More Sounds of Christmas explained

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.^{[1] [2]} The album is Lewis' second Christmas album following Sound of Christmas (Argo, 1961).

Critical Reception

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

1. "Snowbound" (Clarence Kehner, Russell Faith) – 3:37
2. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Traditional) – 2:43
3. "Egg Nog" (Ramsey Lewis) – 3:28
4. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:30
5. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:33
6. "Plum Puddin (Eldee Young) – 2:58
7. "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) – 2:08
8. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) – 4:01
9. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:22
10. "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)

Notes and References

1. Ramsey Lewis: More Sounds of Christmas. 1964. Cadet Records.
2. Web site: Ramsey Lewis: More Sounds of Christmas. Mac Donald, Dennis. Allmusic. allmusic.com.