Let It Snow (2022)

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The Campus Five’s sixth album, “Let It Snow” features original arrangements of 15 holiday classics and deep-cuts, all specifically designed with Lindy Hoppers, and Balboa and Shag dancers in mind. “Let It Snow” features the same group of international all-star swing musicians that have been with the Campus Five since the beginning, with the addition new bassist Samuel Wolfe Rocha, an international jazz festival all-star in his own right, plus special guest Mikiya Matsuda, of the Alcatraz Islanders, as special guest steel guitarist on the track “Mele Kalikimaka”

Track List:

1. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (185bpm)
2. Little Jack Frost Get Lost (135bpm)
3. Button Up Your Overcoat (155bpm)
4. Send Me Your Love for Christmas (168bpm)
5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (158bpm)
6. Mele Kalikimaka (230bpm)
7. Christmas Time in Los Angeles (140bpm)
8. Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer (160bpm)
9. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (180bpm)
10. Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, (213bpm)
11. Christmas in New Orleans (105bpm)
12 Winter Wonderland (135bpm)
13. Jingle Bells (230bpm)
14. Winter Weather (152bpm)
15. Frosty the Snowman (175bpm)

Credits:

Jonathan Stout, guitar
Hilary Alexander, vocals
Albert Alva, tenor sax
Jim Ziegler, trumpet and vocals
Christopher Dawson, piano
Samuel Wolfe Rocha, bass
Josh Collazo, drums

Special guest: Mikiya Matsuda, steel guitar on “Mele Kalikimaka”
All arrangements by Jonathan Stout, except “Christmas in New Orleans,” and “Winter Wonderland” by Jim Ziegler.

Recorded by Tyler Karmen at 64 Sound, Highland Park, CA
Additional recording by Tim Moore at York Recording, Highland Park, CA
Mixed, Edited, and Mastered by Wally Hersom

Produced by Jonathan Stout and Hilary Alexander
Album Design by Chris Wilkinson (@stuffbycw)