The album isn't an obvious rehash of familiar material. The project's generic title and album art are misleading. Where Mahogany and The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra conform to expectations for holiday music, Pagán approaches the task from a less conventional angle on Keyboard Christmas. (Full disclosure- I played an incidental role in the creation of the album.) An evocatively arranged version of "O Come, O Come, Emanuel" is my favorite track. Mahogany's lustrous voice is ideally suited for seasonal material like "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Yet it's the instrumental selections that stand out. Mahogany, perhaps the most significant male jazz vocalist from Kansas City since Big Joe Turner, is featured on half of The Christmas Album's 14 tracks. The Christmas Album by Kevin Mahogany and The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is a lush set of big band swing.Īnyone familiar with both Mahogany and The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra will immediately recognize that the pairing should result in splendid music. Keyboard Christmas by Michael Pagán is a refined solo piano album. May 1993, UNI Jazz Band One received an Outstanding Performance Award in Down Beat Magazine's Student Music Awards.Two new albums by artists deeply embedded in the Kansas City jazz scene feature entirely different treatments of Christmas music.May 1995, UNI Jazz Band One received an Outstanding Performance Award in Down Beat Magazine's Student Music Awards.
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