) – drums
- Cleveland Eaton – bass (track 5)
- Abe Meltzer, Albert Muenzer, David Chausow, Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky, Harold Kupper, Harold Newton, Henry Ferber, Irving Kaplan, Mark Konrad, Sol A. Bobrov, Theodore Ratzer – string section (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- Peter Eagle – harp (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- John Avant – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
- King Fleming, Will Jackson – arranger (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 & 10)
References
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Category:1964 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists