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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 So So Jan 07, 2009
Saw the Peter White Christmas Show with Abair and Braun several times and each time I was blown away. However the CD just doesn't do it. It's missing the upbeat excitement the show had. Maybe they should have taped the show.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 INCREDIBLE Dec 12, 2008
I had the opportunity to go hear A Peter White Christmas just last night in Toledo, Ohio. It was awesome. What a great performance! It was the
fastest two and a half hours I ever sat through. I love music and this trio put on one heck of a performance. I would go hear them again if they
were close. All I can say is WOW!
MELANIE NIED
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A Smooth Jazz Twist on Songs of the Season by a Triple Threat of Virtuosos... Nov 11, 2008
A friend took me to see the Peter White Christmas concert in 2004. I was blown away that three virtuosos--acoustic guitarist Peter White; vocalist/saxaphonist Mindi Abair; and vocalist and trumpet/flugelhorn player Rick Braun--could share the stage so effortlessly.
I never forgot the experience, and when I saw the Peter White Christmas cd last year, I scooped it up. Nothing could match the dynanicism of seeing this Smooth Jazz Power Troika live, but this album is a gem.
Smooth Jazz "takes" on Christmas chestnuts brings needed change and life to these standards. What is most special about this collaboration are the arrangements. Who knew acoustic-guitar solos, sax solos and flugelhorn playing would enliven Christmas songs? Well, there you go....
The highlight of this record, though, is the Mindi Abair-penned, modern-day Christmas classic, "I Can't Wait for Christmas." I say "classic" because if this song were to reach wider airplay, it could become a Christmas standard. It's that good. It was very deft of Abair to give a wink and a nod to Eartha Kitt when she sings, "Santa Baby's on the radio...." in this number, which has a bluesy feel, reminiscent of Kitt's classic.
I think the Peter White Christmas tour goes out every year between Thanksgiving and New Year's, so if you really want to do yourself a favor, don't just buy the CD, go out and see this show live.
In an age of overpaid musicians, it's nice to see people who probably need the work (and the money), coming together to give audiences a wonderful collaborative concert appearance, which is all about the audience enjoying themselves and being blown away by the numerous gifts these talented musicians possess.
The only thing I wish they had done was include a brief history of how Peter White Christmas came to be. It would have been fun to know how they joined forces to create this great album and perform live for us during the holiday season.
Having said that, it hasn't prevented me from purchasing 25 of these compact discs to give to friends and family, who now love this trio as much as I do!
Peter White Christmas with Mindi Abair and Rick Braun Jan 19, 2008
Absolutely beautiful, this trio has done it again!! Fantastic collection
of Christmas favorites as they can only do their cool jazz way! Love this! I play it all year long! Would love to have seen this concert
live when it was here!!
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Dissapointing Dec 26, 2007
I love Peter White's instrumental work. I found the vocal tracks on this CD to be irritating and very much unwanted. Sadly, there is very little solo work featuring Peter on this CD. I'll put the nice tracks on a play list and dump the rest.
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